Kenya’s Wanga & Gonja Kingdoms unite in historic MOU
The Sister Kingdom Network (SKN) has marked a historic milestone with the signing of its first-ever Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Wanga Kingdom of Kenya and Buipewura of the Gonja Kingdom in Ghana.
The SKN is a continental framework established to reconnect African kingdoms and traditional authorities through structured cultural, economic, and developmental partnerships.
This pioneering MOU paves the way for kingdom-led collaboration, transcending borders and rooted in shared heritage and mutual respect.
The bilateral agreement establishes a framework for cooperation focused on African tradition, sovereignty, and prosperity, covering areas like: Land exchange programmes, Youth empowerment and exchange, Cultural preservation and heritage tourism, Kingdom funds and farms and Trade and economic development.
Central to the agreement is the Kingdom Farms Initiative, designed to advance “Africa's food sovereigntynot merely food security” by empowering kingdoms to control food production, land use, and agricultural value chains for their people.
The agreement also enables land exchange arrangements, allowing citizens of both kingdoms to engage in business, trade, settlement, and investment within each other's territories. As part of this historic partnership, both kingdoms will establish royal residences and representatives in each other's domains to safeguard the interests and welfare of their people.
“This is not diplomacy as usual. This is Africa reconnecting herself-kingdom to kingdom, people to people-on our own terms,” a statement from Network system mentioned.
The Sister Kingdom Network will be rolling out additional programs and partnerships in the coming months as it builds a unified, tradition-led economic and cultural alliance across Africa.
