President John Dramani Mahama is hosting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on a three-day state visit to Accra from Wednesday, April 1 to Friday, April 3, 2026, with both nations set to sign cooperation agreements spanning trade, agriculture, healthcare, and sanitation.
Mnangagwa arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, where Mahama received him with full military honours, including an inspection of a Guard of Honour mounted by the Ghana Armed Forces and a 21-gun salute. A state banquet followed in the evening to mark the occasion.
The centrepiece of the visit is a bilateral summit at the Peduase Lodge, where the two presidents will hold a closed-door meeting before leading their respective delegations in wider talks. The discussions are expected to conclude with the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) covering multiple sectors including tourism, anti-corruption initiatives, and strategies to tackle unemployment.
The state visit comes just days after the two countries held the inaugural session of the Ghana-Zimbabwe Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) on March 27, 2026, a newly established framework designed to institutionalise bilateral engagement across trade, agriculture, education, and investment.
As part of his itinerary, Mnangagwa will visit the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre and the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant, receiving briefings on Ghana’s healthcare delivery innovations and waste management systems. He will also lay a wreath at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in tribute to Ghana’s founding president, whose Pan-African convictions underpinned his active support for Zimbabwe’s independence struggle against colonial rule in what was then Rhodesia.
That historical connection runs deep. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s founding leader, lived and taught in Ghana between 1958 and 1960, where he met his first wife, Sally Hayfron, a Ghanaian. The bond forged during that era of continental liberation has shaped diplomatic ties between Accra and Harare for more than six decades.
Mnangagwa’s current visit is his second to Ghana in three years. He attended the 30th Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Accra in 2023, accompanied by Zimbabwe’s Finance and Economic Development Minister, Mthuli Ncube.
The statement announcing the visit was signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications, who described the engagement as a reaffirmation of both countries’ commitment to deepening bilateral cooperation. Mnangagwa is scheduled to depart Accra on Friday with full departure honours at the Jubilee Lounge.
