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Ghana Exim Bank hosts business delegation from Malta
Management of the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) on Thursday, 19th January 2023, hosted a business delegation from Malta.
Ms. Rosemary Beryl Archer, the Deputy Chief Executive O cer responsible for Banking, on behalf of the Chief Executive O cer, Mr. Lawrence Agyinsam, received the delegation.
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The Business delegation from Malta, consisting of representatives of Malta’s Economic Development Agency, Malta Enterprise and some Maltese Businesses were hosted at the Bank’s headquarters at the Africa Trade House in Accra.
Ms. Antoinette Cefai, responsible for Outreach and Internationalisation at the Business Development and Growth Unit of Malta Enterprise led the delegation
Receiving the delegation, Ms. Rosemary Beryl Archer highlighted the Bank’s mandate to serve as a key engine in the development of Ghana’s export trade, facilitate cross border trade and make Ghana a pillar in regional and continental trade in addition to facilitating the transformation of Ghana’s economy into an export one.
“As a Development and Policy Bank, we are supporting the Government of Ghana’s quest for a feasible and sustainable export led economy. Over the years, we have nancially supported several Ghanaian businesses in various capacities as well as developing trade between Ghanaian and foreign businesses. We have assisted some Ghanaian businesses to make overseas investments and eliminated critical market failures in the Ghanaian economy to make Ghana competitive in the global marketplace”, she added.
On her part, Ms. Antoinette Cefai, indicated that Malta is a stable democracy, which is very welcoming to an innovative mind-set with an open busi- ness-centric commercial community that stands tall as an European Union member state, with a proven record of economic success.
She further expressed their appreciation to the Bank’s Executive Management for hosting them and discussing with the team avenues of possible collaboration between Malta Enterprise, GEXIM, clients of GEXIM and other Ghanaian businesses to develop trade between the two countries.
Other members of the Maltese Delegation included Christo- pher Busuttil Delbridge, Managing Director of Evolve, Keith Vassallo and Solaman El Khazmi, Directors of Associated Equipment, and Scott Francis, Chief Technology O cer of TrustSTamp.
The GEXIM team that hosted the Delegation included Head of the Advisory Department, Mr. Frank Obeng, Senior Manager at the Corporate A airs Department, Mr. Emmanuel Essil e - Conduah and Assistant Manager, Corporate Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney.
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