The brainchild of real estate sisters, Anna and Victoria Agyekum, Ghana Property and Lifestyle Expo (GLPE) returned this year as an in-person event in London after being held virtually due to the pandemic.

Some 20 exhibitors travelled in from Ghana while attendees came from across Europe and the UK to be at the Pestana Chelsea Hotel celebration which has been hailed as its biggest and best to date and initial estimates show the two-day event generated over £2m worth of property sales.

GPLE co-founder Victoria Ageykum, also the co-founder of parent company On Point Property Management Ltd which she runs with Anna, said: “The two days were simply fantastic. The Expo exceeded our expectations with the numbers that attended and positive feedback has been received from both attendees and exhibitors.

“We are delighted to be able to provide this platform as a resource for anyone investing in property or visiting Ghana.”

Created with the purpose of bridging the gap with the diaspora and educating a broader international audience about the vast opportunities of the west African nation’s expanding real estate market, attendees were left feeling inspired with indispensable knowledge about making an investment in Ghana and securing their financial future.

Ghana’s real estate contribution to GDP has almost doubled from 1.8% 2016 to 3% in 2021, with an annual growth rate projected at 6.5% annually 2023-2025

Keynote Speakers at the event, which took place on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th, November, 2022, included Yaw Amoateng Afriyie, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre UK, and Papa Kow Bartels, Head of Trade & Investment, Ghana High Commission UK & Ireland.

Presentations were delivered by Evans Yaw Amoah-Nyamekye, Lawyer in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom of England & Wales and President, Ghana Bar Association; Will Writing and Estate Planning by Vanessa Blythe, CEO at Peace of Mind Services; practical investor insights from Bennard Owusu, Barrister and Solicitor to the superior courts of Ghana and Solicitor to the senior courts of England & Wales, and a financial planning presentation by Mary Ayisi Boadu, Investment Banker, Author and Financial Coach.

Papa Kow Bartels, Head of Trade & Investment Ghana High Commission UK & Ireland, said: “GLPE is brilliant. Victoria and Anna have created a soft landing for the diaspora who are here for a safe and easier way to invest in and visit Ghana.”

Plans for next year’s Ghana Property & Lifestyle Expo are already under way.

Next year may see the event taken to Atlanta, Georgia and other US states in the summer of 2023 and London again in the winter.