Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, calls on Ghanaian industrialists and businesses to produce strategically to be able to stay competitive in the single continental market.
Addressing industrialists at this year’s Ghana Industrial Summit and Exhibition in Accra, he charges local producers to focus on staying competitive.
He elaborates that if businesses only produce but fail to remain competitive, they might not be able to withstand the competition from other African states that will also be producing for the same single market.
Mr. Osafo-Maafo says competitive production is key to harnessing the opportunities that the AfCFTA presents while assuring the governments resolve to provide the enabling environment for businesses to thrive in the continental market.
The Presidential Advisor mentions that the establishment of the AfCFTA Secretariat in Ghana presents a bigger market to local industries which they must exploit by targeting markets within the continent to help put Ghana on the map as an industrial country.
The event, which was organized by the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), in partnership with the Volta River Authority (VRA), was on the theme: “Repositioning Ghanaian Industries to leverage the AfCFTA.”
It brought together the business community in the country to contribute to the discussion on leveraging the benefits the AfCFTA presents.
It also presented an opportunity for them to network and showcase their products and services to prospective clients and investors.
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