UK-Ghana Business Council Regional Forum Starts Tomorrow

The British High Commission and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) under the framework of the UK- Ghana Business Council meeting will jointly host the first regional forum in Kumasi to build a shared understanding of priorities on economic development, job creation, trade and investment on July 2, 2019.

This meeting in Kumasi, a first of many across Ghana, will be co-chaired by the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Lain Walker and Mr Osei Assibey Antwi, the Mayor of Kumasi.

The UK and Ghana government both recognise the importance of regional perspectives from around Ghana, including the Ashanti Region to feed into the work of the wider UK-Ghana Business Council.

The forum will prioritise infrastructure, agriculture/agro-processing and industrialisation and explore opportunities in these sectors for the UK to do more in Kumasi and the Ashanti region.

The UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC) is a biannual high-level meeting between top UK and Ghana government Officials and Ministers.

The meeting is used as a vehicle to move forward a new strategic economic partnership between the UK and Ghana that focuses on increased trade and investment and additionally emphasizes the development of priority sectors of the Ghanaian economy that leads to job creation and sustained economic growth.