Godfrey Mwakikagile on to state that Mwakikagile embraced Tanzania's independence, and the independence of the African continent as a whole, with fierce pride. 'I was too young to play a role in the independence movement, but old enough to know what Mau Mau in neighbouring Kenya was all about, and who our leaders were: from Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana to Julius Nyerere in Tanganyika; from Nnamdi Azikiwe in Nigeria to Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya and Patrice Lumumba in Belgian Congo' ("Africa and the West", 2000). His experience also inspired his thinking regarding Africa and its relationship to the Western world, which led
Ghana–Kenya relations off with the establishment of the Kenya Trade Expo Ghana. The Kenya Trade Expo in Ghana is fostered by the Trade Agreements signed between Ghana and Kenya, by then president John Mahama of Ghana and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya. The first Annual Kenya Trade Expo in Ghana took place in 2015, attracting a crowd of emerging and established business people, government and non-government officials and supporters. The three-day expo ran under the theme: “The Role of Pan-African Investments in Ghana’s Growth”. The expo was officially opened by then President of Ghana, H.E John Dramani Mahama. The second one was held