LIVE: Accra Reset debuts at World Economic Forum in Davos to push Global South sovereignty agenda
On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, chair of the Presidential Council of the Accra Reset, a platform from the Global South focused on building sovereign capacity and reshaping international cooperation amid global instability, is having its first convening in Davos.
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Other members of the Presidential Council who will attend the side event include President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, President William Samoei Ruto of Kenya, and President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nigeria will be represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, while Prime Minister James Marape will represent Papua New Guinea.
The Guardians Circle of the initiative, made up of former Heads of State, includes President Olusegun Obasanjo, Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
The Davos meeting will mark the launch of priority programmes under the initiative. This follows its formal presentation at the 2025 United Nations General Assembly and endorsement at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg. The initiative comes at a time of increasing global power rivalries, a breakdown in traditional aid structures, growing trade conflicts, and the mounting effects of climate change, economic hardship, pandemics, and war.
The Accra Reset, spearheaded by President Mahama and his co-convenor, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, suggests a new framework based on sovereignty, practicality, and mutual benefits.
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