Ghana seeks wider trade and investment opportunities through BRICS
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama announced the country's application to join the BRICS bloc to expand trade and investment partnerships. The move is part of a broader strategy to enhance South-South cooperation while maintaining traditional international relations.
Why it matters
Ghana's interest in BRICS signals a shifting geopolitical focus for African nations seeking economic diversification and industrial growth.
Ghana's application to join the BRICS bloc of countries is a deliberate strategy to broaden the country's development partnerships and deepen South-South cooperation, President John Dramani Mahama has said.
Speaking during the commissioning of Ghanaian ambassadors being assigned to Angola, Qatar, Israel and the country's Permanent Mission to the United Nations at the Jubilee House in Accra on Friday, October 16, 2026, the President explained that the decision to seek BRICS partnership reflects the country's determination to widen opportunities for trade, investment, industrialisation and value addition.
"Ghana's decision to apply for partnership with the BRICS countries reflects our determination to broaden our development partnerships and deepen South-South cooperation," he said.
"I explain this approach clearly as we seek wider opportunities for trade, investment and industrialisation and also value addition, while sustaining our longstanding relationships and working relations with our traditional partners," he added.
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