US Vice- President Kamala Harris Arrives In Ghana Today

The trip is aimed at building “stronger U.S. ties with a continent that has seldom received the positive attention it deserves"

President Akufo-Addo with US Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC

US Vice-President Kamala Harris is heading to Ghana Sunday afternoon to begin a three-nation tour of Africa – her first official trip on the continent.

The trip is aimed at building “stronger U.S. ties with a continent that has seldom received the positive attention it deserves.”

Harris is expected to meet with Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan, and Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema before ending her tour on 2 April.

The reason for her visit is “to build on the progress made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit” which was hosted by Biden and the Vice President  in December 2022.

With each of the three presidents, they will talk about “African development issues, bilateral relations, Russia’s war against Ukraine among other issues. Some of the people that she will meet on this trip include young leaders and business people and other individuals who are not in government.

Itinerary in Ghana

While in Ghana, Harris will visit a local recording studio in Accra and meet with young people in the creative industry. It is expected that she will give a major speech to an audience of young people on Tuesday (28 March).

Then, she will visit the Cape Coast Castle, tour, and make some remarks while she is there. It’s expected that she will talk about “the brutality of slavery and the African diaspora,” confirmed a senior Biden administration official.

On Wednesday, still in Accra, she will meet with women entrepreneurs and discuss the economic empowerment of women. She will make an announcement there related to public and private sector investments in Africa that are aimed at helping to close the digital gender divide and to empower women economically.

She will leave Ghana on Wednesday afternoon to proceed to Tanzania