President Mahama demands bold action for Africa's health sovereignty

Putting panel members and industry leaders on the spot immediately after his keynote address, the President posed three pivotal questions aimed at addressing the systemic bottlenecks hindering local pharmaceutical production: To financiers: “What specific de-risking instruments and blended finance structures do you need from governments to deploy patient capital into African pharmaceutical plants today?

President John Dramani Mahama Addressing a high-level audience at the Alamein Africa Forum in Egypt on Saturday, President John Dramani Mahama issued a direct challenge to key actors across the continent’s economic landscape, demanding concrete mechanisms to transition Africa from health dependency to self-reliance.

Speaking in the historic coastal city of El Alamein, once a strategic battleground during the Second World War and now a modern symbol of economic transformation, President Mahama insisted that health must no longer be treated as a charitable cause or a secondary budget expenditure, but as an investable, high-growth economic sector.