Business opportunities for Ghana and the EU

20–21 May 2025 | Accra, Ghana

HomeAgendaSpeakersLinks

Event agenda

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

08:00 - 09:00

VIPs meeting

Location:PALM JUMEIRAH MEETING ROOM

09:00 - 10:15

Opening Ceremony

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

Opening remarks: Myriam Ferran, DDG for International Partnership

2 speakers

10:45 - 12:00

Plenary session 1: Strengthening the Ghana-EU Trade and Investment Partnership in the context of the New Government’s objectives

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

How Ghana’s economic reset, under the new government’s manifesto, presents opportunities for strengthening the trade and investment partnership between Ghana and the EU?

3 speakers

12:00 - 13:15

Sectoral session 1: Agribusiness Panel

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

“Harnessing Sustainable Agriculture for Green Growth: Collaborative Strategies for EU-Ghana Partnerships and Investment”

7 speakers

13:00 - 14:30

Break & networking space

Location:ADLON FOYER

14:30 - 16:00

Ad hoc meeting room

Location:PALM JUMEIRAH MEETING ROOM

Panels on business opportunities. Sectoral session 2: Advancing Ghana’s Pharmaceutical and Vaccine Future: Investment, Innovation, and Market Growth

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 1

The Ghana-EU Business Forum 2025 will serve as a pivotal platform for fostering partnerships, dialogue, and investment in Ghana’s pharmaceutical and vaccine sectors.

1 speaker

Panels on business opportunities. Sectoral session 3: E-Mobility Development in Ghana

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

Focus on exploring how the private sector can play a pivotal role in the development and growth of the e-mobility sector in Ghana.

4 speakers

16:30 - 17:30

Energy pitching B2B session: “Meet the Energy Companies & Projects”

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

GET.invest offers a pitching concept for energy players. Meet companies and projects from the energy sector and follow them as they present the key messages of their project in a short time slot.

Pharma pitching B2B session

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 1

17:30 - 17:45

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

08:30 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:30

Plenary session 2: Fostering collaboration between Ghanaian and European entrepreneurial ecosystems – investing in young businesses in Ghana under the EU Global Gateway Strategy

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

To bring together entrepreneurs from early- to mid-stage businesses and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across various sectors to explore strategies for fostering collaboration between Ghanaian and European entrepreneurial ecosystems.

7 speakers

11:00 - 11:45

Break-out session 1: Opportunity Driven VET - Team Europe Initiative

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

TEI OP-VET aims to stimulate exchange among the industry representatives and VET actors about the potential employment opportunities, skills gap and challenges within the targeted value chains.

3 speakers

Break-out session 2: IYBA Speed dating activity

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 1

Business Speed Dating session is proposed to create high-impact networking opportunities between SMEs (early stage/startups or medium size companies).

2 speakers

11:50 - 12:30

Break-out session 4: AfriPI – programme of support to intellectual property rights in Africa

Location:PALM JUMEIRAH MEETING ROOM

Empowering SMEs through Intellectual Property: the role of the AfrIPI Project and the Africa IP SME Helpdesk

4 speakers

11:50 - 13:00

Break-out session 3: AFRICO Business Engagement. How to get more companies involved in international projects in West Africa

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

The Ibero-African Association of Chambers of Commerce (AFRICO) was founded in 2024 by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and FEWACCI -representing the 12 national Chambers of Commerce of ECOWAS.

5 speakers

13:00 - 13:30

Closing Ceremony

Location:ADLON BALLROOM 2

1 speaker

13:00 - 14:30

Break & networking space

Location:ADLON FOYER

20 results

Days

Session locations