Mahama calls for common African position ahead of 2025 G20 Summit   - Ghana Business News

How can the debt crisis in Africa be halted? This is one of the main questions raised at an African Union Conference which begins on 12 May 2025 in Lomé and is due to continue until 14 May. In Togo, the continent's leaders will also seek to converge towards a common position on the reform of the international financial institutions.

Mahama calls for common African position ahead of 2025 G20 Summit   - Ghana Business News

President John Mahama President John Dramani Mahama has joined his fellow African Heads of State in calling for a common African position ahead of the 2025 G20 Summit to demand timely, fair, and transparent debt restructuring frameworks.   The Group of Twenty (G20) is a Forum of 19 major world economies and the European Union, established to address global economic and financial issues.  This year’s G20 Summit is slated from 22 to 23 November in…

Mahama urges Africa to transform debt into development at AU conference

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on African leaders to resist allowing the continent’s debt burden to compromise its dignity or stall its development. Speaking at the African Union’s Debt Conference in Lome, Togo, the former Ghanaian leader stressed that Africa must move beyond survival mode and instead channel its debts into sustainable progress. “Our goal is not just to reduce our debts, it is to transform our economy. Debts mus…

Opening remarks by Mr. Claver Gatete at the first African Union debt conference | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

FIRST AFRICAN UNION DEBT CONFERENCE Theme:Africa’s Public Debt Management Agenda in Restoring and Safeguarding Debt Sustainability Opening RemarksByMr. Claver GateteUnited Nations Under-Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of ECA Lomé, Togo 12-14 May 2025 H.E. Faure Gnassingbé, President of the council of the Republic of Togo,H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the

Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, John Dramani Mahama... The African Union is organizing a high-level conference in the Togolese capital to establish a common position on debt management. The Lomé Declaration is expected at the end of the discussions. Behind the scenes.