GHANA, Enhancing Trade and Accruing Investment LATEST REPORT February 4th, 2002	Ghana The gateway to west Africa. Democracy - Economy - Stock Market - Private Sector - Export - Investment - Telecom - Tourism - Pink Lady - Year 2000 - Millenium Promoting Non-Traditional Exports Ghana is setting great store for expansion of the private sector through the development of non-traditional products and exports. The government’s role in this will be purely enabling, according to Mr. Tawia Akyea , Executive Secretary of the Ghana Export Promotion Center (GEPC). "The challenge is with the non-traditional sector. The measure of our success would be to see how well the non-traditional sector has grown. When you take the statistics of 1998, you will see that non-traditional exports fetched over $400 million. There has been tremendous growth but we are quick to say that we must not be complacent. As a matter of fact this is just the beginning, there is more work left to be done, much development in the export sector that we need to be working on" Mr. Akyea said. The GEPC’s ties with the Free Zones Board is providing incentives and help for investors; both domestic and foreign, to produce goods and services for West Africa, Europe and America. Previous Read on Next © World INvestment NEws, 1999. This is the electronic edition of the special country report on Ghana published in Forbes Global Magazine. March 20th 2000 Issue. Developed by AgenciaE.Tv