{"id":467998,"date":"2018-02-27T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T09:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/akufo-addo-arrives-for-german-african-economic-forum\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T09:46:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T09:46:08","slug":"akufo-addo-arrives-for-german-african-economic-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/akufo-addo-arrives-for-german-african-economic-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo arrives for German-African Economic Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1 bsac-hide-on-phone bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-desktop\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-673831195\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image  bsac-hide-on-desktop bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-phone\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has arrived in Dortmund, Germany to participate in the 5th German-African Economic Forum taking place on February 27, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum themed \u201cAfrican Markets, Potentials and Opportunities for German Businesses,\u201d will bring together more than 300 participants including African start-ups, entrepreneurs, African and German policy makers and investors to strengthen business ties between Germany and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The event will offer details on trade and investment opportunities for German companies in Africa, including industry and country specific information provided by successful entrepreneurs and renowned experts. Additionally, the Forum will focus on four (4) sectors, namely; Infrastructure and Construction; Renewable Energy, Environmental Technology, and Water Management; Mechanical and Plant Engineering and Digital Economy. The keynote address at the forum will be delivered by President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>The President is expected to drive home his message of strong economic partnership between Ghana and Germany, the \u2018Ghana and Africa beyond aid\u2019 agenda, the leveraging of Ghana\u2019s natural resources for her development and the increasing of trade investment between Africa and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The President will also attend at the same forum, an event pitched and organized by the German Corporation for International Cooperation\u2019s (GIZ) \u2018Make It in Africa\u2019 program after which he will pay a courtesy call on the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herr Armin Laschet.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 28th February, the President will deliver the keynote address at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation\u2019s German-Ghana Business Forum. On the same day, President Akufo-Addo, will pay a courtesy call and hold bilateral talks with German Chancellor, Frau Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n<p>The President is expected to among other things seek the strengthening of the ties of co-operation that exists between the Republic of Ghana and the Federal Republic of Germany.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Ghana\/Starrfmonline.com\/103.5FM\/Wilberforce Asare<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-742713667\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Newmont-telesol.gif\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1136575713042949\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\t\t(function () {<\/p>\n<p>    function appendFbScript() {\n        var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk',\n            fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];<\/p>\n<p>        if (document.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = document.createElement('script');\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=298184353996497&version=v2.0\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<\/p>\n<p>        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                appId: '298184353996497',\n                xfbml: true,\n                version: 'v2.0'\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.create', function (comment_data) {\n                console.log(comment_data);\n                update_comments_count();\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.remove', function (comment_data) {\n                update_comments_count();\n            });<\/p>\n<p>            function update_comments_count(comment_data, comment_action) {\n                jQuery.ajax({\n                        type: 'GET',\n                        dataType: 'json',\n                        url: 'http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php',\n                        data: {\n                            action: 'clear_better_facebook_comments',\n                            post_id: '286263'\n                        },\n                        success: function (data) {\n                            \/\/ todo sync comments count here! data have the counts\n                        },\n                        error: function (i, b) {\n                            \/\/ todo\n                        }\n                    }\n                )\n            };\n        };<\/p>\n<p>        appendFbScript();\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    appendFbScript();<\/p>\n<p>})();\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\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>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has arrived in Dortmund, Germany to participate in the 5th German-African Economic Forum taking place on February 27, 2018. The Forum themed \u201cAfrican Markets, Potentials and Opportunities for German Businesses,\u201d will bring together more than 300 participants including African start-ups, entrepreneurs, African and German policy makers and investors to strengthen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":467999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-467998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}