President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to meet his European counterparts at the European Union (EU) Council Meeting and Gavi’s High-Level Pledging Summit in Brussels, Belgium, from June 25-26.
Mr Irchad Razaaly, the EU Ambassador to Ghana made this known at the 2025 Ghana-EU Partnership Dialogue in Accra.
The EU and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will co-host Gavi’s High-Level Pledging Summit in Brussels.
The summit, originally scheduled for March 19-20, has been moved to June 25, 2025, to coincide with a European Council Meeting.
The event aims to secure crucial investments for Gavi’s next five-year strategic period (2026-2030), which will focus on vaccinating 500 million children and saving eight million lives.
The EU has already pledged €260 million to Gavi.
Mr Razaaly said the EU had a genuine interest in accelerating Ghana’s economic growth.
He reiterated that a clear path to prosperity for Ghanaian citizens was to unlock more investment, reforms, and local value addition.
“We are confident that EU infrastructure investments will help advance this journey. Last year, we launched the Kaleo solar power plant, providing electricity to 50,000 households,” he said.
“This year, we advance on retrofitting the Kpong Dam—a €62M investment. These Global Gateway projects offer the “Best of Team Europe”—available to a select number of key partners.”
He said perhaps the most valuable investment for Ghana’s future was in education.
The Ambassador said EU’s support for technical and vocational training, and manufacturing was benefiting hundreds of thousands of Ghanaian youth each year.
“Above all, we are committed to building a sustainable future for the next generation.”
He said as a partner, this was what sets the EU apart; saying “we are here for the long haul”.
Touching on regional leadership, Mr Razaaly said the EU recognized Ghana as a key player in Africa.
He said in just a few short years after the devastating global pandemic, Ghana was on the verge of producing life-saving vaccines for the region.
He said together with Germany, the EU had invested nearly €55M to break the cycle of African dependency on vaccines.
He said the EU was also a primary partner in advancing peace and security in the region.
He said through the European Peace Facility, the EU had delivered critical military equipment, and provided targeted training to Ghana’s military and civilian security forces.
He said Ghana’s leadership role in regional economic integration, as hosts of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, an asset the EU supported to the tune of EUR 1.1 billion.
In acknowledging the quality of Ghana’s democracy, Mr Razaaly congratulated the people of Ghana for yet another peaceful transition of power.
He said the European Union was privileged to witness and support yet another credible and peaceful election process, testament to the dedication of the Ghanaian people to democratic principles.
Mr Razaaly said at the global level, the EU and Ghana shared a steadfast commitment to effective multilateralism and rule-based international order.
GNA
