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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Manufacturers, businesses, traders, and investors aim to unlock infrastructural bottlenecks to actualise the full benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/b><\/p>\n

This is happening at a three-day Ghana Investment Trade Week, which opened on Monday, October 23, 2023, in Accra.<\/p>\n

The summit is being organised by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in collaboration with MIE Group, Dubai, and the Ghana Chamber of Construction.<\/p>\n

The State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) and KGL Group are supporting the summit.<\/p>\n

The summit seeks to find lasting solutions to roads, railways, and airlines, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and energy infrastructural challenges that would make trade on the continent easier and faster.<\/p>\n

It is to also create a platform to promote investment, trade and knowledge exchange in Ghana and Africa.<\/p>\n

In an interview after a ceremonial opening, Mr Mike Ocquaye-Jnr, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA), said it was critical to overcome those infrastructural difficulties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you for example, want to travel from Ghana to Congo, you may have to fly to Brussels, and then from Brussels, you fly in, which shouldn\u2019t be the case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to ensure that we connect Rwanda and Tanzania and all other countries, that\u2019s why we\u2019re finding a holistic solution to these infrastructural problems,\u201d Mr Ocquaye-Jnr said.<\/p>\n

He noted that Ghana, for example, had developed undersea cables, which were not common in other countries in Africa, but ultimately aimed at improving connectivity across the continent.<\/p>\n

Mr Yofi Grant, CEO, GIPC, said AfCFTA would recreate the Africa economy, and transform many sectors, but requires continent-wide policies and efforts to solve the various infrastructural challenges.<\/p>\n

With our young people and mineral resources, we can develop the capacity and produce to trade within ourselves to increase intra-continental trade by 30 per cent by adding value for export.<\/p>\n

He explained that Ghana holding the summit demonstrated its ability to facilitate trade in Africa with a focus on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG1) \u2013 poverty alleviation and SDG17 \u2013 partnership for trade and development.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfCFTA started as an initiative between countries, but now it needs to percolate down to the private sector; it\u2019s the private sector that\u2019s going to invest its capital and create the products that we can trade amongst ourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He referred to Africa\u2019s rich resources, including having 90 per cent of the world\u2019s platinum and cobalt, and a significant proportion of the world\u2019s quota not to mention lithium, copper, and titanium salts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need as governments to then facilitate our private sector to participate in these larger economies because that\u2019s the way we\u2019re going to create wealth by supporting the private sector to create jobs and other opportunities for our young people,\u201d Mr Grant said.<\/p>\n

Mr Zahoor Ahmed, Vice President, Strategy and Partnerships, MIE Group, said the summit would also capture global market attention, including Asia, the Middle East and Europe.<\/p>\n

By so doing, the summit would create a congenial atmosphere to explore opportunities for partnerships, trade and bring in more Foreign Direct Investment into Africa.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Manufacturers, businesses, traders, and investors aim to unlock infrastructural bottlenecks to actualise the full benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This is happening at a three-day Ghana Investment Trade Week, which opened on Monday, October 23, 2023, in Accra. 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