Fifteen top blue-chip infrastructure companies from the United Kingdom (UK) arrived in the country in February to finalise proposals on how they could deliver flagship projects for Ghana. Their arrival forms part of efforts by the UK to  support the “Ghana Beyond Aid” vision of  transforming Ghana’s economy, creating jobs through industrialization and adding value to goods.

This it intends to achieve through its Great British Infrastructure Forum put together by the Department for International Trade of the British High Commission in Accra. The forum was also to exhibit UK’s ability to bring together world class expertise on a wide range of areas from design consultancy, project management to specialist constructions and operations delivery to put forward a credible and competitive proposal.

At the Forum, leading UK financial institutions such as UK Export Finance, the Private Infrastructure Development group and CDC set out how they can help the Ghanaian Government, Ghanaian business and UK companies to deliver the President’s ambition – ensuring local content, creating thousands of jobs, up-skilling Ghana’s workforce and improving the livelihoods of many more.

On the sidelines of the forum, the companies paid a visit to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to enquire on the guidelines for investing in Ghana. They were hosted by the Chief Operating Officer of the Centre, Mr Carl Aruna Nelson. The Director of MIS, Monitoring and Tracking Division of GIPC, Mr David Laryea gave a presentation on “Doing Business in Ghana” and assured the Centre’s commitment to supporting the various projects they intend to establish in the country.

Source: GIPC Corporate Affairs