{"id":447222,"date":"2017-12-14T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ghanas-economy-must-be-private-sector-driven-yofi-grant\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T23:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T23:11:11","slug":"ghanas-economy-must-be-private-sector-driven-yofi-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/ghanas-economy-must-be-private-sector-driven-yofi-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s economy must be private sector driven &#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\/21978772.295.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Yofi2\" title=\"Grant Yofi2\" width=\"295\" height=\"159\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yofi Grant, CEO of 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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513293071_915_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), Yofi Grant has reiterated government\u2019s commitment to transform Ghana\u2019s economy through implementation of significant policies.<\/p>\n<p>Among these strategies is the transformation of the country\u2019s economic structure by adding value to the raw materials and resources before exporting which according to Mr. Grant \u201cis well founded\u201d as it will ensure Ghana \u201cparticipates better at the value-end of business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been exporting our bauxite for quite a while. Now a ton of raw bauxite sells from approximately $60 but when it\u2019s gone through the conversion process and come out with the end product of aluminium, a ton is $6,000. If you\u2019re a country where would you like to be? At the extractive end where it\u2019s only $60 or at the end where it\u2019s $6,000?\u201d he observed while addressing a breakfast meeting in Accra on December 13, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The GIPC CEO also highlighted the President\u2019s vision of making Ghana&#8217;s economy private sector driven.<\/p>\n<p>In view of this, he said, his outfit has put measures in place to link up local businesses to foreign investors so as to make the private sector more attractive and competitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why at GIPC, when we go on our trips and we have foreign direct investors coming in, we try to march them up with indigenous people so that we also engage our private sector to rise up to it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sZtSyByOWKc\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 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 of GIPC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), Yofi Grant has reiterated government\u2019s commitment to transform Ghana\u2019s economy through implementation of significant policies. 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