Ghana and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement under which the UK will give Ghana a 20-million pound grant under a jobs and economic transformation programme.
The expected outcome of the programme, which will be implemented in the next six years, includes economic diversification and trade boost that will deliver 15,000 formal jobs in the targeted sectors.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, initialled for Ghana, while the UK Minister of State for Africa, Ms Harriet Baldwin, signed for her country.
Addressing the media at the Jubilee House after the signing ceremony on Tuesday, Mr Kyerematen said the government was working to reduce the volatility of the economy by diversifying its sources of growth, especially from being an export base to a sector that created jobs.
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He said the government was also pursuing comprehensive initiatives and strategic interventions to open up investment opportunities for domestic and foreign companies.
The interventions, he said, covered agro-manufacturing, automobile assembling, pharmaceutical, salt-based chemicals and garments and textiles industries.
For her part, Ms Baldwin stated that the provision of the grant represented a new relationship that would make the UK help Ghana realise its policy of a Ghana Beyond Aid.
She said the support would facilitate value addition, promote industrialisation and focus on ensuring that doing business in Ghana was easier.