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Africa Needs to Position Itself to Optimise Investment- Yofi Grant

Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
January 24, 2023
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GIPC Calls for Import Substitution to Strengthen Ghana's Economy

Yofi Grant, CEO of GIPC

Mr Reginald Yofi Grant, the Chief Executive Officer, of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has stressed the need for Africa to re-position itself to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to boost investment in its numerous natural resources.

The GIPC Boss noted that even though Africa has many natural resource endowments, including lithium, bauxite, and gold, and with 70 per cent of the world’s arable lands, it was still a small player in terms of global FDI attraction with only 5.2 per cent.

Mr Yofi Grant made this known at a news conference in Accra in preparation for the GIPC hosting the First Annual Assembly of African Investment Promotion Agencies in Accra. According to the CEO of GIPC, the meeting has become quite important because of the developing landscape in the global economy. “And not only that, but Africa is trying to forge a new narration on its relationships with nations around the world after the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused lots of disruption to trade and investments globally,” he said.

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“I’m also representing Sub-Saharan Africa on the Board of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies and my remit is to rally all the agencies in Africa for our mutual benefit, re-access the opportunities and re-position ourselves as major recipients of foreign direct investment.” 

Mr Reginald Yofi Grant

Mr Reginald Yofi Grant underscored the need for the leaders to leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to trade among themselves since it was one of the largest trading blocs in the world.

“We need to take advantage of the AfCFTA for wealth creation on the continent. If you look at the 480 major companies in Africa generating a billion dollar per year, most of them are multinationals and so we need indigenous ones to grow and create jobs for the teeming youth in Africa.”

Mr Reginald Yofi Grant

Low Percentage of Intra-African Trade

The CEO lamented the low percentage of intra-African trade, which is hovering around 18 per cent, and urged African leaders to leverage on the huge population of the continent; 1.4 billion, for wealth creation.

The Heads of African Investment Promotion Agencies, businessmen and women as well as academia will meet in Accra on Wednesday, January 25, to strategize on how African nations can add value to natural resources through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to boost their economies and create jobs.

The discussions will be held during the First Assembly of African Investment Promotion Agencies (AAIPA) meeting at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel, Accra, where participants would deliberate on measures necessary for the adoption of Common Trade Framework and Investment Protocol to enhance intra-African trade and Investment.

This will take place alongside the Africa Prosperity Dialogue series, to discuss ways to enhance economic growth and transformation of the continent.

The World Investment Report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2021, indicates that post-Covid-19 pandemic, Africa’s foreign direct investment increased from some $40 billion in 2020 to $83 billion in 2021, which was the highest the continent achieved over the last few years.

It can be recalled that Mr. Grant recently said the continent look inward on how it could promote intra-African trade through AfCFTA, saying “Africa needed to redefine how it looked outward towards its investor partners”.

The CEO of GIPC called for cooperation on increasing intra-African investment in Africa, which was relatively low compared to other regions of the world.

There are currently about 48 African Investment Promotion Agencies, and the Annual Assembly of Investment Promotion Agencies will serve as the official gathering for African IPAs to engage in discussions, exchanges, and knowledge sharing on policies, interventions, current trends in FDI, best practices on investment promotion, the AfCFTA, among other topics.

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