Accra, Feb. 13, GNA – The Association of Ghana
Industries (AGI) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) are collaborating
with organisers for the fourth edition of 2020 Ghana International Conference on
Trade and Finance.
They are also collaborating to ensure that
organisers deliver a tailor-made form of this year’s edition on; “African
Continental Free Trade Area” (AfCFTA)-edition for the full benefit of the
expected business persons on the continent.
The conference on the theme: “Optimizing
AfCFTA for Africans; the role of logistics infrastructure,” will see the
unveiling of a special tag “Accra-Commercial Capital of Africa,” by the Accra
Metropolitan Chief Executive Officer.
In an interview on preparations towards the
conference, Mr Selasi Koffi Ackom, Chief Executive Officer GIFIC, main
organisers of the AfCFTA conference told the Ghana News Agency that the three
entities would jointly address a News conference on February, 24, 2020 to
engage the media on the need for the conference and why every business
executive,industries and companies must attend.
Mr Ackom said some Steering Committee Members
of GITFIC and Mr Roland Affail Monney, President of the Ghana Journalists
Association (GJA) and other special invited guests would be at the News
conference.
He noted that the 4th Ghana International
Conference on Trade & Finance would be thought provoking, insightful,
educative and would expose the entire business committee in Ghana and Africa to
benefit from the over 1.3 trillion Dollar the AfCFTA would bring.
He added that the conference, which would be
held in April would see the sharing of experience from chief trade negotiators
from various countries on the African continent on negotiation challenges during
the session one of day one.
He said on the opening day of the conference,
selected ambassadors from the continent resident in Ghana would share with
delegates how their countries received the news on the AfCFTA and what they
were doing to enhance and ensure the successful implantation and achievement of
the Continental Free Trade Area.
It would also provide the opportunity to
experience academicians to answer the question on “Africa – Can Salvation be
found in AfCFTA?
He added that other topics to be discussed
include; senior officers from the Ports, Customs and Immigration sharing with
delegates their readiness to foster and harness the successful implementation
of the AfCFTA, role of regional and development finance institutions,
telecommunications, digital solutions and state actors.
He said delegates would also be exposed to the
role of Central Banks in harmonising the payment systems within AfCFTA, while
others would assemble heads of Chamber of Commerce from the continent to look
at “Industries’ readiness for AfCFTA; Leveraging on the Opportunities for
Businesses.
Talk on the harmonisation of trade unions on
the continent in the context of AfCFTA, would also be done during the
conference, while heads of Journalists from three African Countries would join
the president of the GJA to look at the role of the media in the implementation
of AfCTA.
GNA