Ghana and Colombia have signed a historic agreement to connect the Port of Tema to the Port of Cartagena.
The landmark agreement was signed in Bogotá, Colombia after successful negotiations.
The agreement creates direct maritime trade connectivity between Ghana and Columbia and is expected to boost trade between Africa and Latin America.
I commend Colombia’s first Vice President of African descent, Her Excellency Francia Elena Márquez Mina for being a great champion of this initiative.
I thank my counterpart, Colombian Foreign Minister Hon. Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio for her extraordinary leadership and commitment.
As the first Afro-Colombian Vice President and I emphasized, it is most inspiring to see how the Atlantic Ocean corridor linking our two countries which previously represented the horror of slavery and a mass grave is now being deliberately transformed into a voyage of opportunity, job creation and economic empowerment.
