Ghana High Commissioner to Canada promotes investment opportunities at Africa Agriculture, Trade and Investment Summit

By:  Nana Appiah Acquaye

Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, H.E. Professor Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, has highlighted Ghana’s strategic position as a preferred investment destination during the Africa Agriculture, Trade and Investment Summit held in Toronto, Canada.

The summit took place at Humber College’s Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation and brought together policymakers, business leaders, investors, and development partners to explore opportunities for trade, agriculture, and investment between Africa and Canada.

In her address, Professor Edu-Buandoh presented Ghana as a stable and investor-friendly gateway to Africa and underscored the country’s role as host of the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). She emphasized the central role of agriculture in Ghana’s economic transformation agenda, particularly in driving industrialisation, export-led growth, and job creation.

The High Commissioner outlined key investment opportunities for Canadian and Ghanaian-Canadian investors, including agricultural mechanisation, agro-processing and value addition, climate-smart and digital agriculture, renewable energy solutions for agribusiness, and skills development partnerships. She noted that these areas align with Ghana’s development priorities and offer strong prospects for mutually beneficial collaboration.

She reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to maintaining a secure, predictable, and transparent investment climate, and encouraged Canadian partners to deepen engagement through co-investment, local value addition, skills transfer, and employment creation.

Professor Edu-Buandoh concluded by calling on investors and stakeholders to actively engage with Ghana, positioning the country as a platform for shared prosperity and sustainable development between Africa and Canada.