2024 Ghana Industrialisation Week to be held in June
Ghana Industrialisation Centre in collaboration with the Western Regional Co-ordinating Council (WRCC) and it partners will organise the 2024 edition of the Ghana Industrialization Week event, under the theme “Renaissance of Ghana’s Industrialization; the renewed commitment towards inclusive and Sustainable Development, Produce, Add Value and Economic Diversification. “
The two-day event to being held under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) will highlight Ghana’s renewed determination and commitment to Industrialisation as one of the central pillars in attaining the continent’s economic growth and development goals as articulated in Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030.
According to a press statement issued by the ministry and copied the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, the event will convene delegate, speakers, industry professionals, policy makers, business leaders and Trade and industry, energy experts to uncover new opportunities, strengthen partnerships, Investors and delegates, to discuss Ghana’s pioneering approach towards diversifying its Industrialisation mix.
“As Ghana emerges as the epicenter of the Africa industry landscape and the Industrialization sector represents one of the most critical components of Ghana’s growth and development, Ghana Industrialization Week will showcase Ghana’s achievement as a catalyst for global economic growth with billions of dollars of investment needed to facilitate Ghana’s Industrialization transition and achieve its net-zero goals and economic growth.
Building on the incredible success of Ghana’s Development, Ghana Industrialization Week 2024 will welcome policy makers, business leaders and Trade and industry, energy experts to uncover new opportunities and strengthen partnerships,” it said.
In light of the key and strategic interdependences between Industrialization and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), it noted that the Ghana Industrialisation Week would rally desired political momentum, resources, partnerships and alliances towards a Ghana-Industrialisation drive.
“This is along the country ’s resolve to drive structural transformation, built around leveraging Africa’s rich and diverse natural resources, while at the same time embracing current advances in technologies, continental and global geo – socio-political trends and emergence of tradable services, the statement added.
Concluding it said, the Week is expected to unlock the evolution of a vibrant Pan-African enterprise and capital base that would unleash an inclusive and sustainable industrialisation path-way that carries along the participation of all economic agents, including Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), youth, and women in the generation of national wealth and creation of jobs, expansion of entrepreneurship opportunities for Ghana’s populations.
The impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic continue to drive the urgent and imperative the need for bold actions to drive transformative change in key economic pillars such as Industrialisation.
BY TIMES REPORTER
