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The excellent relations between Germany and Ghana have enormous potential. Ghana and Germany share the same values and Ghana is an anchor of stability in West Africa. Our Reform- and Investment Partnership leads the way to the future.Christoph Retzlaff, Ambassador
The excellent relations between Germany and Ghana have enormous potential. Ghana and Germany share the same values and Ghana is an anchor of stability in West Africa. Our Reform- and Investment Partnership leads the way to the future.
This year the German Embassy marked the 30th anniversary of the German Unity Day virtually. A short film was produced and published on October 3 to mark this unique event, pay homage to the courageous people who made it possible and celebrate the ever growing relations between Ghana and Germany.
Jubilant masses at the Brandenburg Gate, people in one another’s arms, simultaneously laughing and crying for joy. It is moving images like these that we associate with the fall of the Wall in November…
The travel restrictions which are currently preventing non-EU citizens from entering the EU have been partially lifted on 02.07.2020. Consequently, the following visas can be issued again:
Ambassador Christoph Retzlaff has stated in an interview on GHANA MEANS BUSINESS, a local TV programme in Ghana, that one of the major benefits of the G20 “Compact with Africa” initiative in Ghana is the fact that more German companies are now looking to Ghana for investment.
On November 28, Federal Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy, Mr Thomas Bareiß and German Ambassador to Ghana, Ambassador Christoph Retzlaff welcomed a high-ranking delegation from Ghana for the first Ghanaian-German Business Council meeting and Investment Summit in Berlin.
On November 19, 2019, Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted a high-level CwA dialogue in Berlin to discuss opportunities to enhance the business environment and increase investment in African countries.
Germany and Ghana maintain close and substantial political relations. Ghana is a key partner for Germany in Africa, as illustrated by the inclusion of Ghana in the G20 initiative “Compact with Africa” under the German G20 Presidency in 2017 and by the signing of a bilateral “Reform and Investment Partnership” the same year.
The section provides consular services to German nationals and accepts visa applications from nationals and residents of Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Ghana and Germany have been close partners since 1957. We have many joint achievement to be proud of. Our cooperation has had an impact on Ghana’s social and economic development in various areas. But more importantly, both countries are still looking in the same direction: whilst Ghana decided to move “beyond aid”, Germany vouched to strengthen African ownership and to put the days of “aid” and of “donors and recipients” behind us.
Numerous German organisations which are active in Ghana give proof of the special quality of the relations between the two countries.
Politics, Economics, Development Cooperation, Education, Culture .... Find out more about some of the areas of the Bilateral Relations between Germany and Ghana.
On 8 June 2018, Germany was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2019-20 term. Germany has been a non-permanent member of the Security Council for a two-year term since 1 January 2019.
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