Event agenda
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
08:00 - 09:00
Registration, coffee & networking space
VIPs meeting
09:00 - 10:15
Opening Ceremony
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
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
“Harnessing Sustainable Agriculture for Green Growth: Collaborative Strategies for EU-Ghana Partnerships and Investment”
7 speakers
13:00 - 14:30
Break & networking space
14:30 - 16:00
Ad hoc meeting room
Panels on business opportunities. Sectoral session 2: Advancing Ghana’s Pharmaceutical and Vaccine Future: Investment, Innovation, and Market Growth
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
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”
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
17:30 - 17:45
Wrapping-up by the MC on main messages from the panel discussions
1 speaker
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
08:30 - 09:00
Registration, coffee & networking space
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
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
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
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
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
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
13:00 - 14:30