General News of Monday, 13 January 2020Source: classfmonline.comAid can't develop any country, invest in Africa – Ayorkor BotchweyGhana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey with her Turkish counterpartGhana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has urged developed nations around the world to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement by increasing foreign direct investments into Ghana; the launch pad of African investment. “Our President is serious on this policy (Ghana Beyond Aid) because we all believe that aid cannot develop any country. Nobody thought that Africa could finish and make progress with the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. I think this is a market that any investor would want to look at and I believe that the launch pad is for them to come to Ghana, into the rest of Africa” Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey told reporters at the conference. For his part Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu stated that Ghana is Turkey’s third biggest trade partner in Sub- Saharan Africa and that interventions are underway to increase trade volumes up to 1 billion dollars.

Source: GhanaWeb January 13, 2020 08:37 UTC