The British High Commission in Accra has announced that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will visit Ghana on Wednesday 15 February 2017.
As part of his trip, he is expected to hold bilateral talks with President Nana Akufo-Addo on “key opportunities and challenges facing Ghana”.
He is also expected to tour award-winning Blue Skies Ghana Limited, meet business leaders and young entrepreneurs supported by the Department for International Development’s ENGINE-Ghana project, and meet with Rising Black Stars, highlighting both countries’ extensive cultural ties.
Mr Johnson will also visit The Gambia within the same week. This trip to the tiny West African nation “is the first recorded visit … by a Foreign Secretary”.
In The Gambia, in addition to meeting with President Adama Barrow, he will visit the UK-funded Medical Research Council and speak to Chevening scholars and employees and employers in the tourism industry – a huge employer in the country.
Ahead of the visit, the Foreign Secretary said: “I’m delighted to be the first Foreign Secretary to visit Gambia this week and delighted to have a chance to meet the newly-elected President Barrow and President Akufo-Addo of Ghana. Their elections highlight the continuing strengthening of democracy in West Africa.”
“I am also very pleased that Gambia wants to rejoin the Commonwealth and we will ensure this happens in the coming months. The strength of our partnerships shows that Global Britain is growing in influence and activity around the world.”
Meanwhile, outgoing British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has confirmed the visit via a tweet.
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