German Ambassador Landshöft visits ECR Lot 1 site in Ghana

• Ambassador Landshöft visits INZAG site of the Eastern Corridor Road in Ghana
• Lot 1: 64-kilometre Tema-Akosombo section, priority infrastructure of the Mahama administration
• Roughly one third of the workforce on site are women

The German Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Frederik Landshöft, has visited the INZAG site of the Eastern Corridor Road (ECR) Lot 1 rehabilitation near Afienya. He was welcomed by Country Director Fernando Mariano and the INZAG team on the ground. The Ambassador praised the quality of the work, the engineering standards and INZAG’s commitment to training and inclusion.

Tema (Ghana), 17 February 2026 – With a total length of around 700 kilometres, the Eastern Corridor Road is one of Ghana’s central north-south transport arteries. It links the port city of Tema on the Gulf of Guinea through the northern regions to the Sahel, and is of central importance for trade, regional connectivity and economic development, both within Ghana and across the wider region.

INZAG is delivering the rehabilitation of Lot 1, the first 64-kilometre section of the N2 between the port city of Tema and Akosombo. Ambassador Landshöft describes the Tema-Akosombo section as a crucial project on the priority infrastructure list of the Mahama administration, now ready for full and swift resumption.

A transport artery of strategic importance

What the Ambassador described as most striking on site: the quality and professionalism of the work, the world-class engineering, and the clearly visible impact for connectivity, trade and opportunity across the country.

One third of the workforce are women

Equally important is the strong focus on skills and inclusion. “Training programmes are open to everyone, while women are actively encouraged to enter a sector where they remain underrepresented,” the Ambassador noted. “Today, about one third of the workforce on site are women working as welders, heavy-machinery operators and in project leadership.”

Resumption after the IMF programme

Following a period of near standstill caused by Ghana’s IMF programme, the bilateral debt restructuring agreement between Ghana and Germany has now fulfilled the conditions necessary for construction to fully resume. According to Ambassador Landshöft, the workforce could grow immediately from around 450 to up to 900 people, with construction speed increasing nearly threefold.

A German-Ghanaian infrastructure partnership

The Ambassador commends the Government of Ghana, in particular the Ministry of Roads and Highways and the Ministry of Finance, for their political leadership and commitment to the project. INZAG thanks Ambassador Landshöft and his team at the German Embassy in Accra for the visit and for the continued support of this bilateral infrastructure partnership.

Source: LinkedIn post by Ambassador Frederik Landshöft, February 2026.