The 8th Ghana CEO Summit is scheduled to commence on Monday, May 27, 2024, at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.

The CEO summit will bring together stakeholders including the Chief Executives (CEO) Network of Ghana to reignite business and economic growth and chart a path forward with a focus on AI transformation and economic diversification.

The 2024 Ghana CEO summit is being held under the theme "Reigniting Business and Economic Growth: Charting a Path Forward; Economic Diversification and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transformation. A Private-Public Sector CEO Dialogue & High Impact-Learning."

The Founding CEO of Chief Executives (CEO) Network Ghana, Ernest De-Graft Egyir, stated that the summit is poised to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the nation’s evolving business landscape and highlight the need for resilience, innovation, and economic diversification in charting a path forward with AI transformation taking center stage.

He emphasised that the summit will offer three-panel discussions and dialogues catering to the interests and concerns of esteemed attendees, starting with an opening plenary session that will seek to discuss the theme for the summit.

“This will be followed by a Presidential Plenary Session, featuring the current Vice President and former Presidents of Ghana as special invited guests who will delve into key topics such as private sector development and strategies for sustainable economic growth.

“Our CEO-led plenary sessions will explore transformative topics such as radically transforming businesses into African multinational companies and revitalising state-owned enterprises through economic diversification and AI transformation,” he said.

He noted that since the inception of the Ghana CEO summits, there has been a cohort of CEOs who are all expanding beyond the borders of Ghana, adding that the panel will discuss how CEOs can radically transform their companies and also build African multinational companies.

He stated that CEOs have concerns about the political landscape and what happens in Ghana, stressing that their call to action this year is for the country’s political elite to begin to consider political leadership ethics and best practices.

“We have a social contract as citizens and as a business community. We need our political elites to lead us by setting an example to ensure that not only their lives get better, but we as citizens, we as a business community also improve our quality of life,” he added.

Ghana CEO Excellence Awards

The summit will be climaxed by a Ghana CEO Excellence Awards – Honours session.

The CEO Excellence Award-Honours aspect of the summit celebrates the exemplary achievements of CEOs and businesses, showcasing their innovation, leadership, and contributions to Ghana’s economic landscape.