Vice-President Welcomes Mahama Home After UK and Belarus Visits
Vice-President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Tuesday welcomed President John Dramani Mahama back to Ghana following his official visits to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Belarus, trips that yielded agreements on trade, investment, and agricultural cooperation.
President Mahama arrived at the Jubilee Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport, where he was received by the Vice-President, Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, and other senior government officials.
During his visit to the United Kingdom, the President attended the Ghana Investment Summit and oversaw the signing of the Ghana-UK Growth and Investment Partnership, a framework designed to deepen trade, attract investment, and strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries. The partnership is expected to open new avenues for Ghanaian businesses seeking to access British markets and capital.
In Belarus, President Mahama secured a separate set of agreements covering trade, agriculture, and technical cooperation. A key component of the Belarus leg involves plans to enhance Ghana’s agricultural productivity through Belarusian support and expertise, an area where the Eastern European nation has considerable capability in mechanised farming and food processing technology.
The President described both visits as successful, expressing confidence that the agreements reached would contribute meaningfully to Ghana’s economic growth and development agenda.
The diplomatic engagements come at a time when the Mahama administration is actively courting foreign investment and technical partnerships to support its economic reform programme. Vice-President Opoku-Agyemang has herself been vocal about the need for stronger stakeholder collaboration to unlock the economic potential of Ghana’s culture and creative industries, positioning the country as a hub for investment-driven growth.
The signing of the Ghana-UK Growth and Investment Partnership is particularly significant given Britain’s post-Brexit push to strengthen bilateral trade ties with African nations. For Ghana, which has seen its macroeconomic fundamentals improve markedly over the past year — with inflation falling sharply and the cedi appreciating against major currencies — the timing of such partnerships could prove advantageous as the government seeks to translate fiscal stability into sustained growth and job creation.
The Belarus agreements, meanwhile, signal Ghana’s intent to diversify its diplomatic and economic relationships beyond its traditional Western partners. Agricultural mechanisation has long been identified as a critical gap in Ghana’s farming sector, and technical cooperation with Belarus could help bridge that deficit if implemented effectively.
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