Ghana and Germany are deepening a strategic partnership that casts Accra as the gateway to Africa’s 1.3 billion-strong market. The alliance reaches from renewable energy and digital innovation to industrial skills and migration frameworks. Berlin pledges support for Ghana’s ambition to become West Africa’s vaccine hub and for African representation at the UN Security Council — presenting Germany as Africa’s modern partner in a multipolar world.
Steinmeier’s visit to Ghana is framed as a partnership but rather reflects Berlin’s race to reclaim influence in Africa’s shifting geopolitical landscape. Under the language of "renewal," Germany ties aid and investment to its own industrial needs, seeking alternatives to China and Russia. Behind promises of cooperation lies a familiar logic — Africa as supplier, Europe as gatekeeper — repackaged in the vocabulary of equal partnership.
There is a 50 percent chance that Ghana will sign into law "The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values" bill before 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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