admincounterpart, John Mahama, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday.
The leaders discussed trade and development assistance to Ghana.
Hollande highlighted Ghana’s economic progress noting the West African country was one of the few countries in Africa with huge potential for despite the global economic recession.
Mahama acknowledged the growing presence of French businesses in Ghana, thanking the French government for its decision to keep Ghana among its 14 priority countries earmarked for support by the French Development Agency.
The two presidents also agreed to more French support in the area of tertiary education and support with French technical instructors and training of more Ghanaian French teachers in September.
Hollande expressed support of the new phase of his country’s relationship with Ghana, explaining that his invitation to Mahama was aimed at enhancing that relationship and to familiarise better with development in Ghana.
Meanwhile, the two leaders discussed ways to improve military cooperation, security and democracy in Africa and the need for Ghana to take advantage of its presence within a Francophone block to enhance the teaching and learning of the French language. — CAJ News.
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