Ghana Receives Four New Non-Resident Ambassadors
Ghana has received open letters from four new non-resident Ambassadors-Designate, with fresh commitments to trade, investment, education, and security cooperation.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, received the envoys on Monday, November 9, 2026.
The envoys were Her Excellency Anna Westerholm, Ambassador-Designate of Sweden to Ghana; His Excellency Martin Podstavek, Ambassador-Designate of Slovakia to Ghana; Her Excellency Sanna Selin, Ambassador-Designate of Finland to Ghana; and His Excellency Thirapath Mongkolnavin, Ambassador-Designate of Thailand to Ghana.
Ghana – Slovakia Visa Waiver
Ghana and Slovakia have agreed to immediately commence negotiations for a Visa Waiver Agreement.
Slovakia will host a Ghana-Slovakia business forum within the next two weeks focusing on the automotive, banking and pharmaceutical sectors.
The two countries are also exploring a partnership to deliver buses and a vehicle assembly plant in Ghana.
Ghana – Sweden Railway, AI And Agribusiness
It was agreed that Sweden will work with Ghana to advance cooperation under President Mahama’s New Economy initiative.
Areas of focus include railway construction, AI investments, agribusiness, partnerships to digitalise revenue administration and defence cooperation.
Ghana – Finland Education Drive
Ghana and Finland will continue to cement their excellent relations.
The two countries have agreed to expand existing cooperation in education, TVET, Fintech incubation, maritime security and counterterrorism collaboration.
Ghana – Thailand in BRICS
Ghana and Thailand will work together on Ghana’s application for BRICS partnership, given Thailand’s status as a successful official BRICS partner.
They also agreed to hold political consultations, exchange expertise on rice production with a view to curbing Ghana’s unsustainable rice imports and creating local capacity and jobs, share knowledge on labour mobility partnerships and deepen fisheries cooperation in order to boost the production of canned fish in Ghana under a special partnership.
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