The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) on Thursday, June 16th 2016, launched the first ever Ghana Business Development Review (GBDR) at the School’s Graduate building.
In his welcome speech, Prof. Samuel Agyei-Mensah, the Provost of the College of Humanities, of which UGBS is part, congratulated all the authors for excellently researching into various economic sectors in Ghana and providing compelling insights in the GBDR.
Prof. Agyei-Mensah delivering his welcome speech.
The Dean of UGBS, Prof. Joshua Yindenaba Abor, addressing the gathering on the purpose of the occasion, observed that the overall aim of the GBDR was to develop an evidenced based report that tracks the performance of businesses in the Ghanaian economy. This he said will help advocate for policies that spur growth and performance of businesses to improve economic development.
Dr. Abdul Gafaru Abdulai, a lecturer at UGBS delivered an overview of the fifteen-chapter report, outlining the sectors’ contents, structures, achievements and challenges. Among the sectors reviewed are Manufacturing, Energy, Oil and Gas, IT and Communication, Hospitality and Tourism among others.
The chairman for the occasion, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana Professor Ernest Aryeetey commended the Business School for producing the GDBR. He said, the past twenty years has witnessed a massive improvement in data collection and analysis which has brought about effective decision making in both private and public sectors. Prof. Aryeetey mentioned that, the report will serve as a guide to potential investors to enable them understand the Ghanaian business environment.
Prof. Aryeetey then officially launched the report, and copies were distributed to all participating organisations.
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Credit: UGBS