• Ukraine explores wheat flour production project in Ghana following 2025 cooperation deal;
• Ghana’s wheat imports surge 56.7% to 1.09 million tonnes in 2025;
• Project would help Ukraine enter a fast-growing West African market.

The Ukrainian government studies the possibility of establishing a wheat flour production unit in Ghana. Officials disclosed the plan after a meeting held on Wednesday, April 8, in Accra between Eric Opoku, Ghana’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, and Denys Bashlyk, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food.

Officials said the industrial project extends a memorandum of understanding signed between Accra and Kyiv in November 2025. The agreement aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation in agriculture through the creation of a hub for processing and distributing Ukrainian agricultural products in Ghana and across West Africa.

Authorities have not yet disclosed the plant’s location, investment cost or production capacity. However, the project, if implemented, will strengthen Ghana’s wheat processing capabilities.

The project carries strategic importance as demand for wheat-derived products continues to rise in Ghana. Consumers increase their consumption of bread, the main wheat-based staple, while demand also grows for biscuits, pasta, pastries, instant noodles and pizza.

Data compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture show that Ghana’s wheat imports increased by 56.7% over four years. Imports rose from 697,309 tonnes in 2022 to 1.09 million tonnes in 2025.

Ukraine views the investment project as an opportunity to enter Ghana’s wheat market, where it currently has no presence. The country ranks as the world’s fifth-largest wheat exporter after Russia, Canada, the United States and Australia. Ukraine shipped about 20.6 million tonnes of wheat in 2024, according to data compiled by Trade Map.

This article was initially published in French by Stéphanas Assocle

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum