GIPC debuts Diàspora Business Breakfast in Ghana

 The first ever Diàspora Business Breakfast took off this morning at the Accra Marriot to focus of the business and investment component of the Beyond the Return initiative that the government of Ghana has set up to sustain Diàspora interest in Ghana.

The breakfast organized by the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) is themed on the importance of creating connections.

The event is a collaborative effort with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration bringing several government agencies such as Ghana Tourism Authority and Diàspora Affairs Office of the President.

In attendance we’re Minister of Finance Hon. Ken Ofori-Attah, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Shirley Ayokor Botchway, and GIPC boss Yofi Grant. Others include Akwasi Agyemang, CEO of GTA, Kwasi Awuah Ababio, Director of Diàspora Affairs Office if the President, and Kwame Boateng, Co-chair of the Beyond the Return Committee.

In unison these public officials were resolute in their belief that while Ghana has been exemplary in reaching out to her Diàspora, the time has come to double down and train a sharper focus on what it takes to attract more investments from Ghanaians abroad.

In a panel discussion younger Ghanaians from the Diàspora joined in with perspectives that attract little attention such as developing Ghanaians in the Diàspora who are yet to take the plunge to return home.

According to Kofi Tonto, Head of Communication at the Ghana Embassy in the United States, not all Ghanaians in the Diàspora necessarily need to physically return in order to contribute.