Recruitment of a consultant to conduct training on investor deal making.

The World Bank has been providing funding support to the Government of Ghana (GOG) to implement the Ghana Economic Transformation Project (GETP) since 2019. 

The overall development objective of the project is to promote private investments and firm growth in non-resource-based sectors. The project is guided by the principle “to promote and strengthen a growth model conducive to economic transformation, to achieve higher rates of investment and productivity growth across the economy, especially in non-resource-based sectors.” 

The project operates under four (4) main components, namely: Enabling investments (component 1), Crowding-in investments (Component 2), Accelerating Entrepreneurship and Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) growth (Component 3), and Project Management and Evaluation (Component 4).         To achieve the Project’s Development Objectives (PDOs), the GETP coordinates and collaborates with 11 Technical Implementing Agencies (TIAs). Among these TIAs is the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).

 
The GIPC is a government agency mandated under the GIPC Act, 2013 (Act 865) to encourage and promote investments in Ghana, to provide for the creation of an attractive incentive framework and a transparent, predictable, and facilitating environment for foreign companies establishing themselves in Ghana, as well as local businesses exploring new opportunities in the country.
 
The Centre actively encourages, promotes, and facilitates investments into and within Ghana to attain its objectives. Furthermore, it formulates investment promotion policies and plans, promotional incentives, and marketing strategies to attract foreign and local investments in advanced technology industries and skill-intensive services, which enjoy good export market prospects.
 
The Centre also initiates and supports measures that will enhance the investment climate in Ghana for both Ghanaian and non-Ghanaian enterprises. Additionally, it initiates, organizes, and participates in promotional activities such as exhibitions, conferences, and seminars to stimulate investments to present Ghana as an ideal investment destination.
 
To deliver on its mandate and support the achievement its FDI target, the GIPC is prioritizing the development of new partnerships through joint ventures with Ghanaian partners. The Centre has been intentional about its business development activities as part of recent operational realignment efforts. This has improved GIPC’s capacity to generate a pipeline of bankable investment projects for promotion and to aid in the development and positioning of local firms for collaborations. That notwithstanding, there is need for the Business Development team to develop capacity in managing leads generated, chaperoning the negotiations and deal-making process between project sponsors and prospective investors to the successful realization of investments in the projects.