{"id":1208957,"date":"2022-09-22T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/22\/ghana-is-building-an-integrated-bauxite-and-aluminium-industry-processing-more-of-our-cocoa-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T10:15:00","slug":"ghana-is-building-an-integrated-bauxite-and-aluminium-industry-processing-more-of-our-cocoa-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/22\/ghana-is-building-an-integrated-bauxite-and-aluminium-industry-processing-more-of-our-cocoa-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana is building an integrated bauxite and aluminium industry; processing more of our cocoa &#8211; Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"533\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Nana Addo Dankwa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nana-Addo-Dankwa-696x533.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"533\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nana-Addo-Dankwa-696x533.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Nana Addo Dankwa\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said at the 77TH session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday September 21 that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose Secretariat is located in Accra, Ghana\u2019s capital, is driving intra-Africa trade and creating an unparalleled momentum for our continent\u2019s economic diversity and transformation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said that that industrialisation is the way to go and, with the single market as the added incentive, Ghana has taken policy measures to add value to the natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>For example, he said, \u201cwe are processing more of our cocoa, refining more of our gold, and we are determined to exploit the entire value chain of our huge lithium deposits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are busily building an integrated bauxite and aluminium industry and an integrated iron and steel industry, building new oil refineries and have, so far, attracted six (6) of the world\u2019s biggest automobile manufacturers to set up assembling plants in Ghana, prior to producing them in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In line with the African Union\u2019s Agenda 2063 and the United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Africa\u2019s ambition is to transform the food systems over the next decade, anchored in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth, Mr Akufo-Addo intimated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we require now is support from the investor community for the rolling out of Africa\u2019s lucrative agro-industry, and for the community to see agribusiness in Africa as much more an opportunity than the perceived, exaggerated risk which has been the false, but dominant narrative,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said at the 77TH session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday September 21 that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), whose Secretariat is located in Accra, Ghana\u2019s capital, is driving intra-Africa trade and creating an unparalleled momentum for our continent\u2019s economic diversity and transformation. 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