Denmark’s involvement\u00a0in the then-Gold Coast begun on April 20, 1663, when it seized the Christiansborg Fort (Osu Castle) and Carlsborg\u00a0Fort (Cape Castle), as it completed the annexation of Swedish Gold Coast\u00a0settlements.<\/p>\n
A number of trading stations and forts were built by the Danes during their time in Ghana, several of which are in ruins today.<\/p>\n
The Osu Castle was noted as the base for Danish power in West Africa, and the centre for slave trade to the Danish West Indies.<\/p>\n
In 1807, Denmark’s African business partners were overcome by the Akan resistance which led to the abandonment of all trading stations.<\/p>\n
Denmark’s involvement\u00a0in the then-Gold Coast ended\u00a0following the\u00a0Norwegian Declaration of Independence\u00a0in 1814.<\/p>\n
Denmark’s five Danish Gold Coast Territorial Settlements and forts of the\u00a0Kingdom of Denmark\u00a0were sold to the\u00a0United Kingdom\u00a0and were incorporated into the\u00a0British Gold Coast\u00a0in 1850.<\/p>\n
Ghana and Denmark relations after slave trade\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Years after the dark days of slavery,\u00a0 Denmark through its DANIDA Agency, has supported Ghana in many sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n However, Denmark has now decided to move from aid to trade, a vision that falls in line with President Akufo-Addo’s Ghana’s\u00a0 beyond aid agenda.<\/p>\n Ghana and Denmark have enjoyed strong diplomatic and commercial ties over the years, and this visit by the Queen, joined by representatives of Danish companies and business organizations, is further aimed at strengthening same.<\/p>\n With Ghana\u2019s graduation to a middle-income country and the prospects of sustainable economic growth, Denmark is gradually transitioning from development aid to trade cooperation, in line with the vision of the Government of Ghana.<\/p>\n Facts about Ghana and Danish exports:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022Ghana has 28 million inhabitants.<\/p>\n \u2022Ghana was Denmark\u2019s 84th largest export market in 2016, corresponding to DKK 272.7 million (around EUR 37 million) or 0.04% of total Danish exports.<\/p>\n \u2022In the first seven months of 2017, Danish exports to Ghana rose to almost DKK 1 billion (EUR 134 million).<\/p>\n \u2022The Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) has been active in Ghana since 1989, but the Danish development aid will now be phased out and cease entirely in 2020, as Ghana became a middle income country in 2011.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By:\u00a0 Delali Adogla-Bessa & Sammi Wiafe\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Danish government has apologized to Ghana for its role in the slave trade which saw an estimated 12 million Africans including Ghanaians shipped across the Atlantic. The\u00a0Atlantic slave trade\u00a0involved the forced transportation by slave traders of enslaved Africans, mainly from\u00a0Africa\u00a0to the\u00a0Americas between the 16th to the 19th centuries. The slaves were treated under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":377052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[14887,41,42,3,14888],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/President-Akufo-Addo-holding-bilateral-talks-with-the-Queen-of-Denmark-1024x683.jpg\")