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Ghanaian businessmen for China
Accra, April 10, GNA - One hundred owners of Small and
Medium Enterprises (SME's) leave Ghana for China next week
to interact with other international businessmen on modern
practices of manufacturing of goods and services.
The trip, supported by the Barclays Bank Ghana Limited would
also afford owners of SME's to meet suppliers,
manufacturers, service providers, and investors and overseas
buyers.
Members, who would also take part in a 10-day trade fair
known as Canton Fair (the biggest fair held on earth) in
Guangzhou, China where over 150,000 types of products would
be displayed.
A Large number of suppliers, manufactures, services
providers and investors who are receiving banking products
and services from the bank are expected to participate in
the fair.
Addressing a Press Conference in Accra on Tuesday, Ms Eunice
Sylvia Yamson Nkansa, Head of Local Business, Barclays Bank
Ghana Limited said this was the second time the bank was
lending support to SME's saying 50 customers of the bank
were supported to explore their potentials of their products
on the market Dubai last year.
Ms Nkansa said due to the outstanding success of the first
trip, the bank recognised the importance to institute it as
an annual event to expose the SME's business club members to
the rest of the business world.
She said traders and manufacturers were beneficiaries of the
second trip, which was being organised in collaboration with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She believed the trip would open doors to endless
opportunities such as franchise, representation, agencies,
partnership and foreign direct investments in Ghana.
This, she said, would feed into the development of Ghana's
private sector, which was acknowledged as the engine of
growth.
Ms Nkansa said excellence was the ultimate of the trip,
stressing that international exposure made a lot of
difference in business operations.
According to her some of the customers were taking along
some of their products to enable them exchange ideas on how
to export raw materials.
She said the bank chose Asia because, "we need to go to
where there are best deals and they are best among emerging
economies."
GNA
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