{
  "id": 9156103,
  "title": "Mahama: MiDA is Ghana’s gateway to global philanthropy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/mahama-mida-is-ghanas-gateway-to-global-philanthropy-9156103",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T15:03:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Joy Business",
    "slug": "joy-business",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/mahama-mida-is-ghanas-gateway-to-global-philanthropy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President John Dramani Mahama has emphasized the crucial role of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) in coordinating Ghana's relationships with global philanthropic organizations. This important task aims to ensure that development support resources align with national priorities, according to the President. Mahama made these remarks during a meeting with Alex Soros, Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, in New York. This meeting occurred as Ghana strengthened its connections with global philanthropic and development partners during the United Nations General Assembly.\n\nThe meeting came at a time when Ghana was intensifying its engagement with international partners. During the conversation, Mahama reiterated the expanded mandate given to MiDA in 2025. Under this new mandate, MiDA serves as the government's primary point of contact for coordinating philanthropic, grant, and humanitarian partnerships.\n\nMahama explained that Ghana required a more coordinated approach to development assistance. Rather than addressing isolated interventions across various sectors, the goal is to work with international partners to identify priority areas for each country. He stressed that MiDA's role is to ensure that support reaches the right areas and delivers maximum impact. This is because many philanthropic interventions span multiple sectors and can become tangled in bureaucratic processes.\n\nThe President also highlighted MiDA's capacity and experience in managing complex, multi-sector development programs. This new mandate aims to create a coordinated platform for Ghana to engage with global foundations, philanthropic organizations, and other grant-making institutions. This approach will help ensure that development resources are aligned with national priorities and managed with appropriate accountability.\n\nMahama used his time with Soros to outline Ghana's broader philosophy for engaging with global philanthropy. He noted that while philanthropic organizations often focus on specific areas such as women's empowerment, environmental programs, health, and social interventions, an uncoordinated approach could scatter resources across too many areas without achieving sufficient impact. Ghana's approach should involve dialogue with partners to identify the country's priorities and create partnerships around them.\n\nThe President also stressed that increased African self-reliance should go hand in hand with stronger governance, accountability, transparency, and prudent management of domestic resources. This does not mean isolating Africa from international partners but rather developing partnerships where both sides work toward clearly defined development priorities. This approach is part of Ghana's efforts under the Accra Reset agenda, which includes promoting greater health sovereignty, strengthening African agency, and reshaping the relationship between Africa and its international development partners.\n\nMahama informed Soros about Ghana's existing collaborations with organizations like Gavi and the Global Fund. He also highlighted Ghana's ongoing work on health sovereignty and the broader Accra Reset agenda, which aims to create more sustainable approaches to development financing and reduce excessive dependence on external humanitarian support. Soros, for his part, pointed to opportunities for further cooperation, including through the G20 platform, financing reforms, and areas related to regional security and development.",
  "summary": "The President made the remarks during a courtesy call by Alex Soros, Chairman of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), in New York, as Ghana intensifies engagement with global philanthropic and development partners on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}