{"id":367578,"date":"2017-11-02T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367578"},"modified":"2017-11-02T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T06:00:45","slug":"small-businesses-could-drive-growth-in-ghana-danish-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/small-businesses-could-drive-growth-in-ghana-danish-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Small businesses could drive growth in Ghana &#8211; Danish Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe\u00a0II, has suggested that small and middle-sized businesses in Ghana could be the driving force of growth and development in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, Denmark had achieved enormous success and gained recognition globally\u00a0for the impact made by its small enterprises, something Ghana could benefit from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-367583\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Queen1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"queen1\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;rjdOwxOJAOAZRthrhlAqTcb2GvENqJ5E&#8221;]\u201cWe have very large, almost worldwide firms in Denmark, but we have a\u00a0 number of small and middle-sized Danish firms who do work worldwide and that\u2019s 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\u2019s good to know that you can start small and expand it and make it worldwide. That\u2019s something we\u2019re very proud of in Denmark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Monarch was speaking\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/31\/citi-fms-bernard-avle-3-others-leave-ghana-to-meet-danish-queen\/\">in an interview with<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Director of News Programming at<strong>\u00a0Citi FM<\/strong>, and Host of the award-winning\u00a0<strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, Bernard Avle,\u00a0Kate Baaba Hudson of the Daily Graphic and Portia Sonia Adoley Gabor of TV3 in Denmark, and Jubal Kwaku Amedetor, also of TV3, ahead of\u00a0her trip to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;More aware of Ghana&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Queen\u00a0Margrethe\u00a0II expressed her excitement at the impending visit to Ghana, her first to a West African country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367592\" style=\"width: 835px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367592\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Danish-4.jpg\" alt=\"Citi FM's Bernard Avle shakes with the Danish Queen.\" width=\"835\" height=\"714\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citi FM&#8217;s Bernard Avle shakes with the Danish Queen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She stated that her visit while building trade relations between the two countries will also foster a better understanding of the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m very much looking forward to my visit to Ghana in a few weeks\u2019 time. It\u2019s my first time in Ghana and in fact, it\u2019s my first time in West Africa which means it\u2019s 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,&#8221; Queen Margarethe said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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\u2019m certainly going to learn a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danish Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a03-day press trip to Denmark was organised for four selected Ghanaian journalists, including\u00a0<strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>\u00a0host, Bernard Koku\u00a0Avle.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen, on her eventual historic visit\u00a0to Ghana, is expected to be accompanied by a Danish business delegation within three focus sectors, namely food &amp; agriculture, sustainability, maritime, infrastructure and railways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe\u00a0II, has suggested that small and middle-sized businesses in Ghana could be the driving force of growth and development in the country. 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