You are all cordially invited you to the above event being jointly organised by SADA and the World Bank Ghana Office, in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade & Industry, the Ministry of Culture and Creative Arts and Ghana Investment Promotion Centre. It is a transformational initiative to advance poverty reduction and wealth creation in the SADA Zone. It is a celebration of the sights, sounds and flavours of Northern Ghana through a month long exhibition, including photographs by Rodney Quarcoo, in the World Bank Ghana Office. An important part of the initiative is the Batakari exhibition which we are using to create a platform for a policy statement by the Minister of Trade and Industry to declare every first Friday of every month - Batakari Friday.