World Bank Vice President for Africa West and Central, Mr. Ousmane Diagana will visit Ghana from January 6 to 11, 2025.
Whilst in Ghana Mr. Diagana will attend the inaugural ceremony of the swearing-in of H.E. President-Elect John Dramani Mahama.
Mr. Diagana will also meet with H.E. President Mahama to discuss the vision of his incoming government and how the World Bank Group can support Ghana’s prosperity and sustainability goals.
While in Accra, Mr. Diagana will also visit the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Mausoleum, the renovation of which was supported by the World Bank.
Among other site visits, Mr. Diagana will travel to Kumasi to pay a courtesy call on His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, discuss the advancement of the Kumasi Urban Mobility Accessibility Project (KUMAP) currently under preparation, and visit the KUMAP site.
The World Bank has been in Ghana since 1957. The current active portfolio is worth US$4.84 billion across 25 active projects. The portfolio is spread across several sectors, with the largest investments in finance & competitiveness (15%), Health, Nutrition & Population (12%), urban resilience and land (12%) and social protection & jobs (9%).
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