He said it had been 50 years of productive cooperation and bilateral ties and Ghana had resolved to work together with Germany as equal partners, sharing responsibilities, ideas and aspirations.

Mr Afriyie Ankrah said this at a reception hosted by Mr Frederik Landshöft, the German Ambassador to Ghana, to mark 50 years of development cooperation and bilateral partnership between Ghana and Germany.

The event also served as the opening of the German–Ghanaian Government Negotiations 2025, which started earlier last week in Accra.

Speaking on behalf of Mr Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff, the Presidential Envoy, said Ghana and Germany had built a partnership that was grounded in trust and sustained by a common vision for economic transformation, democratic consolidation and social development.

"From education and vocational training to renewable energy, governance reforms, private sector support and infrastructure development, German assistance has contributed meaningfully to Ghana's nation building efforts," Mr Afriyie Ankrah said.

He said Ghana and Germany stood as partners in addressing some of the most pressing challenges - climate change, youth unemployment, migration, peace and security in the West African sub region and the strengthening of democratic institutions. 

He commended Germany's leadership in advocating for fairer global financial systems and improved development financing for African economies, adding that the advocacy aligned with Ghana's own goal for greater equity in the international economic order. 

"The government of Ghana deeply appreciates Germany's continued support for macroeconomic stabilization, renewable energy systems, agricultural modernization, digital innovation and skills development," the Presidential Envoy, added. 

 Mr Frederik Landshöft said the development cooperation was not charity but a strategy where its success depended on aligning German interest with Ghanaian priorities in ways that were practical, tangible and mutually profitable. 

He said Germany's engagement in Ghana had been rooted in three geostrategic realities - the value of democratic partnership in an increasingly contested world, Ghana's role as an anchor for peace and security in West Africa and the opportunity for shared economic transformation in a rapidly changing global economy. 

Mr Landshöft said the negotiations would be moments where they took stock, aligned ambitions and designed cooperation that reflected Ghana's national agenda and Germany's long-term commitment. 

"These negotiations carry particular significance this year as we mark 50 years of German-Ghanaian development cooperation. Half a century of cooperation in energy and climate, TVET and skills development, digital transformation, governance reforms and private sector growth," he added.