Nana Akufo-Addo inaugurates GIIF Board

The President added that GIIF “is an important vehicle Ghana can use, with its $250 million seed funding, to leverage capital from other sources for the nation’s infrastructure financing and development.”

“The public sector, within our current constrained financial circumstances, cannot, on its own, provide and finance all of our infrastructure needs. We have to mobilise the private sector to fill the gap. That is how we would be able to achieve our goals for infrastructure development. This is the principal objective of the fund, which is to accelerate economic growth,” he added.

President Akufo-Addo added further that GIIF must be run on the principles of strong corporate governance, with members of the Board, as stipulated in Act 877 (2014), having “the necessary integrity, knowledge, expertise and experience in matters relevant to the functions of the Board.”

The president described the Chairperson of the Board Prof. Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi, as a “respected public servant, who has earned an enviable reputation, both in his work as an academician and a politician”, and one who is “eminently qualified to act as Chairperson of the fund.”

The Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, Mr Solomon Asamoah, according to the President “is amongst the foremost specialists in infrastructure financing on the continent. He has been personally responsible for over $4billion in infrastructure investments across Africa, and has occupied senior offices in some of the continent’s premier institutions.”

“He is uniquely qualified for this role, and I am confident that he will surely unlock new sources of finance for the infrastructural development of our country,” he added

The President also said the other seven members of the Board, “bring strong skills to the Board”.

Members of the Board

Prof. Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi – Chairperson

Mr. Solomon Asamoah – Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Tweneboah Kodua Fokuo – Member

Ms. Yvonne Sowah – Member

Mr. Kofi Boakye – Member

Ms. Cecilia Gambrah – Member

Mr. Agyenim Boateng – Member

Mr. Yaw Odame – Member

Ms. Nana Afua Kyerewaa Ababio – Member

Advisory Committee