{
  "id": 18335423,
  "title": "Ashanti Regional Minister deepens cooperation with Guangxi in China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/ashanti-regional-minister-deepens-cooperation-with-guangxi-in-china",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T16:01:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ashanti-regional-minister-deepens-cooperation-with-guangxi-in-china/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the Ashanti Regional Minister, engaged in high-level discussions in Nanning, China, with Wei Tao, Chairman of the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The meeting aimed to expand cooperation between the Ashanti Region and Guangxi in various sectors such as trade, investment, industrialization, agriculture, education, science and technology, healthcare, tourism, culture, and green development. The two leaders also explored the possibility of direct trade and payment arrangements between Ghana and China, utilizing the Ghana cedi and Chinese renminbi to minimize reliance on currencies like the US dollar and associated transaction costs.\n\nDr. Amoakohene highlighted several examples of existing Ghana-China collaborations, including the Bui Hydroelectric Dam, Sunon Asogli Power Project, Huawei’s telecommunications investments, Zonda/Sinotruk vehicle assembly, and the Sentuo Oil Refinery. The Confucius Institute at the KNUST, established through a partnership between KNUST and Hubei University of Automotive Technology in China, particularly interests the Ashanti Region. This collaboration offers opportunities for academic exchanges, engineering research, technology transfer, and industrial cooperation.\n\nWith Ashanti's population nearing 5.43 million and Guangxi's population exceeding 50 million, Dr. Amoakohene emphasized that the potential for mutually beneficial collaboration is significant. The meeting also included some Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) from both regions. Both sides expressed their commitment to building direct partnerships between Ashanti's assemblies and some of Guangxi's 41 cities to foster knowledge exchange, local economic development, and mutually beneficial projects.\n\nDr. Amoakohene stated that the vision is to create a practical and lasting partnership that turns international friendship into tangible economic and social benefits for the people of both regions. He expressed gratitude to Wei Tao and the Guangxi government for the warm reception and their dedication to strengthening ties with the Ashanti Region. He concluded by emphasizing their ambition to transform friendship into opportunity, cooperation into investment, and partnership into shared prosperity.",
  "summary": "Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has held high-level talks in Nanning, China, with Wei Tao, Chairman of the People’s Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The engagement provided an important opportunity to deepen cooperation between the Ashanti Region and Guangxi, particularly in trade and investment, industrialisation, agriculture, education, science and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}