Liberia successfully hosted its first-ever Investment Conference in Accra on May 15–16, 2025, drawing a diverse assembly of investors, government officials, entrepreneurs, and development partners. The two-day event, themed: “Unlocking Liberia’s Investment Potential for Sustainable Economic Growth,” aimed to position the country as a prime destination for regional and international investment.
In his keynote address, Foreign Minister, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, spoke of the country’s commitment to fostering a conducive environment for investment, highlighting the nation’s strategic reforms and abundant natural resources.
Nyanti: “Liberia is open for business and committed to fostering a business-friendly environment to encourage investment across various sectors.”
She then outlined the government’s ARREST agenda, focusing on Agriculture, Roads and infrastructure, the Rule of law, Education, Health and sanitation and Tourism.
Madam Nyanti said, in developed countries, economic diplomacy is about them exporting their companies, their private organizations, and trying to get their goods into the global markets.
She called on leaders on the continent to ensure that economic diplomacy became the gateway for business, create the enabling environment, and ensure that responsible sectors and those responsible for trade and investment came together to do business.
The Ministry’s release quotes Madam Nyanti: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken on this responsibility for economic diplomacy, and our ambassadors, our embassies, will be creating this platform for our ministries and agencies and commissions to come into countries to engage with investors.”
“This is the second conference, as the first one was in China, last year.
The third will be in Belgium for all of Europe, looking at European companies, European investors coming to Belgium from across Europe, and engaging with Liberia’s government officials,” Madam Nyanti said.
On the highlight of key investment sectors, Madam Nyanti spotlighted several sectors ripe for investment, including agriculture.
She added that with the vast arable land and a favorable climate, the country offers opportunities in rice, cocoa, oil palm, cassava, and fisheries.
Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, also called for strengthened collaboration between Ghana and Liberia in the areas of trade and investment to boost economies of the two countries.
“These two countries,” Ellen said, “have enjoyed a bilateral relationship and need to explore potential trade and investment opportunities that will benefit their citizens and yield investment returns.”
She meanwhile urged the current leaders of Ghana and Liberia to strengthen their diplomatic ties in trade and investment.