Akwamumanhene to grace GITFiC2023 Conference

The Paramount Chief of Akwamuman, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, will lead a strong delegation of Akwamu chiefs to the 7th Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference-GITFiC2023.

The Conference, which will welcome delegates from across the African continent to Ghana, will be held at the Royal Senchi Hotel & Resort in the Eastern Region.

It will be held from Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28.

Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III will deliver a special address for and on behalf traditional chiefs on the role of the chieftaincy institution in matters of continental and global finance and monetary architecture, global debt crisis, the continental free trade area and intra-African trade in general.

“This is in line with the adopted practice of the 7^th Conference, in involving the traditional overlords and custodians of the venues of the conferences, going forward,” the Chief Executive Officer of GITFiC, Selasi Koffi Ackom, said in a statement on Thursday, May 18.

The Akwamumanhene will be joined by the Eastern Region Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, and other dignitaries for the event which borders on the prospects of Africa’s single currency in lieu of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Selected delegates attending the event will pay a courtesy call on Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III at the Akwamu Fie on Friday, May 26 before the opening of the Conference.

“The 7^th Ghana International Trade & Finance Conference will be known as the SENCHI Consensus on Africa’s Single Currency with a high level stakeholder participation from all RECs in Africa.”

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