Mahama Jamaica Visit: President Heads to Jamaica to Deepen Ghana-CARICOM Relations

Mahama Jamaica Visit will take centre stage from August 2 to August 5, 2026, as President John Dramani Mahama embarks on a four-day official visit to Jamaica to strengthen diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between Ghana and the Caribbean nation, while advancing the global reparations agenda.

According to a statement issued on Thursday, July 30, President Mahama will hold a series of high-level engagements in Kingston designed to deepen cooperation between Ghana and Jamaica and reinforce ties between Ghana and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

A major highlight of the Mahama Jamaica Visit will be the President’s participation in a high-level Reparations Dialogue at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus. During the event, President Mahama will join Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles, to advocate for greater international support for reparations over the transatlantic slave trade and its lasting impact on African descendants.

President Mahama is also expected to hold bilateral discussions with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Their talks will focus on expanding cooperation in trade, investment, culture, and South-South collaboration, while exploring new opportunities to strengthen economic partnerships and boost commercial exchanges between the two countries.

As part of the visit, the Ghanaian leader will address a joint sitting of Jamaica’s Houses of Parliament at the George William Gordon House. He is expected to present Ghana’s vision for stronger Africa-Caribbean relations and enhanced collaboration with the African diaspora.

The itinerary also includes a Trade and Investment Dialogue and a tour of the Kingston Freeport, where discussions will centre on positioning Ghana as a strategic gateway for CARICOM’s economic engagement with Africa.

To honour the long-standing historical and cultural ties between Ghana and Jamaica, President Mahama will lay a wreath at the shrine of Jamaica’s National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, at the National Heroes Park. He will also visit the Ghanaian Village Houses at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann, a heritage site that preserves the shared ancestral connections between the two nations.

The President is further scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Opposition Leader Mark Golding and attend the “Mello-Go-Roun” cultural celebration at the National Arena as Jamaica marks its 64th Independence Anniversary.

Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen will later host a State Dinner in honour of President Mahama.

The Presidency says the Mahama Jamaica Visit is expected to usher in a new chapter in Ghana-Jamaica relations by strengthening economic cooperation, promoting Ghana as CARICOM’s gateway to Africa, supporting the global reparations campaign, and advancing South-South partnerships for shared development.