Vice President In India For Summit On Africa

The Vice-President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has arrived in New Dehli, India, for a two-day investment summit on Africa.

The Vice President was accompanied by a delegation of Government officials and Ghanaian entrepreneurs.

A statement signed by Mr James Agyenim-Boateng, a Presidential Staffer and copied to the Ghana News Agency said, the Vice-President was scheduled to address the opening session of the summit today.

Dubbed the “11th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) EXIM Bank Conclave on India African Project Partnership”, the summit was the single largest assembly of Indian industry players with their African counterparts under the auspices of both the Indian Exim Bank and the CII.

The Summit is expected to focus on agriculture, power, skills development and other sectors targeted for assistance under the improved Indian Government lines of credit to developing countries.

The statement said previous conclaves had successfully built bridges between Indian and African business leaders as well as senior Government officials.