{"id":862801,"date":"2025-07-15T23:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/minister-of-trade-agribusiness-industry-to-lead-ghanas-delegation-to-gec-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T23:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:13:29","slug":"minister-of-trade-agribusiness-industry-to-lead-ghanas-delegation-to-gec-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/15\/minister-of-trade-agribusiness-industry-to-lead-ghanas-delegation-to-gec-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Trade, Agribusiness, Industry to lead Ghana\u2019s delegation to GEC 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"main\" id=\"content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" width=\"184\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/images-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Ms Ofosu-Adjare\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>\n Ms Ofosu-Adjare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0The President, John Drama\u00adni Mahama, has officially designated Ms Elizabeth Ofo\u00adsu-Adjare, Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, to represent him and lead Ghana\u2019s high-level delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Con\u00adgress (GEC) 2025, taking place in Indiana, USA from June 2\u20135, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 GEC is hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) under the aus\u00adpices of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and will bring together thousands of entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, and innovation leaders from over 200 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress aims to accel\u00aderate new ideas, drive economic growth, and expand global pros\u00adperity through entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>GEC is the world\u2019s premier cross-sector gathering focused on empowering startups and scaling innovation ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>Past host cities have included Dubai, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kansas City, Milan, and Rio de Janeiro. Indianapolis becomes the second U.S. city to host since the Congress\u2019s inception in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 theme, \u201cThe Bold Transforms the World,\u201d empha\u00adsises the transformative power of entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe President Mahama\u2019s decision to designate Ms Ofo\u00adsu-Adjare underscores Ghana\u2019s strong commitment to advancing entrepreneurship and private sec\u00adtor-led growth as a cornerstone of its economic transformation agenda,\u201d Stephen Gyasi-Kwaw, Country Founder of GEN-Gha\u00adna said in a statement issued in Accra yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister is expected to participate in the GEC Ministeri\u00adal Summit and engage in strategic bilateral meetings, investment forums, and high-level dialogues focused on advancing innovation and job creation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana delegation will comprise representatives from government, private sector, entre\u00adpreneurial support organizations, and the Ghanaian diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>They will showcase Ghana\u2019s investment potential, promote innovations in agribusiness, and<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0explore new partnerships to drive inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Participation in GEC Indiana aligns with Ghana\u2019s international economic diplomacy agenda to elevate its startup ecosystem, build capacity for MSMEs, and strengthen public-private partner\u00adships globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BY TIMES REPORTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"read-next-block\">\n<h2>Read Next<\/h2>\n<div id=\"tie-read-next\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>MTN Ghana deepens commitment to underserved communities \u2026holds engagement in Donkorkrom<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>President names new Governing Board for GIPC<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 14, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Telecel \u20182Moorch Money\u2019 weekly winners grab GH\u00a220,000<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 14, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Standard Chartered Bank declares GH\u00a2227.94m dividend<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 9, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>MTN Ghana ends employee volunteerism campaign<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 9, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Shadow state fuelling galamsey \u00a0\u2013 Prof. Ayelazuno<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 8, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>PBL wins 2 honours at Premier Retail Banking Leadership awards<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 8, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Volta Region gears up for 7th Trade &#038; Investment fair<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 7, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>CIB Ghana pushes digital and ethical reform with Digital Academy<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>July 3, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ghana-India trade hits $3 billion amid strong bilateral ties \u2013 Foreign Minister<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> GTonline <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/minister-of-trade-agribusiness-industry-to-lead-ghanas-delegation-to-gec-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Ofosu-Adjare \u00a0The President, John Drama\u00adni Mahama, has officially designated Ms Elizabeth Ofo\u00adsu-Adjare, Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, to represent him and lead Ghana\u2019s high-level delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Con\u00adgress (GEC) 2025, taking place in Indiana, USA from June 2\u20135, 2025. The 2025 GEC is hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26944,425],"tags":[6084,6277],"class_list":["post-862801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minister","category-trade","tag-minister","tag-trade"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}