The Vice President of Ghana, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, on Thursday, October 9, 2025, joined world and business leaders at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels to open discussions on strengthening global investments and strategic partnerships.

The European Commission, in partnership with the World Bank Group, is advancing its Global Gateway investment strategy to launch a new generation of connectivity projects.

The initial phase includes 18 high-impact investments across energy, transport, and digital infrastructure sectors in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

The collaboration between the European Commission and the World Bank Group will feature regular high-level engagements and progress reviews to ensure that projects move seamlessly from planning to financing, and ultimately to job creation, service delivery, and measurable impact.

Speaking on the opening day of the forum, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga emphasised the centrality of job creation to global growth.

“Creating jobs is a strategic choice. Jobs in emerging economies expand local opportunity while fuelling global demand,” he said, adding that the partnership would enable both institutions to “align investments, unlock private capital, and deliver results at a scale that neither could achieve alone.”

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, highlighted that the partnership with the World Bank has entered a new phase.

“Today, we are taking our partnership with the World Bank to the next level. This new framework will guide how we steer, govern, and monitor joint projects in key areas such as energy, transport, and digital infrastructure,” she stated.

Vice President Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is expected to participate in a high-level panel discussion later in the day on the “State of the World”, where she is likely to advocate Ghana’s interests and outline opportunities the country stands to gain from the Global Gateway initiative.

The Global Gateway is the European Union’s external investment strategy aimed at building smart, clean, and secure connectivity in the digital, energy, and transport sectors, while also strengthening health, education, and research systems across partner regions.