Mahama Hosts Accra Reset in Davos on Thursday
President John Dramani Mahama is set to host Accra Reset in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
He will be hosting the event together with former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic Forum.
Mahama will be joined by other global leaders to expand the convening power of the Accra Reset, build strategic partnerships for implementation and demonstrate Africa and the global south’s leadership in shaping global solutions.
“Since launching this transformative agenda at the UN General Assembly last year, the momentum has been extraordinary. The Accra Reset is becoming a rallying point for African-led solutions to our continent’s challenges and opportunities,” he said in a statement.
The initiative was launched on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly last year.
The Accra reset is an actionable framework designed to fundamentally transform the global governance architecture, ensuring it is fit-for-purpose in a turbulent, post-SDG era.
Why This Matters Now:
The MDGs and SDGs have served as critical guiding stars, lifting millions out of poverty and fostering unprecedented cooperation.
However, the UN’s 2023 review highlighted that fewer than half of the 169 SDG targets are on track, with global health, inequality, and fiscal resilience in particularly dire straits.
As 2030 approaches, the world needs more than another list of promises.
The Accra Reset asserts that the era of “development-as-usual” is over. What is required now is a fundamental re-engineering, a Reset of the very logic of global cooperation.
Building on the August 2025 Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held in Accra, this initiative proposes a new operating logic: one that prioritises resilient coalitions, syndicates, and agile platforms capable of delivering concrete results amidst global polycrises.
The health sector, acutely exposed to global shocks and an unsustainable aid paradigm, serves as the initial focus for demonstrating this new thinking and inspiring systemic action across all development sectors.
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