Business News of Monday, 27 January 2020Source: Business & Financial TimesB&FT Editorial: President secures deals in London to boost infrastructural growthPresident Akufo-AddoPresident Akufo-Addo arrived back in Accra yesterday after, after attending the UK-Africa Summit in London, before proceeding to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. Indeed, the president also managed to secure £326million worth of investments for the country at the just-ended UK-Africa Investment Summit. The attention Africa is now receiving from the UK government is as a much about Brexit as anything else. After securing Britain's departure from the EU - the world's largest trading bloc, on Jan. 31, Prime Minister Johnson is keen to develop business ties with countries outside Europe. Ghana has been seeking foreign direct investment to boost our economic fortunes, and this is attested by the fact we set up the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) as far back as 1998.

Source: GhanaWeb January 27, 2020 14:03 UTC