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By Ben Boateng
The high level Mauritius-Ghana business forum was proudly organised by the Economic Development Board (EDB) Mauritius in partnership with Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) with the theme, “Mauritius: Your Strategic Platform for Ghanaian Capital, Growth and Global Expansion.” This high profile event was held at the Accra Marriott Hotel on Friday, 22nd May 2026.
The closed forum was aimed at fostering cross-border investments and strategic partnerships between Mauritian financial institutions and Ghanaian businesses. Ghana’s Forum formed part of a wider three-country corridor initiative, which started from Nigeria on 8th May, and continued to Ivory Coast on 21st May. This reflected on EDB Mauritius’ commitment to deepening investment linkages across West Africa’s most influential economic centres.
It was exclusively open to C-suite executives, institutional investors, senior partners, managing directors, relevant government stakeholders and prominent business leaders. The Forum convened a 20 member delegation made up of Mauritian financial institutions including Tier-1 banks, fund managers, corporate service providers, and regulated wealth management firms. The delegation brought capacity across debt capital, equity capital, mezzanine, blended, and bridge financing structures, offering Ghanaian enterprises access to short, medium, and long-term financing solutions. Dr. Mrs. Jyoti Jeetun, the minister of financial services and economic planning, led the Mauritius investment delegation and actively participated in the business forum as well.

Following an introduction by the MC, Maria Mogor, who is an economic Development Consultant, the high profile event started with a key note address from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Economic Development Board Mauritius, Mr. Mahen Abhimanu Kundasamy. While speaking; he said, quite remarkably. “Today, Accra feels like something even more significant, it’s indeed a profound pleasure to be here in a city that has rightfully earned it’s mantle as a diplomatic and trade capital of Africa. As we gather here today we’re not just at the hub of the Black Star nation, we’re standing at the very epicentre of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).” He urged the audience or the delegates to “stop talking about potential and start talking about proven results.”
On his part, the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Outreach at GIPC, Dr George Asafo-Agyei, highlighted Mauritius as a key financial hub for African enterprises seeking regional and international scale. He reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to a competitive private sector-driven economy noting that ECOWAS and AfCFTA continue to open major opportunities for growth and cross-border trade. He stressed emphatically, “this forum therefore goes beyond traditional investment promotion, it represents a strategic platform for knowledge sharing, for dialogue, experience sharing and partnership building between Ghanaian enterprises and Mauritian institutions.”
The panel discussion was quite engaging, with an informative session that was moderated by Dele Sanyaolu, Head of Corporate Banking, at Access Bank P/c. The Panellists’ shared their insightful and thought provoking ideas on pressing issues pertaining to the theme. Upon the conclusion of the main event, participants were encouraged to network and create meaningful connections, not just build contacts for business purposes but build strong relationships that focus on eventful outcomes.
The event was proudly sponsored by AfrAsia Bank and Mauritius Commercial Bank. The rest of the sponsors are Rogers Capital, Trident Trust, ABC Banking, Axis Judiciary Ltd, Warwyck Private Bank P/c, AACapital International Ltd, Nexus Financial Services, amongst others. With support from the Mauritius International financial Centre and Mauritius Africa Fintech Hub.