General News of Thursday, 7 November 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.com'Ghana Beyond Aid' is not an unrealistic aspiration - Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoPresident Akufo-Addo has said that his government’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda is not an unrealistic aspiration but a rather feasible one as measures are being put in place to meet the target. “A Living Income Deferential (LIB) of US$400 per tonne will be paid to farmers for all categories of cocoa beans from Ghana and Ivory Coast starting from the 2021 cocoa crop season when our two countries begin to apply a new price mechanism for the sale of cocoa at US$2,600 dollars per tonne” President Akufo Addo disclosed. The UNPD high-level dialogue brought together African influencers seeking to explore how Africa can optimize the use of its own resources, creativity and innovation to effectively finance Africa’s development. Some speakers at the event were Tony Elumelu; Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Dr Eleni Gabre-Madhin; former CEO of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Samba Bathily; Chairman of Africa Development Solutions Group, Professor Benedict Oramah; President of Afreximbank, Temitope Shonubi; Executive Director of the Sahara Group and Micheal Ansah; CEO of the Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation. They also discussed how African can capitalize on the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), as well as the opportunities emerging from the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Source: GhanaWeb November 07, 2019 16:14 UTC