Ghana and the United States of America (USA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new level of partnership, with industrialization as the leading agenda.<\/p>\n
In line with the MoU, which was signed in Accra on Wednesday, the government\u2019s One-district, One-factory policy, and 11 other sectors will receive attention.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s part of the deal was signed by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, while that of the USA was initialed by the visiting US Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross.<\/p>\n
Present at the signing was President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n
Briefing<\/strong><\/p>\n Briefing the media at the Jubilee House after the signing ceremony, a Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, likened the deal to the one that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah led Ghana into which culminated in the building of the Akosombo Dam and the VALCO Factory for the smelting of alumina about 60 years ago.<\/p>\n He, however, did not provide details of the MoU, except to add that the US government would partner American businesses to work with their Ghanaian counterparts to advance the industrialization agenda of the Ghanaian government.<\/p>\n