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GIPC still interested in domestic investors – Ahomka-Lindsay
Accra, April 18, Ghanadot/GNA– Domestic
investors will not in anyway be sidelined in the quest to
attract foreign investors, the Chief Executive of the Ghana
Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC,) assured the business
community on Friday.
Mr. Robert Ahomka-Lindsay said in spreading the news about
how Ghana had become one of the top 10 most attractive
investment destinations, the Centre was very much aware
about the role and impact of local investors which could not
be traded.
Mr Ahomka-Lindsay said this at the World Association of
Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) pre-conference
meeting underway in Accra.
The meeting which focuses on building capacity on investment
for WAIPA members precedes this year’s World Investment
Forum which takes place on Saturday and the UNCTAD XII
conference which commences on Sunday in Accra.
Speaking on capitalising on Ghana’s top reformer position in
the doing business, Mr. Ahomka-Linday said: “In raising
awareness of Ghana as a preferred investment destination…it
is very important that we don’t forget our domestic
investor.”
He said GIPC had created centres and was opening offices in
all regions in order to the reach the local businesses and
provide them with investment advisory services.
Again, he said, similar offices were being opened in
Germany, USA, India, China and other places abroad to
promote Ghana to the world.
“It is important to promote international networking,” he
said.
Nana Yaa Ofori-Atta, Communications Specialist,
International Finance Corporation, said there was the need
for investment promotion agencies to develop audience
specific messages in the target of investors besides their
core objectives.
GNA
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