Akufo-Addo set to embark on a 9-day working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa
- Akufo-Addo is expected to leave Ghana on Sunday, May 16, for a nine-day working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa
- The purpose of the trip is to re-engage with the rest of the world, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
- While on the official working visit, Akufo-Addo will attend a summit on African Economies in France
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President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to leave Ghana on Sunday, May 16, for a nine-day working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa.
The working visit forms part of the efforts Akufo-Addo is making to re-engage with the rest of the world, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He would also take the opportunity to highlight and present Ghana as a country with an impressive business-friendly atmosphere with bright economic prospects for the future, a Citinewsroom report stated.
Source: UGC
While on the official working visit, Akufo-Addo will attend a summit on African Economies, which will be held by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The summit will devise strategies that will boost strong, inclusive recovery in Africa, grounded in a dynamic private sector, help foster sustainable progress and prosperity.
While in Paris, Nana Addo will have a meeting with the President of the World Bank, and the Managing Director of the IMF.
President Akufo-Addo will travel in the company of the Foreign Affairs and Finance ministers as well as officials of the Presidency.
He will be later be joined in Brussels by the Ministers for Fisheries and Agriculture, as well as the CEO of COCOBOD.
The President is expected to return to Ghana on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
In other news, for the first time since the Wesley Girls High School brouhaha with the Islam community, President Akufo-Addo has spoken.
President Akufo-Addo said schools should not be a place to settle religious scores.
Akufo-Addo said the government is working with all relevant stakeholders to address the issue
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