President Mahama to Lead Accra Reset Dialogue on Global Cooperation at Davos
Global South Leaders Convene at World Economic Forum to Rethink International Cooperation
- President Mahama to chair the first Accra Reset dialogue at Davos on January 22.
- African and Global South leaders to discuss new models of global cooperation.
- Initiative aims to strengthen sovereign capacity amid global economic and political challenges.
President John Dramani Mahama is set to lead the first Davos convening of the Accra Reset on January 22, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting.
The high-level dialogue will bring together leaders from Africa and the broader Global South to explore new approaches to international cooperation at a time of mounting global challenges.
President Mahama chairs the Presidential Council of the Accra Reset, a Global South–led initiative focused on strengthening sovereign capacity and reimagining international cooperation in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
Several African leaders are expected to participate in the meeting, including Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Kenya’s President William Samoei Ruto, and President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nigeria will be represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, while Papua New Guinea will attend through Prime Minister James Marape.
The Davos session will also feature a number of former Heads of State who make up the Guardians Circle of the Accra Reset. They include former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, former New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, former Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
The gathering will formally launch the initiative’s priority programmes, following its unveiling at the 2025 United Nations General Assembly and subsequent endorsement at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg.
According to organisers, the Accra Reset comes at a critical moment defined by intensifying great-power rivalries, the weakening of traditional global aid models, rising trade tensions, and overlapping crises including climate shocks, cost-of-living pressures, pandemics, and armed conflicts.
The initiative seeks to better position countries of the Global South to respond collectively and effectively to these interconnected challenges.
President Mahama has described the Accra Reset as complementary to his domestic reform programme, the Resetting Ghana Agenda, underscoring the link between national transformation and a more equitable global system.
“Effective national governance requires both internal reforms and a fairer international system,” he has consistently maintained.
In a statement issued by the Minister for Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the President reaffirmed 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.”
