{"id":117505,"date":"2026-04-22T08:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:23:22","slug":"ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and expand Ghana\u2019s presence on the global market.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The two-day event is scheduled for June 22\u201323, 2026, in Boston in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, speaking at the launch in Accra, said the Expo would connect Ghanaian businesses to international buyers, investors and the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>She said Ghana\u2019s participation in the World Cup provided an opportunity to promote the country not only through football but also as a source of quality goods and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said sectors such as textiles, agro-processing, natural beauty products and digital services stood to benefit from the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>She said the Expo formed part of Government\u2019s efforts to boost non-traditional exports, support local industries and create jobs through increased trade.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Ofosu-Agyare assured businesses of the ministry\u2019s support to help translate the platform into real export opportunities and partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>She commended LITINA Travel and Tour for leading the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister urged businesses to take advantage of the opportunity to expand into international markets.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders, including the Association of Ghana Industries, said the Expo would help raise the profile of Ghanaian products and improve their competitiveness globally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Ghana<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and expand Ghana\u2019s presence on the global market. The two-day event is scheduled for June 22\u201323, 2026, in Boston in the United States. Madam Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare, Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, speaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":117503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[429],"class_list":["post-117505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T08:21:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T09:23:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1151\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-22T08:21:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-22T09:23:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\",\"name\":\"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-22T08:21:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-22T09:23:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg\",\"width\":1728,\"height\":1151,\"caption\":\"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market - Ghana","description":"Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market","og_description":"Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-04-22T08:21:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-22T09:23:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1728,"height":1151,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market","datePublished":"2026-04-22T08:21:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T09:23:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg","keywords":["ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","Economy","head lines"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market","name":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-22T08:21:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T09:23:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Government has launched a Made-in-Ghana Expo to be held during the 2026 FIFA World Cup to promote local products and ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2026\/04\/sm_1776837121.423257.jpg","width":1728,"height":1151,"caption":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghana-businesses-to-tap-world-cup-market#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana Businesses to Tap World Cup Market"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117513,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117505\/revisions\/117513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}