She made her first stop at the Novo Nordisk Diabetes Centre at the Ga South Hospital, where she interacted with the management of the facility as well as patients who were waiting to receive medical care.

The diabetes centre at the hospital was established in 2014, as a public-private partnership between Novo Nordisk and the Ministry of Health, as part of a global program called “Base of the Pyramid”.

Her second stop was at the Danish-Sweden listed company AAK at the Tema port. The Queen was given a brief on the importance of shea nuts to rural development in Ghana, and also witnessed the loading of the raw material onto a vessel bound for Denmark.

The company is a large source of shea nuts, and has been present in West Africa for close to 60 years. AAK currently has three offices in Ghana, in Tamale, Wa and Tema.

Queen Margrethe II made a brief stop at one of Ghana’s most important gateways for trade, the MPS Container Terminal, which is a partnership between Danish Shipping and logistics conglomerate Maersk, the French Logistics company Bollore, and the government of Ghana.

She rounded up her tour of the Tema Port with a visit to the 1.5billion USD port expansion project site.

Later in the day, she joined a garden of reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of Denmark where she met the Danes currently living in Ghana.

She is expected to end her state visit to Ghana today, Saturday, with some outlined activities.

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By: Anass S. Seidu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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According to her, Denmark had achieved enormous success and gained recognition globally for the impact made by its small enterprises, something Ghana could benefit from.

“I think my visit is going to be very significant for the relations between our two countries because it means that you will find quite a large trade delegation is accompanying me and they are obviously there because they hope to develop good relations with Ghanaian businesses and opportunities,” she said.

[contextly_sidebar id=”rjdOwxOJAOAZRthrhlAqTcb2GvENqJ5E”]“We have very large, almost worldwide firms in Denmark, but we have a  number of small and middle-sized Danish firms who do work worldwide and that’s one of our strengths and one thing that will be of interest and inspiration for people in Ghana. You have to start somewhere and it’s good to know that you can start small and expand it and make it worldwide. That’s something we’re very proud of in Denmark.”

The Danish Monarch was speaking in an interview with Director of News Programming at Citi FM, and Host of the award-winning Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, Kate Baaba Hudson of the Daily Graphic and Portia Sonia Adoley Gabor of TV3 in Denmark, and Jubal Kwaku Amedetor, also of TV3, ahead of her trip to Ghana.

‘More aware of Ghana’

Queen Margrethe II expressed her excitement at the impending visit to Ghana, her first to a West African country.

She stated that her visit while building trade relations between the two countries will also foster a better understanding of the two nations.

“I’m very much looking forward to my visit to Ghana in a few weeks’ time. It’s my first time in Ghana and in fact, it’s my first time in West Africa which means it’s something entirely new for me. But Denmark and Ghana have had very good relations for a very long time. I know that there is a large group of Danish business people who are looking forward to being [in Ghana] with me and to see what they can do and they are excited about the prospects of working in Ghana,” Queen Margarethe said.

“I think people in Denmark will become much more aware of Ghana because of this visit. Of course, people know about Ghana, but a visit like this always makes people more aware of what Ghana is and what the country is like. And I’m certainly going to learn a lot.”

Danish Trip

The 3-day press trip to Denmark was organised for four selected Ghanaian journalists, including Citi Breakfast Show host, Bernard Koku Avle.

The Queen, on her eventual historic visit to Ghana, is expected to be accompanied by a Danish business delegation within three focus sectors, namely food & agriculture, sustainability, maritime, infrastructure and railways.

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Colombian striker Radamel Falcao scored the only goal of the game, converting a free header from the edge of the six-yard box just before half-time.

The Gunners, who miss out on winning their home tournament for the first time in four years, felt they should have been awarded a late penalty.

Summer signings Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers made their first starts for Arsenal.

Having won 5-1 against Benfica in their first match, Arsenal struggled against the Ligue 1 outfit and created little in the way of clear-cut chances, with Sanchez rarely on the ball.

Falcao, starting a game for the first time since a serious knee injury in January, opened the scoring on 37 minutes.

Arsenal substitute Chuba Akpom was brought down by visiting goalkeeper Danijel Subasic as he burst into the box, only for referee Martin Atkinson to award a free-kick rather than a penalty – despite replays showing the foul was clearly inside the area.

Spanish side Valencia won the tournament after coming from behind to beat Portugal’s Benfica 3-1 in Sunday’s early kick-off.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Debuchy, Chambers, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Sanchez, Giroud Subs: Martinez, Miquel, Hayden, Bellerin, Coquelin, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Zelalem, Akpom.

Monaco: Subasic, Dirar, Carvalho, Raggi, Echiejile, Bakayoko, Kondogbia, Carrasco, Joao Moutinho, Ocampos, Falcao. Subs: Caillard, Fabinho, Abdennour, Berbatov, Germain, Isimat Mirin, Martial, Toulalan, Bahamboula, Diallo.

Valencia players celebrate after winning the Emirates Cup

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Source: BBC Sport

 

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