When the president’s clothes speak: Reading Mahama’s UNGA Agbada

Presidential candidate John Mahama will be among African heads of state, business leaders, investors, and innovators at the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum, set to occur from October 2nd to 4th, 2026 in Alamein, Egypt's Mediterranean coast city. The three-day forum aims to become an annual event in Egypt, uniting political leadership with business acumen to bridge established African growth industries with emerging sectors.

Sponsors include the Egyptian government, African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union, and the African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD). It is anticipated to bring together over twenty heads of state and government delegates, alongside business leaders, bankers, and development agencies.

Ghana's President, declaring Ghana "open for business" in New York on September 23rd, 2026 at the Nasdaq Stock Market, will lead the Ghanaian delegation, including Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, and Augustus Goosie Tanoh, Head and Presidential Advisor for Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme.

Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey, Ghana's Special Envoy to the Alliance of Sahel States, and prominent private sector executives will also attend. The Alamein Africa Forum presents a unique platform to shape Africa's growth agenda through policy alignment, investment mobilization, partnership strengthening, and financing pathways. With the private sector integral to Agenda 2063, the African Union's fifty-year strategic plan for transformation, the forum aims to transition this roadmap into tangible infrastructure, employment, and value-added trade.