IMF boss expected to land in Ghana on December 16 for some business deals
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde is set to visit Ghana on December 16, 2018 for some business deals.
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Her visit comes after Ghana’s conclusion of the IMF programme.
At a press briefing today, December 12, 2018, the Deputy Minister of Information, Mr Pius Enam Hadzide announced the visit of the IMF Managing Director.
He said the visit “marks an appreciation of the policy direction and solid economic fundamentals”, adding that, “Our fiscal rules which ensure irreversibility signal to the world that Ghana is ready for investments.”
The minister further explained that aside from showing the world that doing business with Ghana is a move in the right direction, the visit of IMF boss “has the potential to unlock for us as a nation good coupon rates on the international bonds market.”
Madame Lagarde will depart Accra same day to Johannesburg in South Africa on a four Africa Nation tour.
“It is our hope that the visit of the IMF boss will further strengthen the cordial relationship between Ghana and the IMF on economic policies,” Mr Hadzide concluded.
Activities the IMF boss will undertake:
On Monday, December 17, Madame Lagarde will participate in the Future of Work in sub-Saharan Africa Conference in Accra.
The one-day conference will be an opportunity for the Managing Director to engage with thought-leaders and influencers from sub-Saharan Africa on the future of work.
The objective of the conference it to generate a debate on the future of work in sub-Saharan Africa and the policies required to create jobs for the continent’s growing population. How the region can manage and leverage the impact of technological change, demographics, climate change, and the course of globalisation.
She will on the same day hold bilateral talks with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House.
Again, she is expected to have lunch with some Ghanaian women entrepreneurs who are doing well in their field of work.
On Tuesday, December 18, the IMF Managing Director will give a keynote address at a forum in Accra which will be attended by government agencies, the central bank, private sector, think tanks, civil society, NGOs and academia.