{"id":447181,"date":"2017-12-14T19:21:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/akufo-addo-has-made-ghana-the-best-place-for-businesses-yofi-grant\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T19:21:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:21:29","slug":"akufo-addo-has-made-ghana-the-best-place-for-businesses-yofi-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/akufo-addo-has-made-ghana-the-best-place-for-businesses-yofi-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo has made Ghana the best place for businesses &#8211; Yofi Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/25041037.295.jpg\" alt=\"YOFI GRANTbreakfastmeeting\" title=\"YOFI GRANTbreakfastmeeting\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yofi Grant, CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513279289_37_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant has commended the Government of Ghana for achieving its medium-term goal of making Ghana the best place for businesses to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to some selected Chief Executive Officers at a breakfast meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, the GIPC boss said the President had two very strong visions that he wanted to be actualized.<\/p>\n<p>He said the President\u2019s first vision was to see Ghana, in the medium-term, as the best place to do business in Africa and to reposition Ghana as a business hub for West Africa.   <\/p>\n<p>He explained that the President Akufo-Addo&#8217;s visions will open up the business sector to create more businesses which will eventually transcend into creating more jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are opening up the business sector hoping that we can create more businesses because more businesses create more jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that when more jobs are created, it will strengthen the economy and bring wealth to Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/enqlwlKuPTU\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 14 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-14 play videoYofi Grant, CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant has commended the Government of Ghana for achieving its medium-term goal of making Ghana the best place for businesses to thrive. 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