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Invest In Africa calls on Trade and Industry Minister

Alan Kyereman Newly Alan Kwadwo Kyeremateng, Minister of Trade and Industry

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 Source: The Finder

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has acknowledged important synergies between its work and initiatives that Invest In Africa is currently executing in Ghana.

According to Ministry of Trade and Industry, some of the identified areas include SME development through Invest In Africa’s Business Excellence Programmes and the African Partner Pool (APP) an online platform which provides access to markets for businesses.

This came out when the organisation led by its Country Manager, called on the Sector Minister Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyeremateng in Accra recently. Following the visit, Invest in Africa will work with the Ministry on developing mutually beneficial SME development programmes

Present at the meeting was the Deputy Minister of Trade designate, Mr Robert Ahomaka Lindsay who shared the ten key Initiatives that the Ministry would like to implement.

This included district industrialisation, strategic anchor initiatives, SME development and export promotion, enhancing retail systems, only to mention but a few.

IIA, is a cross-sector partnership of companies with the vision to create thriving African economies, Current Partners of IIA are Tullow Ghana, Ecobank, UT Bank, AGI, GIPC,AB & David Law, MODEC Ghana, EY, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Newmont Mining, Guinness Ghana, Societe Generale,.

Source: The Finder