Mexico’s Ambassador to Ghana, Maria de Los Angeles Arriola Aguirre, has indicated that her country takes significant interest in the widening of the Ghana’s ports which would open up new opportunities for Ghana’s economic partners like her country.
“We are interested in the opportunities for this port which is widening to become the most important port in West Africa,” she said.
The Mexican ambassador said this at a meeting with top management of the GPHA following a tour of the port.
She also said that the country’s decision to host the Secretariat of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) means a lot to its business reputation across borders.
“Today, Ghana will head the African Free Trade Area Secretariat. That means a lot. It means Ghana has gained reputation inside Africa and Ghana will be the gateway for Mexico to come and do more business with Africa,” she stated.
The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje said, the Ports Authority is taking ambitious strides to provide the needed supply chain logistics to support Ghana’s current attractiveness to the trading world.
“All the ambitious projects that we have in place, including the port expansions in both Tema and Takoradi. We are even building a new port in Keta. All that is to make sure we are a step ahead of the demand of trade,” he revealed.
He said his outfit would seek to rally stakeholders to investigate possibilities of collaboration between Ghana’s ports and Mexico.
Some members of Ghana’s trade industry, who were present at the meeting, expressed some enthusiasm, to see Ghana break boundaries in trade with other countries for economic development.
“We have always been looking for ways of registering our products outside the boundaries of Ghana. We want to go global, so when there is an opportunity like this, we take it,” Elvis Blankson, Marketing Manager of GIHOC Distilleries expressed.