Dr. James Ato Condua Orleans-Lindsay, Chairman of JL Holdings and Chancellor of Cape Coast Technical University, has stated that Ghana is fertile ground for investments, particularly in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors.
Dr. Orleans-Lindsay made the call in a presentation to attendees on the first day of the Netherlands-Ghana Business and Tourism Expo, titled “Ghana-Netherlands Investment Opportunities: A Sector-by-Sector Analysis of Investment Potential and Risk Mitigation Strategies.”
The 2025 Netherlands-Ghana Business and Tourism Expo opened at The Hague University of Applied Sciences on Thursday, 18, and is expected to end on Saturday, 20 September 2025. The theme for the Expo is “Partnership for Growth: Trade, Innovation and Sustainability.”
“In my home country, Ghana, it’s sad that we have 12 months a year, 12 hours a day sunlight, and solar business is 5% of our business. Can someone decide to come to Ghana to install solar panels? Can somebody decide to come to Ghana to supply solar panels? Can somebody decide to come to Ghana to, as it were, set up a school to teach how to assemble solar panels and assemble them well,” Dr Orleans-Lindsey suggested during his presentation.
“The Chinese are having a field day in my country, so come and join us. In Ghana, if you want to enter into a partnership, you need to have your eyes on the ball, but you need to have a ball first. For me I can recommend my home country to you as your ball. Come to Ghana, come to Ghana, and you will never regret,” Dr Orleans-Lindsay told the investment community in the Netherlands.
The 2025 edition of the Netherlands-Ghana Business and Tourism Expo has opened in The Hague, the Netherlands, under the theme “Partnership for Growth: Trade, Innovation and Sustainability.”
Netherlands-Ghana Business & Tourism Expo 2025 is a platform dedicated to fostering innovation and sustainable development through collaboration between Ghana and the Netherlands.
Its mission is to facilitate meaningful connections and explore opportunities for trade, investments, and digitalization that can contribute to long-term economic growth and prosperity for both nations.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Mr Francis Danti Kotia, observed that Ghana’s relations with the Netherlands date back over 300 years and the relationship continues to be defined by shared values and cooperation in all areas of our bilateral relationship.
“This Fair is a reaffirmation of our enduring bilateral partnership, and an opportunity to explore deeper collaboration in all sectors of common interest. At the centre of this engagement lies a sector that remains fundamental to Ghana’s economy and national development vision: agriculture and agribusiness,” Ambassador Kotia said.
To give practical meaning to this vision, Ambassador Kotia noted that “President John Dramani Mahama established the Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness (PIAA) to advance his strategic vision of transforming and modernizing the agriculture sector.”
“These are: the Feed Ghana Programme, the Feed the Industry Programme, and Agriculture Investment and Infrastructure Development. These are further indications of the government’s renewed emphasis on agriculture as a vehicle for economic transformation.
“Through this renewed focus, Ghana is seeking not only to increase productivity but to build stronger value chains, attract investment into agro-processing, and introduce more sustainable and innovative farming practices,” Mr. Kotia remarked.
