Johannesburg, South Africa//-Ghana’s Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has reaffirmed government commitment to economic stability at the time that the country is going through an IMF bailout programme.
Speaking at MTN Group’s Capital Markets Day in Johannesburg, South Africa where he talked about the role of Ghana’s mutual prosperity dialogue as a convening platform that would ensure that the private sector is at the centre of Ghana’s growth agenda.
Mr Ofori-Atta provided insights into Ghana’s macro-economic prospects to a group of MTN investors by outlining the future prospects of Ghana, including the benefits and importance of the recently signed agreement with the IMF.
The Minister indicated that Ghana is “seeking partnerships to enable us to crystallise our ambitions of being the seed country for Africa’s economic and development renaissance.”
During his visit, the Minister accompanied by MTN Group Chairman, Mcebisi Jonas paid courtesy visits to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and the country’s Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan.
His delegation who attended day one of MTN Group’s Capital Markets Day in Johannesburg, South Africa was accompanying delegation included Reginald Yofi Grant, CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC); and Solomon Asamoah, the CEO of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF). The two CEOs participated in the panel on Ghana’s economic health, prospects, and opportunities at the event.
Ghana is a key market for MTN Group. The country has significant growth opportunities and MTN has already committed to invest $US1billion on capital expenditure.
The first day of the Capital Markets Day afforded MTN investors the opportunity to better understand the market dynamics across the Group footprint, with speakers unpacking the key drivers of these markets and sharing some of the challenges and opportunities.
While the second day was hosted by MTN Group CEO and President, Ralph Mupita, together with his senior leadership team was used as an opportunity to unpack MTN’s progress, detail prospects and spell out plans for the Group’s future.
