Rwanda-Ghana cooperation dates back to several decades. In 1994, the Ghanaian contingent under the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) was among the few that stayed in Rwanda to contribute to protecting civilians who were being targeted by the Genocide against the Tutsi inspite of UN orders to evacuate. Since then, Rwanda and Ghana have enhanced their relations and cooperated on several fronts.

In 2020, Rwanda established a resident High Commission in Ghana. The chancery of the High Commission is situated in the cosmopolitan city of Accra. In 2021, the High Commission in Ghana was accredited as a non-resident representation for Rwanda in the Republics of Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo, to further strengthen existing good relations that Rwanda enjoys with these countries in the sub-region.

The High Commission's work centers greatly on bolstering economic cooperation with these countries to grow the intra-African trade in goods and services. At the heart of this economic cooperation is trade, business and investment promotion, tourism and education. In furtherance to this, the High Commission has facilitated the signing of several economic cooperation agreements.

Currently, Rwanda and Ghana have signed a General Cooperation (GCA) Agreement, a bilateral Air Service Agreement, an Agreement for the establishment of Joint Permanent Commission and Memoranda of Understanding in a range of sectors including in Defense and Security Cooperation, private sector collaboration, tourism arts and culture, financial sector cooperation, and on trade and economic cooperation.

These cooperation instruments continue to be sought in other sectors to facilitate public, private and civil society cooperation. In a reciprocal move to further strengthen relations, the Republic of Ghana in 2024 appointed it's first resident High Commissioner to Rwanda, establishing a resident High Commission which will contribute to raising relations to a higher level.

Similarly, cooperation framework agreements continue to be established with other countries in the High Commission's jurisdiction. In 2023 during the State Visit of H.E Paul Kagame to the Republic of Benin, 10 instruments of cooperation were signed between our two countries. They include a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. General Agreements of Cooperation and Bilateral Air Service Agreements as well as Visa Waiver Agreements exist between Rwanda and most of the countries in our area of coverage.

Our mission is to leverage the growing cooperation to create opportunities for Rwandans and their sisters and brothers in these countries to transform their lives to contribute to mutually beneficial socioeconomic transformation.