GHANAFEST SA, THE ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES GHANA’S RICH HERITAGE AND AIMS TO UNITE THE GHANAIAN COMMUNITY AND FOSTER CLOSER TIES BETWEEN GHANA AND SOUTH AFRICA, WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2025. THIS YEAR’S EVENT TOOK PLACE AT FOUNTAIN VALLEY IN PRETORIA AND WAS ATTENDED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS AS WELL AS DIGNITARIES FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA, NAMELY MS. ARETHA PHILLIP, CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE CITY OF TORONTO, MS. CAMILLE JOSEPH VARLACK, DEPUTY MAYOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF, NEW YORK CITY AND MS. AISSATA CAMARA, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NEW YORK CITY AND MS. AISSATA CAMARA, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NEW YORK CITY.
THE FESTIVAL ATTRACTED GHANAIANS FROM ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA, SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IT FEATURED BUSINESSES LIKE MAMA MONEY, KENYA AIRWAYS, AND GHANAIAN ENTREPRENEURS SUCH AS SEDGLO HAIR PRODUCTS, ROCKHILL PURIFIED WATER, PECULIAR APPAREL, BUSY BEE FOODS AND SEVERAL OTHER FOOD VENDORS. THE GHANA HIGH COMMISSION ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE MADE-IN-GHANA PRODUCTS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE MISSION HIGHLIGHTED THE FESTIVAL’S IMPORTANCE IN PROMOTING GHANAIAN CULTURE AND ENCOURAGED SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GHANA’S NEW ECONOMIC INITIATIVES PUT IN PLACE TO REVIVE AND TRANSFORM GHANA’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE, SUCH AS THE BIG PUSH AGENDA, THE GOLD BOARD, THE 24-HOUR ECONOMY POLICY, AS WELL AS OTHER STRATEGIC ECONOMIC REFORMS. THERE WERE PERFORMANCES FROM THE HARMONY HIGHWAY BAND FROM GHANA AS WELL AS SECULAR AND GOSPEL ARTISTE, WHICH PERFORMED TIMELESS CONTEMPORARY HI-LIFE TUNES FOR THE EVENT. THE EVENT WAS CLIMAXED BY A RIVETING PERFORMANCE BY THE GUEST ARTISTE, MR. GEORGE ADU, POPULARLY KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME ‘’KWABENA KWABENA”.
