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<\/p>\nVice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the international business community that Ghana is a safe, investor friendly country for business.<\/p>\n
The Akufo-Addo government, he said, is looking to empower and partner the private sector to be the engine of growth for the Ghanaian economy, in order to achieve its vision of making Ghana the most business-friendly country on the continent.<\/p>\n
Vice President Bawumia gave the assurance when a Brazilian business delegation led by Ambassador Laudemar Goncalves de Aguiar Neto, Charge d\u2019Affaires of the Federative Republic of Brazil\u2019s Embassy in Ghana, paid a courtesy call on him at the Flagstaff House on Monday.<\/p>\n
Commending the Brazilian businesses for the important role they continue to play in the Ghanaian economy, Dr Bawumia said the Akufo-Addo government was open for business.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vision of our government is to promote a business-friendly, private sector driven economy, so we want to encourage as much foreign investors as possible to invest in Ghana and invigorate the economy.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe areas you\u2019re involved in are very job creating, very valuable, and we appreciate your continued support. We have very ambitious targets for Ghana, and that will be achieved in partnership with the private sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make Ghana the most business-friendly country in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ambassador Laudemar Neto recalled the historic relationship between Brazil and Ghana, and affirmed his government\u2019s commitment to strengthening the already strong bonds through trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe support the Ghanaian government\u2019s desire for business, and I am happy to say that more Brazilian companies are turning an eye towards Ghana,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n
A number of Brazilian companies have set up operations in Ghana, in areas such as road construction, rice farming, paint production and cashew processing.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian delegation included Mr Karl Nasr, Honorary Consul of Brazil to Ghana at Tema; Ms Lidiane Jaconi, Managing Director of Brazil Agribusiness Group; Mr Marcos Alexandre Silva, Managing Director, West Africa, for Quieroz Galvao Construction; Danilo Trinchao Pires Rios, Country Representative of Odebrecht Construction International; and Mr Jose Roberto Passareli, Country Manager of Contracta Construction Ghana Ltd.<\/p>\n
The rest are Charles Galvao, Executive Chairman (Ghana) for Construtora OAS Ltd; Eng Fernando Mariano, CEO \u2013Ghana for Andrade Gutierrez; Patricio Assis, Managing Director of Usibras Ghana; and Michael Akoto of the Commercial Section, Brazil Embassy in Ghana.<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the international business community that Ghana is a safe, investor friendly country for business. The Akufo-Addo government, he said, is looking to empower and partner the private sector to be the engine of growth for the Ghanaian economy, in order to achieve its vision of making Ghana the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,11],"tags":[389,3],"yoast_head":"\n