Riyaz Patel
President Cyril Ramaphosa has touched down in Accra, Ghana as part of his three-nation West Africa visit.
The President traveled to Ghana from Guinea and will fly to Togo Friday.
Ramaphosa and his Ghanaian counterpart Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are scheduled to preside over the signing of agreements between South Africa and Ghana.
The two leaders are also expected to establish a Bi-National Commission between Pretoria and Accra which will elevate relations from the status of a Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation which has convened at Ministerial level.
Ramaphosa and Akufo-Addo will also co-chair the Ghana-South Africa Business Round Table as part of reinforcing economic and political relations between the two nations.
South Africa is one of the largest foreign direct investors in Ghana, mainly in mining, communication, beverages, retail and franchising.
Several South African companies are operating in Ghana, including MTN, AngloGold Ashanti, Shoprite, Goldfields, Standard Bank, First National Bank, Barclays/Absa, Multichoice and South African Airways.
The visits come as Pretoria prepares to assume the Chair of the African Union in 2010/
It will create a “platform for President Ramaphosa to engage with his counterparts on matters of mutual interest in South Africa’s quest for a peaceful and prosperous continent in line with the aspirations of the African Union’s transformative Agenda 2063 as well as reform of the global governance system,” a statement from the Presidency said.
