Ghanaian delegation seeks trade, investment and development opportunities during US visit

Eklips Investment Ghana Ltd, successful concern with the Office of the Gbese Mantse, has successfully concluded a high-level concern delegation ngo to the United States.

The ngo aimed to deepen trade, investment, and improvement practice betwixt Ghana and cardinal American institutions. With enactment from the US Embassy successful Ghana, the ngo highlighted Ghana's readiness to spouse with US businesses successful agriculture, education, energy, mining, and technology.

The delegation’s travel began successful Iowa with a sojourn to the office of Self-Help International, a US foundation moving with women successful agriculture successful Ghana’s Upper West Region. This engagement reaffirmed the spot of grassroots US-Ghana improvement partnerships, focusing connected nutrient information and women’s empowerment.

The squad was aboriginal hosted by Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, founders of The Outreach Programme, who were instrumental successful facilitating the delegation’s sojourn to the United States and coordinating cardinal meetings.

During the visit, the delegation besides participated successful a presumption connected the "Water-Point" system—an innovative h2o purification solution susceptible of providing harmless and cleanable drinking h2o to underserved communities. Eklips Investment Ghana Ltd is recommending this strategy to the Ghana Health Service, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Education to amended entree to cleanable h2o successful schools and trim absenteeism. The strategy is besides being considered for agrarian hospitals, clinics, and Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to code section h2o challenges.

Additionally, Eklips aims to deploy the Water-Point strategy successful mining-affected communities wherever h2o sources person been polluted, helping reconstruct entree to potable water.

Productive discussions took spot with the enactment of the World Food Prize Foundation, opening opportunities for Ghana to play a much salient relation successful the Foundation’s yearly planetary acme of cultivation thought leaders.

At Pioneer Seed, the delegation toured precocious laboratories and familial works facilities, assessing technologies that could fortify Ghana’s cultivation resilience and nutrient systems.

A cardinal concern halt was astatine Enagon Equipment Manufacturers, wherever Ghanaian delegates tested turnkey cassava, fruit, and rootlike processing systems. In summation to agro-processing, the Enagon squad showcased modular golden processing equipment, aligning with Ghana’s goals of worth summation and liable mineral beneficiation. These innovations bespeak Ghana’s broader strategy for agro-industrialization, mineral worth retention, export diversification, and agrarian economical transformation.

In Lynchburg, Virginia, the delegation visited Liberty University to prosecute successful a multi-sector dialog connected agri-processing, energy, acquisition (under Eklips Global Education), mining, and h2o solutions. The discussions besides focused connected the upcoming Liberty University CEOs Summit, scheduled for October 15–17, 2025.

Although Dr. Dave Brat, Senior Vice President for Business Engagement and erstwhile US Congressman, was incapable to be successful person, helium was represented by James Molesey, Director of International Partnerships. The delegation besides met with Dr. Emmanuel Clottey, a Ghanaian American prof of Public Health and beardown advocator for African-led development, arsenic good arsenic Fulbright Director Edna Udobong and Prof. Medina of the Liberty University School of Engineering.

These interactions opened doors for strategical organization collaborations successful nationalist health, innovation, engineering, and capableness building.

Abdul-Razak Yakubu, CEO of Eklips Investment Ghana Ltd, utilized the ngo to reframe Africa’s planetary image. "Africa is not a foundation task — it is simply a strategical commercialized and concern partner," helium stated. "The emergence of Africa is conscionable a mile away. Ghana, and Africa astatine large, are acceptable for innovation, exertion partnerships, and quality superior development." He further urged the African diaspora to transmission their resources and expertise backmost location to assistance physique the Africa they envision.

Under his leadership, Eklips Investment Ghana Ltd is positioning itself arsenic Africa’s Strategic Gateway for Trade, Investment, and Resource Mobilization—connecting planetary investors with scalable section solutions.

As portion of the Liberty University CEOs Summit, Eklips volition facilitate the information of starring Ghanaian figures, including Haruna Iddrisu, Minister for Education; Eric Opoku, Minister for Agriculture; Issifu Seidu, Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability; Sammy Gyamfi, Acting Chief Executive of the Ghana Gold Board; and Hon. Sylvester Adinam Mensah, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana EXIM Bank.

The delegation has requested a debrief gathering with Her Excellency Virginia E. Palmer, US Ambassador to Ghana, and the Embassy’s Commercial Officer, to stock outcomes and research ways to bring cardinal US businesses to Ghana for business-to-business (B2B) engagement and sectoral collaboration.

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