British high commissioner to Ghana Iain Walker recently pledged the UK Government’s support to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to make Kumasi a leading industrial hub of West Africa as both the countries signed a new strategic partnership agreement focusing on six economic areas of mutual benefits under the UK-Ghana Business Council (UK-GBC).
The agreement, signed at a regional business forum in Kumasi, covers six sectors: agribusiness, extractive, garment-textile, digital, pharmaceutical and financial services, according to a press release from the British High Commission in Accra.British high commissioner to Ghana Iain Walker recently pledged the UK Government's support to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to make Kumasi a leading industrial hub of West Africa as both the countries signed a new strategic partnership agreement focusing on six economic areas of mutual benefits under the UK-Ghana Business Council (UK-GBC).#
It is under three themes made up of domestic revenue mobilisation, ease of doing business and infrastructure.
The forum focused on the Ashanti Region where the UK Government had supported some major projects, including the Kejetia market, the expansion of the Kumasi Airport and the construction of Bekwai hospital. (DS)
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