Find your community

Where Ghanaians in Berlin get free advice in English, meet people, find churches, African community spaces, news, German classes, English-German schools and doctors.

On 30 June 2026, 5,113 Ghanaian nationals were registered in Berlin (Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg, Statistischer Bericht A I 5 hj 1/26, Table 10). The report does not list Ghana separately in its table on people with a migration background, so no figure for that group or for single districts is given here. Most Ghanaians in Berlin speak English; many also speak Twi, Ewe, Ga or another Ghanaian language. This page lists free or non-profit places with English-speaking or Pan-African/Black community focus. Links checked on 5 November 2026; opening hours change, so check the site before you go.

Free advice in English

• Willkommenszentrum Berlin (Potsdamer Straße 61, 10785 Berlin): the Senate's free advice centre on work, residence, recognition of qualifications, training, German courses, job search, business setup and labour law. The page lists 218 counselling centres; use its language filter and choose English. Twi and other Ghanaian languages are not in the filter.
• Joliba e.V.: intercultural network for African, Afro-German and migrant families. Its Beratungscenter (Görlitzer Straße 70, Kreuzberg; tel. 030 610 768 02) gives social counselling by phone appointment (Mon, Wed, Thu 11-14, Tue 11-16; phone Mon-Thu 10-11). The team speaks English, French and several African languages, including Twi. Free activities: Friendship Choir, open weekly sewing workshop, lunch and network meeting.
• Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. (Togostraße 76, Wedding; tel. 030 513 041 63): free sociocultural counselling for Black cultural workers, projects, students and journalists, Tue and Fri 14-18 (the page ties this to library hours that list Tue and Thu, so confirm before you go).
• Integrationslots:innen: more than 200 multilingual guides (over 40 languages) who explain offices and services. Ask the provider in your district whether an English- or Twi-speaking guide is available.
• Embassy of Ghana (Stavanger Straße 17-19, 10439 Berlin; consular section tel. 030 54 71 49 0, [email protected]): passports and other consular matters only, not German law. The Auswärtiges Amt lists document submission Mon-Thu 9-13 and pickup 13:30-14:30. Hours differ between sources, so call first. See also Visa and embassy.

Meeting people: churches and community spaces

• Ghanaian church fellowships: the Protestant church's directory of foreign-language congregations (eKBO) lists four Ghanaian fellowships under "Worship of African Churches": Gospel Believers Centre (Wassertorstraße 21a, Kreuzberg; tel. 030 695 64 336; Sunday service 12-14 on gbiministries.com, language not stated there), Bethel Faith Temple (tel. 030 626 2210), International Church (Voxstraße 2, Mitte) and Church of Pentecost International (tel. 030 453 3043). The directory gives no service times or languages.
• Berlin Church: English-language services Sundays at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00 in the CinemaxX at Potsdamer Platz (entrance Voxstraße). The site does not mention a Ghanaian fellowship; ask which service the fellowship attends.
• St. George's Anglican Church (Preussenallee 17-19, Charlottenburg): English-language services in an international congregation with members from many African countries. Service times are on the church site.
• AfroPolitan Berlin (c/o Forum Brasil e.V., Möckernstraße 72, Kreuzberg; [email protected]): workshops, discussion groups, coaching and community events for Black and Afrodiasporic people, mostly in German or English. Part of the programme is publicly funded; some external workshops charge fees, so check each event.
• EOTO library (Togostraße 76): Afro-diasporic literature, open Tue and Thu 14-18; Black Youth Fridayz on the last Friday of each month.
• Online: search Meetup and Facebook for Ghanaian, African or language-exchange groups, and nebenan.de for your neighbourhood. Treat advice in groups as tips, not facts.

Festivals and events

• Karneval der Kulturen: street festival in Kreuzberg, free; expected 14 to 17 May 2027. Official dates not yet published.
• AFROLUTION: literature festival run by EOTO each June (eoto-archiv.de). 2027 dates not yet published.
• Ghana Independence Day (6 March): not verified: a search result showed the Ghana embassy marked it in March 2026 with a Ghana Day at Arden University Berlin and a thanksgiving service, but the embassy's event pages did not load. Check the embassy site for 2027.

Sport and leisure

No Ghanaian sports club could be verified. Join any local Berlin sports club (Verein) for football, athletics or basketball; ask in your Kiez or search Meetup.

Students and professionals

The Studierendenwerk Berlin lists international student counselling, a Buddy Programme, a SprachCafé and Welcome Day events for internationals. Fees and counselling languages are not stated there. See Study. For professionals, ask your employer or union about networks; see Recognition.

News and media

• The African Courier (Flankenschanze 4, 13585 Berlin; [email protected]): English-language magazine on Africa and the African diaspora, with sections on migration, culture and Black people in Germany. Read it as journalism; it is not legal advice.

Job search

See Skilled worker, Opportunity Card, Nursing and health, Ausbildung, Freelance and self-employed and Recognition. Never pay for a job offer, including through a church or community contact: Avoiding scams.

German, tandems, volunteering

• Berlin Volkshochschulen: German and integration courses in every district. A consultation (Beratungsgespräch) comes first; bring your passport or ID and, if you have it, your Zulassung zum Integrationskurs. The page is mostly German; some districts (Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Mitte) have English pages. More: Learn German.
• Language exchange (tandem): search Meetup for "language exchange Berlin"; many groups are free.

Children: heritage language and bilingual schools

• Erstsprachenunterricht (free, run via schools; Senate page): examples named are Arabic, Kurdish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and Vietnamese, with Spanish and Romanian sheets. Twi and other Ghanaian languages are not mentioned; English is taught only as a foreign language from grade 3.
• Staatliche Europa-Schule Berlin (SESB): free bilingual German-English teaching from grade 1; a lottery decides if applications exceed places. English-German sites: Charles-Dickens-Grundschule, Quentin-Blake-Grundschule, Galilei-Grundschule, Peter-Ustinov-Schule, Schiller-Gymnasium, Dreilinden-Gymnasium and the vocational Hans-Litten-Schule. Info: Senate education department, tel. 030 90227 5050. See also Family.
• Joliba offers family support for African and Afro-German families (see above).

Doctors who speak your language

Use the KV Berlin Arztsuche; entries can show the languages a practice offers. Urgent appointments through the statutory health insurance: tel. 116117. See Social security and health.