President John Dramani Mahama has extended an open invitation to Chinese investors, emphasising that Ghana presents strategic opportunities across diverse sectors of the economy.
According to him, Ghana offers not only stability and profitability, but also serves as a strategic gateway to the African continent.
He underscored that Ghana’s uninterrupted democratic governance for more than three decades provides the strongest guarantee of investor confidence.
“We invite Chinese investors to explore partnerships in roads, smart cities, renewable energy and digital connectivity. Ghana is open for business, and we are open for innovation and partnerships,” he said.
President Mahama made the call on Tuesday when he addressed the Presidential Investment Forum, which brought together Ghanaian and Chinese businesses and investors as part of his state visit to China.
At the core of Ghana’s transformation agenda, he said, is the 24-hour economy and the accelerated export development programme anchored on the Volta Economic Corridor — “one of the most ambitious projects in Ghana’s history” aimed at opening up the country and boosting investments.
“It rests on four interlinked pillars. The first is irrigating over two million hectares of land for all-year-round farming. The second is building agro-industrial parks for textiles, pharmaceuticals and food processing.
“The third is developing tourism and hospitality hubs along the Volta Lake, one of the world’s largest man-made inland lakes, and the fourth is establishing a modern inland water transport and logistics system linking farms, factories and markets,” he explained.
To unlock large-scale growth, he said, the ambitious US$10 billion Big Push Infrastructure Programme — designed to inject resources over a five-year period to complete major roads, bridges, power systems and digital networks while linking Ghana to regional markets — would open up the country for investments.
On digital transformation, President Mahama noted that his government believes China’s comparative advantage in digitalisation and innovation makes it a worthy partner to Ghana and Africa’s vibrant youthful population.
He assured potential investors of a robust legal framework that safeguards their interests, stating that Ghanaian laws protect investments against discrimination, expropriation and nationalisation.
As a member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and a signatory to the New York Convention, he said investor rights are protected under transparent international arbitration mechanisms.
He added that government is implementing pro-enterprise regimes to position Ghana as one of the most business-friendly destinations in Africa.
As host of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), President Mahama said Ghana offers investors direct access to a US$3.4 trillion single market and over 400 million consumers through the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme.
Ghana, he said, is on a new trajectory that offers opportunity and shared value for all, driven by the anchor economic policy of the 24-hour economy.
“This is the new Ghana. We’re creating a 24-hour economy of opportunity and innovation, a bold infrastructure drive connecting every community and enterprise, a modern agricultural engine that feeds our people and exports to the rest of the world, a digital revolution that empowers our youth, and an industrial vision that adds value and secures prosperity for generations to come.”
BY JULIUS YAO PETETSI
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