Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States of America, Sunday afternoon arrived at the Kotoka International Airport for a three-day visit to Ghana.
She will be spending three days in Ghana, two nights in Tanzania before stopping over for another night in Zambia, as her country deepens relations with Africa.
The visit by Harris, who is traveling with her husband, Doug Emhoff, will focus on economic development, climate change, and food security.
“In particular on this trip, I intend to do work that is focused on increasing investments here on the continent and facilitating economic growth and opportunity, specifically, in the areas of economic empowerment of women and girls.
“Empowerment of youth entrepreneurship, digital inclusion, and to support the work that must be done to increase food security, including adaptation to the effects of the climate crisis,” she said on Sunday.
The highlight of her trip to Ghana, will be the delivering of a speech at the Black Star Square on Tuesday, March 28.
Harris will also visit a recording studio, meet with female entrepreneurs in Accra and visit the Cape Coast Castle, Central Region, Ghana, where enslaved Africans were once loaded onto ships for America.
Source: GNA
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