The World Bank Group’s second-highest ranking official will arrive in Ghana on Sunday for a six-day visit that will include meetings with President John Mahama, senior government ministers, business leaders, and a public lecture at the University of Ghana, marking his first trip to West Africa since taking office.
Paschal Donohoe, World Bank Group Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer, will visit Ghana and Liberia from March 15 to 20, 2026. The visit will be his first to West Africa since his appointment in November 2025.
Donohoe leads the institution’s Knowledge Bank agenda, shaping how the World Bank Group generates, manages, and deploys knowledge to advance its mission to fight poverty and improve quality of life in emerging markets and developing economies. Before joining the World Bank, he served as Ireland’s Minister for Finance and as President of the Eurogroup of euro-area finance ministers.
In Accra, Donohoe will hold talks with President Mahama and separately meet the Minister of Finance, the Speaker of Parliament, development partners, civil society organisations, and representatives of the business community. He will also deliver a public lecture at the University of Ghana on the theme “Building Skills, Creating Jobs, and Empowering Africa’s Future.”
The visit will include field trips to two flagship projects. He will inspect the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP), a World Bank-supported education programme, as well as the LMI solar facility in the Tema Free Zone Enclave, described as Africa’s largest single rooftop solar installation, supplying 16.82 megawatts of power to businesses within the zone. Discussions will cover accelerating job creation, expanding electricity access under the Mission 300 initiative, strengthening economic governance, and advancing agricultural development under the AgriConnect programme.
The World Bank Group has maintained a presence in Ghana since 1957. Its current active portfolio in the country stands at US$4.24 billion across 22 projects. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group’s private sector lending arm, has invested more than US$800 million in Ghana over the past two fiscal years, with commitments exceeding US$520 million since July 2025 alone. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) holds active exposure of approximately US$330 million in Ghana across infrastructure, energy, and financial sector investments.
From Accra, Donohoe will travel to Monrovia where he will meet Liberian President Joseph Baokai and senior government officials to discuss education, energy, and private investment priorities, and visit the Mount Coffee Hydro-Power Plant, which supplies 88 megawatts of electricity to the Liberian capital and its surrounding areas.
