New GIPC boss hired to encourage companies to Invest in Ghana

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on January 20, 2013 named Ms Mawuena Dumor Trebah, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).

She replaces Mr George Aboagye who resigned late last year. Ms Trebah, was a former head of Corporate Services at MTN Ghana.

The GIPC is a government agency that seeks to encourage, promote and facilitate investments in the country.

Ghana’s development partners asked for more direct investments

Ghana Business News » Ghana’s development partners asked to undertake more direct investments

Growth Green Agriculture Plc is a UK based agricultural investments company specialising in emerging markets offering lucrative opportunities to invest in Ghana. +Growth Green Agriculture acts as consultant on green and socially responsible investments to the private and institutional investor community in Europe.

Oil Giant Has Big Plans to Invest in Ghana

Global oil giant KOSMOS Energy has announced plans to invest in Ghana with over $275 million being allocated from it's planned capital program for its operations in Ghana and other parts of the globe.

KOSMOS is one of the partners on Ghana’s Jubilee oil field. Their plan to invest in Ghana centres on development activities offshore and amounts to approximately 55% of the total budget, with a further $225 million allocated for exploration and appraisal activities across KOSMOS’ global exploration portfolio.

Growth Green Agriculture - UN: invest responsibly in agriculture to beat global poverty

Ramped up responsible investment into agriculture could help tackle poverty and hunger across the world, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

It says that around 870 million people globally – primarily in developing countries – currently have insufficient access to food, and that investment strategies that put farmers at their heart should be lauded by governments.

Growth Green Agriculture - Agriculture Investment Summit Europe 2013

Europe's leading conference for investors looking to invest in agriculture as an asset class.

Investments and Strategy for producers and investors 26 - 27 June 2013

Agriculture Investment Summit Europe 2013 is an event designed to bring investors and agribusinesses together under one roof. The conference will focus on the value which agri-focussed investments can bring to a portfolio, and outline how to take advantage of what has been described as the “greatest opportunity on earth”.

The Agriculture Investment Summit is a 2 day event which will consider the role agriculture investment should take within a portfolio, the various benefits of the differing access methods, and where the greatest opportunity for real return on investment lay.

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GGAgriculture: Ukraine Soybean Exports Rose 12% in Six Months, Researcher Says

Ukraine’s soybeans exports advanced 12 percent in six months from September 1 through February to 691,000 metric tons, according to UkrAgroConsult.

Growth Green Agriculture: Ukraine Explodes with Double-digit Growth

Ukraine has the possibility to more than double yields of small grains, especially wheat, according to Andrey Kuftarkov, chairman of Himangromarketing, a trading company based in Kiev, Ukraine.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, former Soviet states experienced a lack of agriculture technology and infrastructure, but the CIS is rebounding, and Ukraine is reclaiming its status as the bread basket for the Black Sea Region.