{"id":293815,"date":"2017-02-12T16:21:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T16:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=293815"},"modified":"2017-02-12T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T16:21:03","slug":"ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government wants a relationship with the international community driven by <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/31\/african-leaders-agree-deal-on-continental-free-trade\/\"><strong>trade<\/strong><\/a> rather than aid.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;0LC2UxGn4vl1K5ZY0YUfzN8memPP94Gl&#8221;]According to him, such position will help Ghana position itself in the continent\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bawumia made the comment while contributing to a panel discussion on \u201cLeapfrogging Development: The African Story,\u201d at the 5th World Government Summit currently ongoing in Dubai, UAE.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293823\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/bawumia-12-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293823\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-293823 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-12.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-12\" width=\"960\" height=\"610\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Ashish Tkakkar, Founder of Mara Group (L), President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, (M), Ghana Vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He noted that there was a great potential for Africa\u2019s growth leveraging technology and that opportunity must be tapped urgently to realize the Africa\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/bawumia-5-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293821\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293821 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-5.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-5\" width=\"960\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that, \u201cAfrica has to understand that the process of leapfrogging must be homegrown and implemented in full&#8230;In the next five years, Africa will become the fastest growing continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/bawumia-4-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293822\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293822 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-4.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-4\" width=\"960\" height=\"624\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other leaders on the panel were the president of Guinea, Alpha Conde, who is also AU Chairman and Mr Ashish Tkakkar, Founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293818\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/bawumia-1-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293818\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-293818 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-1.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Ashish Tkakkar, Founder of Mara Group (L), President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, (M), Ghana Vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr Bawumia is among the over 90 top government and business leaders who have gathered in the gulf country for the event.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-day World Government summit which started on Sunday, 12th February will end on Tuesday 14th February with an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/bawumia-6-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293820\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-293820 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-6.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-6\" width=\"960\" height=\"624\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The World Government Summit is a global platform dedicated to shaping the future of governments worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The annual summit sets an agenda with a\u00a0focus on harnessing innovation and technology to solve universal challenges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_293823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-293823\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/12\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/bawumia-12-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-293823\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-293823 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-12.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia-12\" width=\"960\" height=\"610\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-293823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Ashish Tkakkar, Founder of Mara Group (L), President of Guinea, Alpha Conde, (M), Ghana Vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It functions as a thought leadership platform and networking hub for policymakers, experts, and pioneers in human development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government wants a relationship with the international community driven by trade rather than aid. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;0LC2UxGn4vl1K5ZY0YUfzN8memPP94Gl&#8221;]According to him, such position will help Ghana position itself in the continent\u2019s growth. Dr Bawumia made the comment while contributing to a panel discussion on \u201cLeapfrogging Development: The African Story,\u201d at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[389,3,3315],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government wants a relationship with the international community driven by trade rather than aid. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;0LC2UxGn4vl1K5ZY0YUfzN8memPP94Gl&#8221;]According to him, such position will help Ghana position itself in the continent\u2019s growth. Dr Bawumia made the comment while contributing to a panel discussion on \u201cLeapfrogging Development: The African Story,\u201d at the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-12T16:21:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-12.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-12T16:21:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-12T16:21:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the government wants a relationship with the international community driven by trade rather than aid. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;0LC2UxGn4vl1K5ZY0YUfzN8memPP94Gl&#8221;]According to him, such position will help Ghana position itself in the continent\u2019s growth. Dr Bawumia made the comment while contributing to a panel discussion on \u201cLeapfrogging Development: The African Story,\u201d at the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2017-02-12T16:21:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Bawumia-12.jpg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/","name":"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-02-12T16:21:03+00:00","dateModified":"2017-02-12T16:21:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/ghana-needs-more-trade-not-foreign-aid-bawumia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana needs more trade not foreign aid \u2013 Bawumia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}