The Ghana COVID-19 Alleviation and Revitalization of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) programme, is government’s response to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of Ghanaians. Ghana CARES is a two-phase programme;
- Phase I - Stabilize the Economy (July –December 2020) and
- Phase II - Revitalize and Transform the Economy (2021 - 2023).
The Revitalization and Transformation phase has seven (7) focus areas:
- Supporting commercial farming and attracting educated youth into agriculture;
- Building Ghana’s light manufacturing targeting agro-processing and food import-substitution (specifically, rice, poultry, cassava, sugar and tomatoes), pharmaceuticals, and textiles & garments sector;
- Developing the machine tools industry;
- Developing the ICT/digital economy;
- Developing the Housing and Construction industry;
- Promoting Ghana as a Regional Hub – for financial services, for manufacturing, and for ports and logistics; and
- Optimizing Government’s flagships and programmes for greater results, value-for money, and financial sustainability
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