President John Dramani Mahama has addressed the 12th Africa Debates at the historic Guildhall in London, using one of Britain’s most storied venues to declare Ghana open for business and to make the case for a fundamental shift in how the world engages with Africa. The address, delivered before an […]

The post-war multilateral system is under severe strain, and countries in the Global South can no longer afford to wait passively for the world to sort itself out.  President John Dramani Mahama said during his address at Chatham House in London on Monday. President Mahama said geopolitical competition was intensifying, […]

Democracy is not merely a political ideal. It is an economic asset, and Ghana stands as evidence of that, President John Dramani Mahama told an audience at Chatham House in London on Monday. Addressing one of the world’s most prominent foreign policy institutions, President Mahama said Ghana’s record of constitutional […]

Africa’s continued exclusion from permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council is a historical injustice and a structural imbalance that eats away at the credibility of the multilateral system, President John Dramani Mahama has said. Speaking at Chatham House in London on Monday, President Mahama said the situation was […]

Bilateral trade between Ghana and the United Kingdom has surpassed £1.5 billion annually, with both countries being encouraged to expand cooperation into new and emerging sectors of the global economy. President John Dramani Mahama says the current trade figure represents only a fraction of what is achievable, noting that stronger […]

President John Dramani Mahama has urged investors to consider Ghana as a base for expanding into Africa, describing the country as a strategic gateway to a continental market of more than 1.4 billion people. Addressing the Ghana-UK Investment Summit in London on Monday, President Mahama said Ghana’s location, political stability […]

Ghana will depend on registered supporters’ unions to back the Black Stars at the upcoming World Cup, with government saying the nearly $11,000 cost per supporter makes a mass travel programme impossible to justify. The figure, which covers tickets, accommodation, transport, and feeding, was cited by President John Dramani Mahama […]

Chief executives of state-owned enterprises who fail to submit audited accounts and annual reports by a mid-year deadline set by the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) will lose their jobs. The warning came as President John Dramani Mahama revealed that some state-owned enterprises had gone as long as seven […]

Ghanaians living abroad sent home a record US$7.8 billion last year, a figure larger than the total economic output of several regions within the country. The number, described as a historic high, puts the Ghanaian diaspora among the most significant contributors to the country’s economy, outpacing entire administrative regions in […]

Ghanaians living abroad who hold dual citizenship could soon contest parliamentary seats and serve as ministers under proposals included in Ghana’s ongoing constitutional review process. The move, if it succeeds, would remove longstanding legal barriers that currently prevent dual citizens from holding certain public offices, a notable shift that successive […]