The overwhelming success of the Year of Return initiative revealed that the diaspora community have a desire and interest to investing in Ghana.
This led to the creation of a Diaspora Investment Desk (DID), at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) under the auspices of the President.
Engaging the diaspora community is important because research shows that the diaspora bring in considerable amount of remittances estimated at over $3 billion dollars as at 2019.
It is on the back of this that the GIPC with support from the Beyond the Return Secretariat is organizing the first edition of the Diaspora Business Breakfast Meeting, aimed at harnessing the network of opportunities within the diaspora.
The Business Meeting scheduled for the November 17, 2020 between 7:30 and 11:30am, is expected to be a convergence of diasporans with skills, technical know-how and capital, who are ready and willing to invest in the Ghanaian economy to support the Government of Ghana’s Ghana Beyond Aid agenda and also re-integrate members of the diaspora into the Ghanaian economy.
Key among the topics to be discussed will include opportunities for Diaspora Direct Investment, government policies that will impact positively the ease of doing business in Ghana as well as how Diaspora Direct Investment will add to the development of a contemporary and knowledge-based economy.
In attendance will be the Chief Executive Officer of the GIPC, Yofi Grant as well as other stakeholders from the Diaspora Affairs Office of thePresident, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration among others.
Commenting on the upcoming event, the CEO of GIPC was positive that an engagement with the diaspora is a worthwhile course.
He said “the diaspora community have expressed interest in either living or establishing businesses in Ghana. It is therefore our expectation to convert these opportunities to viable economic activity.”
The event will be streamed live on GIPC’s social media platforms.
