ACCRA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Ghana's Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday encouraged Sudanese businesses to invest in Ghana, while challenging Ghanaian businesses to build closer ties with their counterparts from Sudan.
He said there are a lot of business opportunities in Ghana adding that the priority of the president Akufo-Addo-led government is to make the West African nation the most business-friendly country in Africa.
Bawumia was speaking when he hosted Osama Faisal Elsayed Ali, the Sudanese Minister of State at the Ministry of Investment at the Flagstaff House in Accra.
He challenged Ghanaian investors to take advantage of the business relations existing between the two countries to make significant investments that would bring them appreciable returns.
He said such collaboration would offer opportunities to consolidate good political and diplomatic relations between Ghana and Sudan.
On his part, Faisal, who is leading a delegation to participate in the Ghana-Sudan Expo, said the bilateral talks would give opportunities for business people from the two countries to discuss areas of cooperation and joint ventures.
The three-day Expo is being held to introduce Sudanese and Ghanaian businesses and private corporations to tap into the huge business opportunities existing in the two countries.
The event is also to strengthen the good relations that exist between Ghana and Sudan which is expected to promote and sustain mutually beneficial business partnerships. Enditem
