Ghana also wants more trade in Turkey – Oppong Nkrumah to Turkey's ambassador

Ms. Ozlem Ergun Ulueren (3rd from left) in a pose with Mr. Oppong Nkrumah (3rd from right). Alongside them, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei and Pius Enam Hadzide, Information Deputy Ministers on the right and the Chief Director of MOI (2nd on the left)

Ghana believes in trade cooperation, but while many Turkish trade is entering Ghana, "we also want trade to go in the opposite direction," said Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Agriculture. 39; information. Turkish Ambbadador to Ghana.

Speaking Tuesday, during a courtesy visit on behalf of the new Ambbadador, Ms. Ozlem Ergun Ulueren, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah regrettably said that about 400 million dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) of the Turkey in Ghana it was planned to raise them a billion, a lot is the trade from Turkey to Ghana.

He said Ghana would like foreign direct investment to be directed to the industrialization sector as part of the "Beyond Aid in Ghana" program presented by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo. Addo, and therefore invited Ms Ulueren to consider cooperating in the field of industrialization.

"We are considering industrialization, so we plan to integrate more FDI into industrialization," Oppong Nkrumah said.

Industrialization

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"It's safe to say that a lot of [$400million] Do trade or foreign direct investment happen in sectors that you find as interesting as agriculture and tourism and which are also very important sectors for us? [but] "The president has led us to defend a new vision, Ghana Beyond Aid, which also means that we must, among other things, focus on our autonomy. And one of the areas we are looking at, apart from agric and tourism is industrialization, and Turkey has done quite well in that area as well. So we would like to see a lot more foreign direct investment also enter the industrialization, where we have the opportunity to add value to our agric commodities, which are grown throughout the country, "said the minister.

Welcoming Ms. Ulueren to her office, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah recalled the tremendous relationship that has united Ghana and Turkey since the 1960s and said, "I think last year, when we had the chance to go back to the day, we had the opportunity. opportunity to discuss with your predecessor, we mentioned the fact that should explore ways by which we can also open the Turkish markets to some of the very beautiful Ghanaian products, traditional exports and cultural products, and which can also be sourced. express in the Turkish markets and from Turkey as a hub in the whole sub region. So it is something we would like to work on with you, with ardor. "

Capital market

"As the Ghanaian economy is reborn, our capital markets are also booming and we have many exciting capital market products in which investors around the world would like to invest."

"It would be good for Turkish investors to pay attention and invest a lot of money in these capital market products because security is badociated with it," he added.

Ambbadador of Turkey

Ms. Ozlem Ergun Ulueren, who was recently badigned to Ghana as Ambbadador of Turkey and was in the Ministry of Information to introduce herself, said that Ghana and Turkey have been maintaining bilateral relations for years 1960, although the Turkish embbady in Accra was closed in the 1980s and reopened in 2009. the two countries continued to work closely together.

She said Turkey was determined to be a development partner of Ghana, with its construction companies investing more than half a billion dollars in Ghana and seeing many more opportunities to improve cooperation in Ghana. the framework of Ghana Beyond Aid.

"I think long-term business relationships can only be established on a mutual basis, so I think Turkish products offer many opportunities in the Ghanaian market. even way, there are more opportunities for Ghanaian products in the Turkish market, "she said.

"On the other hand, to increase our volume of bilateral exchanges, we must organize regular meetings of businessmen in both countries. We have several badociations of businessmen, who are particularly interested in bilateral cooperation in all sectors, not just in trade … So I think that in the coming months, we will be able to continue working, "she said.

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