Kojo Choi Meets NDPC on Ghana–Korea Ties


Gana’s Ambassador-designate to South Korea, Mr. Kojo Choi, has paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and Senior Advisor to the President on the Sustainable Development Goals, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation between Ghana and South Korea.

The meeting, held in Accra, focused on Ghana’s interest in drawing lessons from South Korea’s remarkable economic transformation, especially in industrialization, research and development, and infrastructure development.

Dr. Thompson recalled his 2015 visit to South Korea, where he engaged with a business strategist who highlighted South Korea’s “capital saturation” and the need to channel surplus capital into investments abroad. He emphasized that Ghana, with its strategic location and access to markets such as Europe, stood out as a viable destination for such investments.

He further cited institutions such as the Korea Railway Research Institute as examples of knowledge-sharing platforms that Ghana could leverage through technical cooperation.

For his part, Ambassador Choi, a naturalised Ghanaian of Korean descent, reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening Ghana–Korea relations not only in trade and investment but also in social and cultural exchanges. He expressed a personal mission to reconnect Ghanaian-Korean children with their biological families, describing it as a sensitive but essential effort to deepen people-to-people relations.

The discussions also touched on Ghana’s national development strategies, including the President’s Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies and the Ghana Infrastructure Plan being prepared by the NDPC. Dr. Thompson explained that the Coordinated Programme would include key performance indicators to guide Ghana’s diplomatic missions in advancing national development objectives.

During the meeting, Dr. Thompson also introduced Ambassador Choi to NDPC staff who have benefitted from training and capacity-building programmes supported by the South Korean government, underscoring the longstanding collaboration between the two nations.

The engagement highlighted Ghana’s renewed push to strengthen ties with South Korea through investment, knowledge transfer, and cultural diplomacy, as both countries explore opportunities for deeper cooperation.

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