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GIPC brought over $2.6b worth of investments into Ghana in 2020 – Oppong Nkrumah

Tue, Sep 7 2021 12:17 PM
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GIPC brought over $2.6b worth of investments into Ghana in 2020 – Oppong Nkrumah

GIPC brought over $2.6b worth of investments into Ghana in 2020 – Oppong Nkrumah

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Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed that the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) brought over 2.6b USD worth of investments into Ghana in 2020.

He said this in relation to the ongoing GIPC Annual Investment Summit dubbed #SparkUp2021.

In last year, Ghana saw a surge in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) inflows, recording an impressive 2.6 billion dollars’ worth of inbound investments for the year.

The trend defied the anticipated steep decline in FDI flows as a second wave of COVID 19 infections threatened to cripple the Ghanaian economy.

GIPC brought 2.7b USD worth of investments into Ghana in 2020. What has happened to these businesses and the 27k jobs associated with them. @NAkufoAddo will be demanding answers at 11am at #SparkUp2021 pic.twitter.com/tmXX3AUwPC

— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) September 7, 2021

A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development placed the pandemic-induced decline in global FDI at 42 percent. The fall was however highly uneven across developing regions: -37% in Latin America and the Caribbean, -18% in Africa and -4% in developing countries in Asia.

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While Ghana had initially witnessed a plateau in FDI inflows during the first wave of infection and its ensuing lockdowns, investments well along saw a rebound on the back of government policy responses to mitigate the impact of the health pandemic on businesses.

Total investment inflows thus peaked to US$2,796.49 million in 2020, with a total FDI value of US$2,650.97 million for Ghana.  The FDI value of US$2,650.97 million illustrates a significant increase of 139.06% over the FDI value of US$1,108.93 million recorded in 2019.

With the considerable inflow of investments, some 279 projects were registered within the year. This comprised 129 newly registered projects, 131 upstream developments and 19 free zones activities -dispersed across eight regions, with Greater Accra registering the highest number of 231 projects. Cumulatively, some 27,110 jobs are expected to be generated from the aforementioned registered projects.

For the year under review, some countries that stood out as the nation’s leading sources of inward investments included, China, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and the Netherlands.

In terms of the sector allocation of the investments, the manufacturing sector with 57 projects recorded the largest FDI value of US$1,270.53 million. This was followed by the services and mining sectors with FDI values of US$656.19 million and US$ 424,32 million respectively.

Registration is underway at the GIPC Annual Investment Summit dubbed #SparkUp2021 !

Join us virtually using the link below, as we engender conversations on avenues to address challenges & improve #Ghana’s investment climate. https://t.co/jOB4pLetiW @moigovgh @konkrumah pic.twitter.com/z3M7xj0SEZ

— Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (@gipcghana) September 7, 2021

On the domestic front, additional equity (cash and goods) totaling US$69.28 million was ploughed back as investment from 172 already existing companies, whereas GHC1,438.91 million was obtained from 52 wholly Ghanaian-owned ventures.

While this trend of strong performance in Ghana’s inbound FDI amidst the global health pandemic could be attributed to a combination of factors including effective government policy responses, an easing of travel restrictions and more importantly the delivery and expected future development of vaccines in-country, the GIPC’s notable efforts as the leading Investment Promotion Agency also played a pivotal role in attracting investors.

Moreover, as Ghana steps into an era of liberalized trade under the AFCFTA, there’s even stronger commitment from the Center to boost investor confidence and ultimately harness valuable investments for Ghana, now Africa’s Business Capital.

Source: 3news

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