Opportunities 2010 conference launched

The Opportunities 2010 conference has been launched with a call on Ghanaians to be more creative in identifying opportunities and work even harder to create wealth and grow the economy.

The two-day highly informative conference, themed ‘Identifying Ghana’s Business Opportunities For Sustainable Wealth Creation’, will be held on 24th and 25th February 2010 and is envisaged to equip participants with the information, knowledge and resources needed to take full advantage of the opportunities in ensuing years.

It is also expected to offer a platform and opportunity for businesses to share information and experiences among themselves to succeed.

Professor Stephen Adei, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration who officially performed the launch in Accra, said the conference will build a healthy and sustained collaboration between business, government and civil society and is important for consensus-building in formulating sound economic policy.

“I believe it has now been amply demonstrated that if any country is going to build wealth, it’ll need to empower its citizens to start and grow businesses and attract as much investment from outside as possible.

“An important part of doing this is for entrepreneurs and policymakers to exchange ideas, share their expectations and generally help each other to perform their respective roles in the economy.”

Kofi Owusu-Nhyira, Chief Executive Officer of Forethought, organiser of the event, speaking with B&FT said the conference - which promises to be the country’s biggest high profile knowledge-based gathering - targets participants such as corporate executives, businessmen and women, professionals, industry experts, academicians, entrepreneurs, government officials, investors, think-tanks and the general public.

“The Opportunities 2010 conference is going to be the major forum for vigorous dialogue on business opportunities for this year in the Ghanaian economy.”

The conference will have strategic breakout sessions which will focus on specific industries in the country’s fast-growing economy, and explore all the business opportunities in each particular industry.

This will be facilitated by renowned industry experts who will be aided to assemble the most authoritative research information in the various industries. This is to allow for persons who belong to the same industry to interact while establishing contacts, networking and trading ideas.

The various sector-ministers will also deliver addresses that detail their respective directions in the year under review. The addresses will guide the general discussions - even as to which areas the government will pay specific attention in order to invite private sector partnerships.

Renowned personalities such as Richard Branson of the Virgin Group of Companies, Yaw Osafo Marfo, Mr. Philip Sowah, CEO of Zain Ghana, and Patrick Awuah of Ashesi University will join other heads of state institutions to deliberate on how to provide the necessary information for businesses to compete effectively in this knowledge-based society.