Yam (Dioscorea sp.) is an important staple crop for millions of smallholder farmers in West Africa. In this study, we aimed to develop an efficient indirect plant regeneration system for three important yam genotypes “Kukrupa,” “Mankrong Pona” and “Matches.” The potential of leaf primordia, petioles and axillary bud explants for callus induction on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations (0, 3, 5, 7 and 9 mg/l) of 2,4-dicholorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) or picloram were tested. Callus induction was influenced by auxin concentration as well as explant. The highest callus induction was achieved using leaf primordia (“Kukrupa” and “Mankrong Pona”) explants on 3 mg/l picloram or axillary buds (“Matches”) on 5 mg/l picloram. Transfer of callus to 6-benzylaminoapurine (BAP) amended medium resulted in the formation of at least two shoots per callus clump. Plantlets were obtained on basic yam medium supplemented with 0.2 mg/l 1-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), 3 mg/l kinetin and 0.5 mg/l BAP after four weeks. Post acclimatization plantlet survival was high (75 − 82.5%). The indirect plant regeneration protocol reported through this study helps in the improvement of important yam genotypes through tissue culture-oriented genome editing, in vitro mutagenesis and also for its mass propagation.