Tema (Greater Accra) 22 April

The AFKO group of companies on Thursday presented eight double decker refrigerators worth 12 million cedis and a cheque for five million cedis as its contribution towards the impending African- American summit scheduled for May 15 to 22 in Ghana.

Mrs Young Ok Kim, executive chairperson of the company, said the donation was in response to an appeal launched by the National Planning Committee of the summit for assistance. The refrigerators would be allocated to hotels accommodating the dignitaries to the summit, Madam Monica Martinson, co-ordinator of the "Coco Palm Protocol" in-charge of furnishing, said.

She expressed gratitude to the company, saying: "your gesture is in line with Ghanaian hospitality".

The co-ordinator hoped other establishments would emulate AFKO and donate favourably.

The summit is to be held at the Ghana International conference centre in Accra with about 4,000 African-Americans comprising investors, financiers and businessmen and women.