Ukraine has launched its first agricultural hub on the African continent. Located in Ghana, the facility is developing a food processing and distribution center aimed at strengthening food security in West Africa while expanding Ukrainian businesses’ presence on the continent.
The hub serves as an entry point for Ukrainian exports and humanitarian logistics along the West African coast. By establishing a local presence, Ukraine aims to integrate into regional supply chains and share agricultural expertise to improve local yields and food safety standards.
“The agro-hub was created by Ukrainian agribusiness in cooperation with the government of Ghana. This is a new format of our presence in the world, where humanitarian support is combined with the development of partnership and the local economy,” Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram.
According to Ukraine’s Economy Ministry, the first 4,000 food kits – containing locally produced rice and pasta made in Ghana from Ukrainian flour – were distributed to vulnerable Ghanaian widows at the opening ceremony.
The next stage of the project involves developing packaging, portioning and further processing of Ukrainian goods directly in Ghana. The hub’s opening is part of the “Food from Ukraine” initiative and follows a memorandum of cooperation signed between the economic ministries of Ukraine and Ghana in November 2025.
Expanding global outreach through Food from Ukraine
The “Food from Ukraine” initiative marks a new phase of the “Grain from Ukraine” program, launched by President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2022 to combat the global food crisis. The program has shifted focus from emergency delivery of raw commodities to the supply of value-added products – such as flour and pasta – targeting markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The initiative also aims to establish regional food reserves and logistics hubs to ensure predictable delivery to regions where more than 300 million people face hunger. Beyond logistics, it integrates modern agricultural technologies and food safety expertise into partnerships to support economic stability in recipient countries.
Since 2022, Ukraine has delivered more than 324,000 tons of agricultural products – including wheat, flour, corn, peas and sunflower oil – to 19 countries, among them Ethiopia, Somalia, Nigeria, Sudan, Yemen and Palestine. Three “Grain from Ukraine” and “Food from Ukraine” summits have helped mobilize more than $380 million in international donor funding to support these efforts.