MOSCOW — Russia has agreed to work with Ghana on developing a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant following talks at the Russia-Africa Summit, Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said on Saturday in a statement on X, Reuters reported.
Source: Reuters, October 31, 2026
The project is aimed at strengthening Ghana's energy security and industrialisation, Ablakwa said. The announcement came a day after Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, said it was in talks with four African countries, including Ghana, on large nuclear power projects.
Source: Reuters, October 31, 2026
Six commitments: defence, grain, scholarships
According to Ablakwa's statement, reported by MyJoyOnline, President John Dramani Mahama secured six commitments from Russian President Vladimir Putin during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, cutting across energy, defence, agriculture, education and security. On defence, Russia agreed to a new cooperation arrangement to help Ghana acquire strategic military equipment to strengthen the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghanaian reports said.
Source: MyJoyOnline, via Chale News, October 31, 2026
On agriculture, the two countries agreed to deepen collaboration on grain production and fertiliser access to shore up Ghana's food security, and Russia agreed to increase scholarship opportunities for Ghanaian students. The two leaders also agreed to revive the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation between the two countries, with Russia expected to host the next meeting in the coming weeks, according to the reports.
Source: GhanaPoint, October 31, 2026
Putin bars Ghanaians from the Ukraine war
Ablakwa said Mahama raised concerns about the recruitment of Ghanaian nationals to fight in Russia's war in Ukraine during his direct engagement with Putin on Friday, and that Putin declared Ghanaians would no longer be permitted to take part in the conflict, whether through irregular recruitment arrangements or voluntary enlistment, GhanaPoint reported.
Source: GhanaPoint, October 31, 2026
MyJoyOnline noted the nuclear pledge revives an ambition first pursued by Ghana's first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, more than half a century ago before it was abandoned after the February 1966 coup. Ablakwa's statement did not specify a timeline for construction of the plant or how it would be financed — the detail that will decide whether the Moscow pledge becomes a power station.