Alliance Motors invest $2.7 billion in Ghana | GGAgriculture

Alliance Motors Ghana, the new custodian for Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in Ghana, on Thursday announced ambitious plans to invest 2.75 billion dollars in products and facilities to sustain growth of the company.

The Company, which had completed the take-over of franchise facilities from Fairlop and PHC Motors Limited to support Jaguar and Land Rover customers with servicing of vehicles, is expected to roll out the investment package from now to March 2014 financial year. Alliance Motors Ghana has ambitious plans within the Ghana motor industry. The country has significant demand for Land Rover products and a booming economy that will support Jaguar growth.

GG Agriculture - Invest in Ghana Country Profile

From Ghana’s total land area of 23.9 million hectares, about 57% is suitable for agricultural purposes. Agriculture contribution to GDP over the years has shown a steady reduction from 35.4% in 2006 to 34.3 in 2007 and to 33.59% in 2008.


The growth rate of the sector however doesn‘t show any clear trend. The growth rate reduced from 4.5% in 2006 to 4.3% in 2007 and increased to 5.17% in 2008.

Ending hunger in Africa | Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture)

Ministers and senior delegates from five African Nations met today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva ahead of a High-Level meeting of African and international leaders in Addis Ababa next June set to create a renewed partnership for intensifying efforts to end hunger in Africa.

"There is an enormous window of opportunity," for eradicating hunger in the continent, Graziano da Silva told a side-event organized during a week-long Session of FAO's governing Council here. The key lies in capitalizing on the successes of the many African countries who have already found solutions for food insecurity and malnutrition.

Ghana invites Turkish investment | Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture)

Ghana's presidency official Ahmed said they had fertile cotton fields to farm and produce 

Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Asia's "Sugar King" to invest in Africa

Robert Kuok, the second richest man in South Esta Asia, is investing in Africa. The multi-billionaire entrepreneur owns the Shangri-La hotel chain, the South China Morning post in Hong Kong, and a huge shipping and property protfolio, but he originally made his forune in trading sugar, giving him the nickname the "Sugar King".

Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Can technology fix African Agriculture

A recent BBC article highlighted three of the tech-heavy start ups trying to change the game in Africa's agriculture sector, including a franchise that gives farmers access to higher quality products, a crop insurance scheme that makes it easier for farmers to get credit, and an SMS service through which farmers can check market prices and coordinate with other farmers to buy supplies in bulk.

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Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Ghana is an economic success story

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Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Continued Confidence to Invest in Ghana

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Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Ghana is a wondeful success story

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Ghana: Good for doing business | Invest in Ghana | GG Agriculture

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Ghana: Economically 'sound' | Invest in Ghana | GG Agriculture

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Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Britain looking to invest in Ghana

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Agricultural sector requires similar European Banking sector bail out

The action that the European's have taken on bailing out their failing and troubled banking sector, is similar to what African countries need to do with their Agricultural sector, said Rhoda Peace Tumusiime head of the Department of the Rural Economy and Agriculture at the AU (African Union Commission).

Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Africa's hottest investment destination

Over the past decade investors have been focusing on the markets in China and India – and may not have noticed that these countries demand for resources has boosted growth in Africa.

Africa is home to more than 40% of the world's proven oil reserves - as well as many other commodities not to mention a large part of the world's population. Africa, and in particular Ghana, is proving to be an ideal alternative investment destination that is underrepresented in many investors' portfolios.

Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | US companies ready to invest in Ghana

A number of US companies, including one as yet un-named firm from Alabama, are looking to invest in Ghana.

The news comes following a visit to the Minister of Health for Ghana, Ms. Sherry Ayittey by US Ambassador to Ghana Gene A. Cretz, Cheryl Anderson, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Missions Director in Ghana, and Laurel Fain, USAID Office Director of Health, Population and Nutrition.

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Ghana calls for more investors into its oil sector

Ghana wants investors to take advantage of the West African country’s conducive environment to help boost its nascent oil and gas industry, a senior official said Tuesday.

Ghanian Minister for Energy and Petroleum Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah made the call when he opened the 17th Offshore Conference on Oil and Gas Deepwater Exploration here.

More agro-based industries investing in Ghana

 Trade and Industry Minister Haruna Iddrisu says the government would start revamping the Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central Region, by July this year.

He has, therefore, requested for early release of U$35 million by the EXIM Bank for the project, once the necessary documentation is ready, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed with a selected company.

Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | How has Ghana become a successful African nation?

Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana has twice the per capita output of the poorer countries in West Africa. 

Even so, Ghana remains somewhat dependent on international financial and technical assistance as well as the activities of the large number of Ghanaians living and working abroad. 

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Investing in emerging markets

Governments, international donors  not for profit organisations as well as a host of other partners are all trying to help African farmers to produce more food, and increase their incomes. They are proving that progress in African agricultural development is not just a possibility but an actual reality.

KPMG Report: Why invest in Ghana?

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Published in July 2012, KPMGs 'Doing Business in Ghana' report presents a succinct guide for investors coming into the country, and a glimpse of Ghana for the local entrepreneur and our international clients.

Growth Green Agriculture (GG Agriculture) | Fastest-growing economy in Africa

Ghana is now the fastest-growing economy on what The Economist has called “Hopeful Continent”. More and more, the prospects for African countries are beginning to stir exciting opportunities for investors and capitalization prospects. Significantly, the USAID has identified Ghana’s openness to dialogue a vital ingredient to its development so far. Commentators have recently iterated that considering the rapid growth Ghana is experiencing, her democracy is arguably stronger than even that of South Africa.

3rd Int'l Conference on Neglected Species conference

The 3rd International Conference on Neglected and Underutilized Species: For a Food-Secure Africa will take place in Accra, Ghana, from 23 to 25 September 2013.

The conference, co-organized by Bioversity International and partners, brings together research scientists, policy makers, entrepreneurs along the value chain, extension workers, development agencies and NGOs, nutritionists, educators and others interested in helping poor farmers to use so-called minor crops to improve their livelihoods and well being.

Barclays Axes Trading in Agricultural Commodities

Hedge funds that use on Barclays for trading in agricultural commodities will have to find a new partner.

Barclays bank announced on Tuesday that it would stop trading soft and agricultural commodities with hedge funds as part of an overhaul designed to repair its battered image.

Agricultural investment opportunities - CMT’s 3rd Commercial Farm Africa Summit

Centre for Management Technology today launches the 3rd Commercial Farm Africa Summit to take place on 19 and 20 March, in Accra, Ghana. Endorsed by Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and supported by Private Enterprise Foundation, the two-day summit addresses rising agricultural investment opportunities in the region, spotlighting on funding, best practices, infrastructure and innovations challenges.

Emerging Markets hold untapped potential

The IMF says global growth in 2013 will be an uphill climb but projects growth to reach 3.5% with emerging markets providing much of that boost. We’re already seeing signs of this through the scope of corporate earnings. In January, corporate earnings drove stock markets up, thanks in large part to emerging markets. GE’s fourth quarter revenues rose 4% beating expectations.

Growth Green Agriculture expects Emerging Markets boost in 2013

Worries about China heading for a crash appear to have abated, as investors have been pouring money back into emerging markets, in particular in the form of exchange traded funds, in the past few months.

Emerging Markets such as Ghana lead the way

Emerging markets are becoming integral participants of the global economy. The rapid growth in these markets is pushing businesses towards adapting and creating products and service offerings to cater for such markets - across all industries and sectors.

Agricultural Investments an 'attractive choice' for private investors

Frank Quin of the investor’s portal iNVEZZ has recently penned a commentary on the alternatives for agricultural investments available to the private investor. The author sheds light on several different options for agricultural investment, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.

FAO chief: "No sustainable development while there is hunger"

 "There can be no sustainable development in the world while millions of people go hungry," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said Saturday, referring to the central theme being discussed here by presidents and heads of state of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States-EU Summit.

Invest in Ghana - High hopes for nation's poultry industry after Nutreco visit

GHANA - An international animal nutrition and feed company, Nutreco, has expressed interest in investing in Ghana’s poultry and aquaculture feed industry.
A delegation from the company is in the country as part of a West African tour to explore business opportunities to expand the frontiers of feed production in Africa, reports DailyGraphic.

Agricultural Investments - Chia: the miracle food which is all it is cracked up to be

 Many people in the UK won't have heard of the chia seed, but if regulators give their backing this US superfood craze could be on the way. Goji berries, kombucha, wheatgrass, acai berries. It seems rarely a year passes without at least one new health-food frenzy.

Call for more responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and poverty

German Agriculture Minister Aigner and FAO head Graziano da Silva urge international community to develop principles for responsible investments

The German Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, and the Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva have called for a significant increase in responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and feed a growing world population.

UN expert urges European Union to include development concerns in agricultural policy

A United Nations independent expert today called on the European Parliament to take into account development concerns when they vote on amendments to the region’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) next week, stressing this is the last chance to ensure this legislation takes into account the human right to food.

New UN programme to improve livelihoods of thousands of farmers in South Sudan

Some 30,000 vulnerable farmers in South Sudan will be able to benefit from a new United Nations programme that aims to improve their livelihoods by boosting the quality of the seeds they use to produce key crops.

FAO Food Price Index down 7 percent in 2012 - Declines for third month running in December

The FAO Food Price Index dropped for the third consecutive month in December 2012, edging down 1.1 percent.

The decline in December, when the Index averaged 209 points, was led by drops in the international prices of major cereals and oils and fats. The Index’s previous low in 2012 was in June, at 200 points.