The Roadshow provides an important platform to showcase investment-ready opportunities from across the districts of the Ashanti Region.  

The theme “Driving Local Investment – Unlocking Regional Potential: Mapping Opportunities and Mobilizing Growth in the Ashanti Region” reflects a commitment to working closely with the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, traditional authorities, and the private sector to promote sustainable development.  

It complements key government programmes such as the Feed Ghana Programme, National Infrastructure Development Programme (Big Push), and the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme. 

As part of the government’s commitment to balance regional development, the Centre has introduced the Investment Opportunity Mapping Project (IOMP) to identify and profile investment opportunities across all regions of the country. 

This ensures that investors have access to credible, detailed information about opportunities beyond traditional commercial centres.  

Dr. Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Board Chairman of GIPC, at the forum to discuss investment opportunities, said the successes of the activities would depend on strong partnerships, urging government institutions, private sector actors, development partners, and community leaders to collaborate and transform these opportunities into viable businesses that drove economic progress. 

He said the Ashanti Region offered a wide range of investment opportunities across multiple sectors, including agriculture and agro-processing, manufacturing, tourism, mining support services, and logistics.  

The Region possessed the natural resources, infrastructure, and human capital necessary to support large-scale investment and investors needed to support for economic expansion, Dr Opong-Fosu appealed. 

Mr. Simon Madjie, Chief Executive Officer of GIPC, highlighting Ashanti’s strong manufacturing base, vibrant Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) ecosystem and large consumer market, said it was one of the most dynamic entrepreneurial cultures in the country. 

He said despite these advantages, investment levels had not fully matched the region’s potential, citing that, from 1994 to June 2025, the Ashanti Region attracted approximately US$3.4 billion in foreign direct investment across 410 projects registered with GIPC, a significant achievement, yet much more remained to be unlocked. 

On the IOPM, he said a key ambition embodying it was the Greater Kumasi Industrial City (GKIC), a strategic industrial development project designed to position the Ashanti Region as a major centre for industrial production and logistics in Ghana.  

He assured that GIPC would continue to provide the support, coordination, and facilitation needed to turn investment interest in the region into real, impactful projects.  

Dr. Frank Amoakohene, Ashanti Regional Minister, declared the Region’s preparedness for strategic partnerships, innovation and industrial growth.