Vice President Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has said Ghana is prepared to move beyond an import-dependent economy toward attracting investment across full production lines, ensuring that significant stages of manufacturing take place locally.
She made the statement when she he hosted a South Korean trade delegation from Hwaseong on Tuesday February 3, led by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).
The Vice President reaffirmed government’s commitment to strengthening trade, investment, and industrial cooperation with South Korea.
Receiving the delegation in Ghana, the government underscored its strategic objective of positioning the country more prominently within global value chains.
Government highlighted Ghana’s youthful population as a critical competitive advantage, stressing that future partnerships must deliberately harness this demographic strength to boost productivity, innovation, and sustainable industrial growth.
She commended South Korea for the country’s successful model in fisheries training schools and research centres, which was cited as an area Ghana is keen to learn from. Government expressed readiness to collaborate across multiple sectors, including manufacturing, agribusiness, skills development, and technology transfer.
The Vice President mentioned that the KOTRA-led delegation engaged with key institutions such as the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and visited the Ekumfi Constituency as part of their mission to explore concrete investment opportunities.
Welcoming the delegation, government emphasised the importance of human-centred cooperation that promotes shared prosperity and contributes to global peace. Ghana, she said, remains open to partnerships that are genuinely collaborative, sustainable, and aligned with its long-term development goals.
According to government, such strategic international partnerships form a critical part of Ghana’s pathway toward long-term economic growth, industrial resilience, and global competitiveness.
