Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the press release, UK Minister for Africa visits Ghana to show support for Ghana’s vision to move beyond aid, published on 28 August 2018, which UK companies will be involved in the Jobs and Economic Transformation Programme.

Deploying the UK’s world-class development assistance to help African countries to drive private sector growth and job creation is at the centre of the UK’s new partnership with Africa. The Prime Minister made this clear in her recent visit to the continent. In Ghana, the UK’s new Jobs and Economic Transformation programme is expected to help the Ghanaian government to generate over £50 million in private investment and create 15,000 jobs. This is vital if Ghana is to achieve its ambition of moving “beyond aid”.