President John Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama will on Thursday, January 22, 2026 lead the first Davos convening of the Accra Reset on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting.
A statement, issued and signed on Wednesday January 21, 2026 by the Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications, Felix KwakyeOfosu, said the President would chair the Presidential Council of the Accra Reset, a Global South initiative aimed at strengthening sovereign capacity and reimagining international cooperation at a time of unprecedented global challenges.
According to the statement, other members of the Presidential Council attending the meeting include President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, President William SamoeiRuto of Kenya, President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vice President KashimShettima of Nigeria, and Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea.
It said other Heads of State and global leaders participating in the meeting include former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, former President of Mauritius AmeenahGurib-Fakim, and former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who together form the Guardian Circle of the Accra Reset.
The statement noted that the Davos meeting would also mark the launch of priority programmes following the initiative’s introduction at the 2025 United Nations General Assembly and its endorsement at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg.
The Accra Reset, it said, is particularly timely amid intensifying great-power rivalries, the collapse of the global aid narrative, unprecedented trade tensions, and the growing crises of climate shocks, rising cost of living, pandemics and conflicts.
President Mahama, the statement added, views the Accra Reset as complementary to his domestic Resetting Ghana Agenda, noting that as a founding member, Ghana recognises that effective governance requires both internal reforms and a more equitable international system.
“President Mahama has consistently emphasised that sovereignty means the capacity to execute national visions while building strategic partnerships, particularly within Africa and across the Global South, that advance mutual interests,” the statement said.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah