Story by George Yawson VINEH
President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana’s Accra Reset agenda will take on a broader continental dimension when he assumes the rotating chairmanship of the African Union in 2027.
The President made the remarks in New York while launching the High-Level Panel report, A Sovereign Future for Health, which calls for greater African ownership of health policy, financing and production.
President John Dramani Mahama is positioning the Accra Reset as more than a Ghanaian initiative, describing it as part of a wider effort to strengthen Africa’s capacity to determine its own priorities and shape its own future.
Speaking in New York at the launch of A Sovereign Future for Health, the President stressed the need for countries to have the capacity to set priorities, mobilise resources and act on their own decisions.
The report proposes a new approach to global health cooperation one centred on national capability, stronger regional institutions and genuine global public goods.
“The Accra Reset asks what countries need to act with urgency in a changing world, and what a more balanced relationship with international partners could look like.”
And for President Mahama, that vision could soon move from the global stage into continental leadership.
Ghana has been endorsed to represent West Africa in the African Union’s Bureau, with Mahama set to take up the AU Chairmanship when the rotating leadership returns to West Africa in 2027.
That would give the President an opportunity to place issues highlighted by the Accra Reset including health sovereignty, domestic financing, regional production and stronger African institutions higher on the continental agenda.
The Sovereign Future for Health report itself recommends stronger regional cooperation in areas including pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing, procurement, health financing and emergency preparedness.
The broader Accra Reset, launched in New York in 2025, has framed health as an entry point to a wider conversation about Africa’s position in global development, finance and governance.
As Ghana prepares for its continental leadership role, the message from New York is clear: the President wants the Accra Reset to move beyond Ghana’s borders and become part of a wider African conversation about sovereignty, self-reliance and development.
“A country needs to be able to set its priorities, negotiate effectively, mobilise resources, and follow through on its decisions.”
From New York, President Mahama is now looking toward 2027 when Ghana is expected to take the rotating leadership of the African Union with the Accra Reset potentially becoming a key part of the country’s continental agenda.
