Ghana’s government has moved to signal that agribusiness is no longer peripheral to its economic strategy, with Trade and Agribusiness Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare using the 2026 Ghana Agrotech Fair to outline an agenda centred on local innovation, import substitution and regional competitiveness.
Speaking at the three-day fair in Accra, themed “Transforming Agribusiness through Local Innovation and Technology,” Ofosu-Adjare drew a direct line between agricultural transformation and economic sovereignty. “We have never been a people who waited for the world to give us what we can grow for ourselves,” she said, adding that the government is deliberately deploying agribusiness policy to drive growth and reduce import dependence.
The fair, opened by President John Dramani Mahama, showcases locally developed agricultural machinery, agro-processing equipment and emerging technologies, with sessions spanning masterclasses, policy dialogues, business matchmaking and technical demonstrations. Ofosu-Adjare said the ministry is working to remove the regulatory and financial barriers that have historically prevented local agricultural manufacturing from scaling, and reaffirmed Ghana’s alignment with the African Continental Free Trade Area agenda and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
The ambition is explicit, to make Ghana the most competitive agribusiness destination in West Africa. Whether the infrastructure, financing and policy coherence required to back that claim will follow remains the test.
