• Deals and investment opportunities agreed during President Mahama’s visit are worth £215 million
• New partnerships will create British jobs in engineering, financial services, education and healthcare
• UK and Ghana mark five years of their Trade Partnership Agreement, with bilateral trade now worth around £1.6 billion

New trade and investment opportunities for British workers and businesses in one of Africa’s fastest growing economies are to be delivered as the UK and Ghana hail the launch of a new UK-Ghana Growth Partnership, during a visit to London from Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama.

The deals, signed at the Ghana-UK Investment Summit in London and overseen by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and President Mahama, total £215 million. They span sectors where British firms have competitive strength, including maritime engineering, infrastructure finance, education exports and specialist healthcare training.

UK firms will benefit from new openings across four key areas. A £5 million Green Project Preparation Facility, hosted by FSD Africa in partnership with the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund, is designed to unlock further infrastructure deals over three years – with explicit support for UK companies.

DPM and President of Ghana 1 June 2026

New Transnational Education guidelines are creating fresh opportunities for UK education providers. A new partnership to help implement the Ghana AI Strategy, as part of a wider programme of new Science and Technology collaboration, is backed by £6 million of UK investment, which aims to help Ghanaian institutions unlock the benefits of AI, drive collaboration between UK and Ghanaian universities, and foster greater prosperity in the years to come.

A further £4 million, five‑year export partnership between UK training provider Eastwood Park and Ghana‑based Mangel Klicks, will deliver specialist clinical engineering training, creating opportunities for UK expertise in high‑value services while strengthening healthcare skills in Ghana and the wider region.

The Partnership also backs a £101 million ($137m) project to build West Africa’s first commercial-scale ship repair and dry-docking facility at the Port of Takoradi. The UK-co-owned Private Infrastructure Development Group has joined an investor consortium to support the Takoradi Floating Dock Project in Ghana, also known as Project Shiprite. Delivered in partnership with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, it will create up to 430 direct jobs and strengthen a regional maritime hub that UK shipping and logistics firms already rely on. Glasgow-based Interocean Marine Services is set to be the project’s operations and maintenance contractor.

DPM and President of Ghana 1 June 2026

Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy, commented: 

“The relationship between the UK and Ghana is historic and today we are building an even stronger future. The new Ghana-UK Growth Partnership will back jobs, attract investment and boost the economies of both our countries.  

“Growth is a core mission of this Government, and we are delivering on that alongside our friends in Ghana. From AI to green tech to maritime innovations, these new investments will help businesses thrive and create more opportunities for people in both the UK and Ghana.”   

Jenny Chapman, Minister for Africa and International Development, said:

“The UK–Ghana Growth Partnership is what a modern partnership looks like – practical, focussed on delivery, and built on mutual benefit. It is about creating the right conditions for UK and Ghanaian businesses to invest, for jobs to be created in both countries, and for both our economies to grow.“

The UK and Ghana are marking five years of the UK–Ghana Trade Partnership Agreement. Since the Agreement entered into force, bilateral trade has grown to around £1.6 billion – an increase of 12.5% since 2024. It also builds on the strong investment pipeline established by British International Investment, whose development finance investment into Ghana stands at approximately £140m, including Maa Grace, a UK-Ghanaian export-focused garments business backed through Growth Investment Partners Ghana.

The Growth Partnership sets out a shared framework for 2026 to 2028 across four priority areas: mobilising private investment; improving trade facilitation; supporting infrastructure and industrial growth; and expanding skills and education partnerships.