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BY: Maclean Kwofi
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Agriculture is the leading sector that benefited from the $48 million invested in the last 16 years by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC Fund).
Of the total amount invested, 45 per cent went to agriculture while service and industry benefited 36 per cent and 19 per cent respectively between 2004 and 2020.
The fund provided over 1,100 grants worth US$48 million to strengthen the advocacy capacity of various private sector organisations (PSOs) and farmer-based organisations (FBOs) across the sixteen regions in the country.
End of project
This was made known at an end of project event on February 18 in Accra, meant to share the fund’s impact on the Ghanaian private sector, achievements and lessons learnt with its stakeholders.
Good morning! Those were great videos. Ayikoo!
Today’s event is very near and dear to my heart. My top priorities as Ambassador include stimulating business development and job growth in Ghana. I’d like to commend the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the former Ministry of Business Development for their roles in working with the governments of the United States and Denmark, as well as with the Ghanaian business community, to promote important legal and regulatory changes that have positively affected so many business people and entrepreneurs.
The Business Sector Advisory Challenge Fund (BUSAC) has worked tirelessly over the last 16 years to bridge the gap between industry and policy makers in Ghana, and to spur greater private sector growth and business development. In the spirit of donor harmonization, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, funded the BUSAC Program along with the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Eu