The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) will this month organise two Regional Investment Roadshows in the Ashanti and Western North Regions to highlight high-potential projects and attract new investment aimed at boosting economic growth, job creation, and regional development.

The events will be held under the theme, “Driving Local Investment – Unlocking Regional Potential: Mapping Opportunities and Mobilising Growth in the Ashanti and Western North Regions.” They form part of GIPC’s flagship Investment Opportunity Mapping Project (IOMP), which identifies and promotes viable investment opportunities across the country.

The Ashanti Regional Investment Roadshow is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the Golden Beam Hotel in Kumasi. This will be followed by the Western North Regional Investment Forum on Friday, March 13, 2026, at the Western North Regional Coordinating Council.

The two engagements will bring together municipal and district assemblies, traditional authorities, private-sector leaders, development partners, and investors to deliberate on a pipeline of bankable projects across sectors including agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism, real estate, mining support services, and logistics.

In the Ashanti Region, the roadshow will highlight more than three decades of investment activity facilitated by GIPC. The region has recorded over 400 registered projects and attracted an estimated US$3.4 billion in foreign direct investment, helping to position Kumasi as a key commercial and logistics hub serving both Ghana and the wider West African market.

Although the Western North Region is relatively young and has attracted fewer formally registered projects, detailed investment profiling has revealed strong opportunities in large-scale cocoa and cashew cultivation, agro-processing, timber and sustainable forestry, responsible mining, and cross-border trade and logistics with Côte d’Ivoire.

The Western North forum will therefore offer local businesses, the Regional Coordinating Council, and other stakeholders the opportunity to present these prospects directly to investors and financial institutions.

According to GIPC, the roadshows form part of its broader strategy to extend investment promotion beyond Accra by identifying, validating, and packaging district-level opportunities into investor-ready projects.

Activities planned for the events include project exhibitions, stakeholder dialogues, business-to-business matchmaking sessions, and site visits. These are expected to enhance the visibility of the two regions, strengthen investor confidence, and facilitate new business partnerships.

Since launching the roadshow initiative in 2025, the Centre has held similar engagements in the Volta Region, Oti Region, Central Region, and Western Region, profiling more than 90 bankable projects in priority sectors such as mining, manufacturing, ICT, renewable energy, and agribusiness.

GIPC is encouraging domestic and international investors, financial institutions, development partners, and business associations to participate in both the Ashanti Regional Investment Roadshow and the Western North Regional Investment Forum and explore the range of commercially viable and socially impactful opportunities available.

The roadshows are being organised in collaboration with the Office of the Chief of Staff, the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, the Ghana Free Zones Authority, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, and the 24-Hour Economy Authority, with support from MTN Ghana and the respective Regional Coordinating Councils.