Events

The Africa Automobile Industry Summit and Expo (AAISE) will be a global gathering of public sector leaders, multilateral/unilateral economic and development agencies, automobile industry players, automobile buyers (corporate and individual customers), investors, financiers and all players along the automobile value chain to analyse Africa’s burgeoning automobile industry and identify opportunities and new strategies for growth. AAISE will consider the global automobile industry and market and offer insights into what part Africa will play. AAISE will also highlight success stories in the African automobile industry, showcasing manufacturers across the continent. AAISE will feature plenary sessions, expert panel discussions, networking events, a large exhibition and B2B engagements. The show will host automobile manufacturers and assembly plants operating in Africa, automobile component manufacturers, automobile value chain players, states and municipalities, economic development authorities, financial and insurance institutions, logistics and other manufacturing services providers.

Africa offers significant opportunities for foreign companies seeking growth and expansion. With a fast-growing population, emerging markets, and increasing consumer spending power, Africa presents a promising environment for business development. However, navigating the African market can be complex due to diverse cultures, regulatory frameworks, and unique market dynamics. This webinar aims to provide key insights and strategies for foreign companies to thrive in the African market.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as an essential tool and an integral component of corporate strategy – enabling firms to cut costs, improve business processes and enhance competitive advantage. This workshop will provide insights and practical demonstrations on how companies of all sizes and from all sectors can leverage AI to attain corporate objectives such as increased productivity, effective targeting and understanding of customers, improved service delivery, predict market dynamics, etc. The AI workshop will take place under the theme "Unlocking Business Potential: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Increased Productivity"

World Trade Centre Accra is sending a professional delegation to GITEX 2023 from October 15-22, 2023. GITEX Global, the world’s largest and most inclusive tech event will return to Dubai in 2023 for its 43rd edition, gathering the world’s most advanced companies and best minds to elevate business, economy, society and culture through the power of innovation. Converging and unifying the world’s leading tech protagonists, inventors, academia, researchers and developers, GITEX 2023 will also supercharge the epic global race for AI supremacy, manifesting and translating gen-now tech into business solutions that are shaping societies and fast-tracking future urbanism.

WTC Accra is sending a professional delegation to Düsseldorf, Germany for the world's leading meeting for the medical community, Medica 2022. The four day event would have in attendance stakeholders drawn from Ghana's health sector including the Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana and the nation's first and only quaternary hospital, the University of Ghana Medical Centre. Medica is an international platform for showcasing technological advancements in the healthcare industry. The 2022 edition is expected to attract over 100,000 professionals in the health industry, creating a large business platform for participants. It is an honor for World Trade Centre Accra to lead this delegation to explore new opportunities for the Ghanaian health community.

WTC Accra would like to invite you to our upcoming summit: “Africa Feeding the World: Making a case for agricultural transformation in Africa” (AFW Summit) scheduled for 17th March 2021, 12pm to 4pm GMT.The AFW Summit will be a half-day event that will highlight key agricultural and agribusiness investment opportunities around the continent and provide insight into global opportunities for farmers in Africa. It will be a platform for global thought leaders, policy makers/implementers, financiers, practitioners and innovators in agriculture to delve into how stakeholders could collaborate to enhance agricultural productivity in Africa and transform the continent from one that relies heavily on food imports/food aid to a significant food exporter and contributor to global food security. This virtual event will include conference sessions, virtual panel discussions and a deal room where B2B and B2G engagements will be facilitated between technology and equipment vendors and potential partners as well as between financiers and agribusiness practitioners.

World Trade Centre Accra invites you to participate in our upcoming “Africa Health Industry Summit- Measuring the Pulse of a Continent’s Health Sector” scheduled for 10th February 2021, 11am to 3pm GMT. The Africa Health Industry Summit 2021 (AHIS 2021) will be a half-day exploratory summit and B2B/B2G matchmaking event that will assemble a diverse, global faculty of thought leaders and commercial entities in the health sector (manufacturers, innovators, investors, financiers and integrators) to deliberate with major healthcare providers, policy makers and key decision makers and health sector businesses in Africa on current and future challenges of the health sector and opportunities to enhance healthcare delivery through beneficial public-private partnerships

WTC Accra’s “Africa Digital Economy Summit” under the subject “The Digital Economy in Africa – Prospects and Opportunities” will cover the full spectrum of the digital economy in Africa including:• digital infrastructure• digital education and training• e-governance• e-commerce• digital health• cybersecurity• innovation and digital entrepreneurshipIt will explore opportunities to quicken the digital transformation of African economies to spur inclusive growth. It will also expose opportunities for private businesses and for public private partnerships and provide insight into the future trajectory of the digital economy in Africa

The WTC Accra presents webinar on the topic “Africa and the Circular Economy: Opportunities, Benefits and Trends” will be a 1-day capacity-building and B2B match-making webinar with conference sessions and two break-out deal rooms.The conference sessions will expose African companies and governments to the concept of the circular economy and highlight its advantages over the traditional linear economy where products are made, used and disposed.The break-out deal rooms will serve as a platform for B2B, B2G and B2C engagements where one-on-one and commercial round tables based on sectors will be held.The Circular Economy (CE) is that economic system that is intentionally designed to be restorative and regenerative with a focus on reuse, sharing, repair, refurbishment, re-manufacturing and recycling to create a close loop system. In a circular economy system, processes are engineered such that as much as possible, waste, because an input for another product and new resource inputs and environmental pollution, are limited as much as possible. OBJECTIVES • Promote the Circular Economy in Africa • Expose the economic opportunities for the Circular Economy in Africa • Match foreign businesses in the Circular Economy to potential partners in Africa • Stimulate partnerships to address gaps in the adoption of the Circular Economy in Africa

CCPIT/ CCOIC Shanghai in collaboration with WTC Accra is organising Ghana’s participation to the Belt and Road Brand Expo 2017 at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre under the theme “Better Life and Beyond”. The event will show -case the most featured and exquisite products, culture, and technologies of all participating nations, providing opportunity for people of different countries to live beyond their routine lives and embrace a myraid of possiblities.

Canton Fair (China Import and Export Fair) is arguably one of the largest trade fair with the largest scale and complete exhibit variety in the world. Over 20,000 vendors and 100,000 buyers attend the fair each year. WTC Accra in collaboration with the organizers is co-ordinating Ghana’s participation in the fair.

World Trade Centre Accra, in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) holds a seminar under the theme "Understanding The New VAT Flat Rate Scheme". "The Value Added Tax Act, 2013 (Act 870) which was amended, gives legal backing to the new 3% VAT Flat Rate Scheme, aimed at facilitating the collection of VAT and National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) on the supply of goods by wholesalers and retailers". Consequently, this seminar is to educate participants on its implementation, as well as an avenue to address any concerns.