Africa-Press – Ghana. Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has positioned Ghana as the ideal convergence point for African, Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf businesses, touting the country’s strategic location, political stability, and 24-hour economy as key investment magnets.
Speaking at the 4th Marrakesh Parliamentary Economic Forum in Morocco on June 19-20, 2026, Mr Bagbin told high-level policymakers, civil society and academics that Ghana’s place “at the center of the world” and on West Africa’s coast gives it a natural gateway advantage to landlocked Sahelian states and global shipping lines.
“Ghana has a strategic advantage which positions the country to boost both intra and inter-regional trade,” a press release issued by Mr David Sbastian Damoah, Director, Media Relations, Parliament of Ghana copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday said.
It said the forum was organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean and Morocco’s House of Councillors, in partnership with the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Parliamentary Network.
The release pointed to Ghana’s stable political environment, improving transport infrastructure, and expanding Tema and Takoradi ports as competitive edges.
It noted that the Speaker disclosed the government’s “deliberate” push for industrialisation, export diversification, and transition to a 24-hour economy to ensure continuous production and global competitiveness.
The release urged regional blocs to go beyond internal integration, quoting the Speaker as saying: “We must move beyond building regional economic silos to constructing formidable relationships across regions especially within the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf states.”
Moderating a Special Session on Africa, it said the Speaker noted that Ghana had designed a policy framework and action plan for the African Continental Free Trade Area, plus a National Export Development Strategy focused on Africa’s 1.3 billion consumer market.
The plan, it noted, targeted value-addition to exports, import competition, and job creation.
According to the release, the Forum’s four panels tackled public debt, trade barriers, AI investment and a proposed Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf AI Hub, job creation through incubators and the Blue Economy, and climate change impacts on food security.
On the sidelines, it noted that Speaker Bagbin held bilateral talks with Speakers from the United Arab Emirates, Niger, and the President of Morocco’s House of Councillors.
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