{"id":24714,"date":"2021-07-05T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T08:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=24714"},"modified":"2021-07-05T08:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T08:19:35","slug":"we-built-a-resilient-economy-before-covid-19-ofori-atta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=24714","title":{"rendered":"We built a resilient economy before Covid-19 \u2013 Ofori-Atta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the government built a resilient economy before the country was hit by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGhana went through the headwinds and built a resilient economy which grew at an average 6% in the three consecutive years prior to the pandemic,\u201d he told CNN\u2019s Richard Quest in an interview on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst the global pandemic, Mr Ofori-Atta said the Ghanaian economy has leapt to become a hub for investment in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGhana has been a pillar of stability, a legacy Nkrumah started in 1957. We are currently the headquarters of [the] African Continental Free Trade Area, which is the next wave of independence with regard to trade and investment. And you note that Twitter was able to come here [Ghana] as a result of this type of aggressive outward position that we\u2019ve taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know Twitter decided to come here because of the aggressive outward position. We will continue to create a great business environment where assembling and manufacturing of VW and Toyota cars solidify our position as the gateway to Africa,\u201d he told Richard Quest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Ghana\/Kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the government built a resilient economy before the country was hit by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. \u201cGhana went through the headwinds and built a resilient economy which grew at an average 6% in the three consecutive years prior to the pandemic,\u201d he told CNN\u2019s Richard Quest in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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