The Made in Ghana Summit 2022 (Breakfast Business Networking) is planned for December and will emphasize the value of relying less on importing goods that can be produced locally to expand the economy of the nation and promote pertinent issues like Ghana’s cedi depreciating against other major trading currencies and manufacturing downtime.
The heads of development partners, the Diplomatic Corps, and the top 100 CEOs have all confirmed their attendance.
Building strong Ghanaian brands for global competitiveness is the theme of the event organized by the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana with partnership support from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana Standards Authority, Ghana Free Zones Authority, and other relevant stakeholders. Jay Kay Industries & Investments Ltd., McDan Group, and M & G Pharma are providing sponsorship support for the event.
The Summit seeks to bring in foreign companies to establish contract, offshore, multinational manufacturing industries in Ghana to create jobs, wealth, reduce poverty, inflation, Cedi depreciation and industrialize our economy.
The key thrust of the one-day summit will focus on a holistic national framework that will project made in Ghana brands as the surest and most bankable alternative to all.
The Made in Ghana Summit is designed to assemble over 200 influential manufacturing CEOs, captains of industry, business executives, development partners, diplomatic corps, policy makers and entrepreneurs on one platform to support governments industrialization agenda, modernize our agricultural sector to generate enough foreign exchange through exports.
“The economy of any nation grows rapidly when locally made products are promoted through patronage first by its own people then through export. We need to diversify the economy so that we will not rely on imported commodity to survive as a country, produce the food we eat, make our own textiles, produce most of the things we use and create the right environment and also take advantage of the single African Market as created by the AFCFTA for industrial growth and Pan-African Payment and settlement systems (PAPSS),” said Sam Ato Gaise, Executive Director of Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana.