President John Dramani Mahama is in London for a working visit that will see him hold a royal audience with King Charles III and a breakfast meeting with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The Presidency said in a statement issued on Sunday that the visit is aimed at deepening bilateral relations between Ghana and the United Kingdom, positioning Ghana as an investment destination and engaging the Ghanaian diaspora.
President Mahama was received at the airport by Lord Katz MBE from the Royal Household, Gordon Wetherell, Special Representative of the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Sabah Zita Benson, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland.
On Sunday evening, the President will attend a diaspora town hall meeting hosted by the Ghana High Commission in London.
On Monday, he opens the Ghana-UK Investment Summit at Raffles, designed to attract foreign direct investment and build partnerships between Ghanaian entrepreneurs and British investors.
President Mahama will also ring the bell at the London Stock Exchange to mark the official start of trading, deliver an address at Chatham House and give a keynote at the 12th Africa Debate at the Guildhall.
He is expected to wrap up his London visit on 3rd June.
The statement was issued by the Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications. Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
Richard Aniagyei, ISD
