Ghana’s agricultural and renewable energy sectors hold untapped potential that investors cannot afford to overlook, Dr. James Ato Condua Orleans-Lindsey, Chairman of the Lindsey Group of Companies and Chancellor of Cape Coast Technical University, has told participants at the 2025 Netherlands-Ghana Business and Tourism Expo in The Hague.
Speaking on day one of the three-day event, Dr. Orleans-Lindsey urged Dutch businesses to seize opportunities in agribusiness and clean energy, stressing that Ghana offers both resources and market demand.
“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,” he said.
“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 set up a school to teach how to assemble solar panels and assemble them well?”
He also encouraged collaboration, quipping that while foreign firms must “keep their eyes on the ball,” Ghana itself should be seen as the “ball” worth investing in. “Come to Ghana and you will never regret,” he told the Dutch investment community.
The Expo, themed “Partnership for Growth; Trade, Innovation and Sustainability,” is a platform for deepening cooperation between Ghana and the Netherlands in areas such as trade, investment, and digitalization. Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Francis Danti Kotia, highlighted that the two countries share a relationship spanning more than 300 years.
“This fair is a reaffirmation of our enduring bilateral partnership, and an opportunity to explore deeper collaboration in all sectors of common interest,” Ambassador Kotia noted.
“He pointed to agriculture and agribusiness as central to Ghana’s national development strategy, referencing President John Dramani Mahama’s Presidential Initiatives in Agriculture and Agribusiness (PIAA), which include the Feed Ghana Programme, Feed the Industry Programme, and Agriculture Investment and Infrastructure Development.
“These initiatives,” Kotia explained, “signal the government’s renewed emphasis on agriculture as a vehicle for economic transformation—building stronger value chains, attracting investment into agro-processing, and introducing more sustainable practices.”
The Expo runs until September 20 at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
