In connection with the Ghanaian trade mission to Prague, Czech Republic on the 25^TH to 28^TH September 2017, we would like to invite all Czech businessman to take part in the Czech-Ghanaian business forum to be held in Prague on the 26^TH September 2017 from 10:00 a.m. till 01:30 p.m. at Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Politických vězňů 20, Praha1.

The forum has been organized by the Confederation of Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic altogether with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Accra and Free Zone Board of Ghana.

The scheduled is planned as follows:

• 10:00 Opening by moderator Lukáš Martin, Director for International Relations of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic
•  10:05 Introductory Speech by the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Vladimír Bärtl of the Czech Republic
•  10:10 Speech by Hon. Kinsley Ahenkorah, Deputy Minister of the Trade and Industry of the Republic of Ghana
•  10:20 Speech of the Vice-President of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, Hon. Stanislav Kázecký
•  10:30 Speech by Hon. Michael Baafi the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Free Zones Board
•  10:40 Signature of MoU between the Czech Industry and Transport Industry Association and the Association of Ghanaian Industry,  Signature of Agreement of Cooperation between the two Ministries and the one between GFZB and CzechInvest
•  10:45 Success Story - Presentation by the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Knights a.s. Dr. Karl Laryea
•  10:55 Coffee Break
•  12:10 B2B meetings
•  13:30 Expected end of the Program

The Ghana Free Zones Board Trade Mission seeks to create an investment platform for Czech and Ghanaian businesses to discuss possible ways of collaborations i.e. joint venture, partnerships technology transfer and any other ways businesses can come together for mutual collaboration and benefit.

The Ghana Free Zones Board, the lead government agency is also looking for strategic investors to develop various land banks located in the Western and Ashanti Regions of Ghana into Export Processing Zones and Industrial parks.

Opportunities exist for the following;

• Power generation and distribution eg. Thermal, Bio-mass, Solar , Wind, Natural gas  etc
• Water storage and distribution system
• Access and ancillary roads
• Rail system
• Development of Logistic parks and Office complex
• Telecommunication infrastructure
• Drainage System
• Building of warehouses and factory shells

The Ghanaian delegates participating at this forum represent industrial sectors as petrochemical industry, transport, infrastructure, agriculture, light industry, textile industry, financial sector and insurance industry. Company profiles you can find in the attached list.

We shall be looking forward to see you there.

Tomáš Zázvorka, Commercial Counselor, Embassy of the Czech Republic