Eastern Regional Expo 2026 woos investors

The 2026 Eastern Regional Trade and Investment Fair (Eastern Expo) has been organised in Koforidua with a call on stakeholders and investors to leverage the region's abundant resources to drive sustainable growth and development.

Unemployment rate The Presidential Advisor on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development, Augustus Goosie Tanoh, who represented President John Dramani Mahama to open the fair, said the government was targeting a reduction in Ghana’s unemployment rate below five per cent by 2035 under the 24-hour economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme.

Economic transformation He, however, identified the Eastern Region as one of the anchors of the economic transformation, stressing that the region would benefit significantly from the efforts to move the economy beyond the export of raw materials towards the production of finished goods.