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John Dramani Mahama

Date of Birth: 29 November 1958
Place of Birth: Damongo, Northern Region, Ghana


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Not yet ubuntu

The Ghana government's repatriation of over 950 Ghanaian citizens from South Africa has yielded a surge in support locally for President John Mahama's government even as it signals a chilling of relations between Accra and Pretoria...


After the IMF, Accra targets growth

President John Mahama argued that the economic outlook has sharply improved since his election setting out the government's stance on foreign policy reparations and the need for greater African influence at the United Nations (Dispatches 16/3/26 Mahama to take reparations campaign to the UN)...

The programme complements sector-specific initiatives including the ‘Feed Ghana' agricultural and livestock focus which formed a key pillar of President John Mahama's 2024 election campaign...


Damang is only the beginning

One concern is that the campaign is being led commercially by President John Dramani Mahama's brother Ibrahim the majority shareholder of E&P...

Other opponents raise conflict-of-interest concerns including President John Dramani Mahama's frequent use of a new private jet leased by his brother's firm E&P for official trips...


Court pulls the rug from under anti-corruption drive

The judgment raises fresh questions about the calls for political accountability by President John Dramani Mahama whose December 2024 election victory rested partly on a promise to crack down on corruption and recover stolen public assets through his Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative...

The government's position remains uncertain (AC Vol 66 No 13 Will anti-corruption politics work for John Mahama...


Mahama gets caught in the cocoa trap

When President John Dramani Mahama's National Democratic Congress swept back to power in December 2024 on a wave of popular goodwill its pledge to nearly double the cocoa farmgate price – from ₵3 100 to as much as ₵7 000 per bag – was among the most popular pledges of the campaign...


Cocobod’s last crop as the cocoa state hits the buffers

When President John Dramani Mahama convened an emergency Cabinet meeting in February to address what officials privately described as a ‘structural heart attack' in Ghana's cocoa sector few expected the resulting reforms to be fast or bold enough...


Win-win or spin-spin

The pilot aims to increase financial flows by linking British-based fintech firms and neobanks with the 24H+ initiative – a flagship economic idea championed by President John Mahama – the success of which will depend on reliable power supplies and access to export markets...


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