John-Hawkins Asiedu, a technical advisor to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, has emphasized that the government is buying lands for Small and Medium Enterprises that are not subject to lawsuit (SMEs).

This is a component of the policies the government has implemented to encourage the development of industrial parks and other unique programs.

Additionally, it would assist these small and medium-sized firms in upscaling their export production.

Speaking at the opening of the West Africa Connect programme in Accra on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Trade, noted that government was nurturing 100 businesses for them to stay competitive on the market.

“Government has identified 100 exporters that we are nurturing, building their capacities, assisting them with funds to be able to take advantage of the market that we have. Ghana with 5 other countries; Rwanda, Egypt, Kenya, Liberia, we have what is called Trade Guided Initiative. These 6 countries have come together to be able to get the network to export products from one country to the other within AfCFTA,” he said.

“Government is also introducing Industrial parks development and special initiatives. These are plans that government has to be able to acquire litigation-free lands whereby SMEs could establish their manufacturing products within these parks so that they can export and take advantage of economic upscale,” he stated.

He noted that government is focused on SME capacity development in the area of profiling, match-making and linkage to the supply chain of large enterprises.

Govt to acquire litigation-free lands for SMEs - Dr Hawkins