VP Opoku-Agyemang to Represent Mahama at Africa Forum in Kigali
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VP Opoku-Agyemang to Represent Mahama at Africa Mindset Reset Forum in Kigali
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang will stand in for President John Dramani Mahama at the first-ever Africa Mindset Reset Forum. It takes place in Kigali, Rwanda, on August 25 and 26, 2026.
The two-day event will be held at the Kigali Convention Centre. It’s organised by the African School of Governance (ASG).
Organisers expect about 1,000 leaders from across Africa and beyond to attend. Roughly 80 percent of them will be young people and emerging leaders.
The forum is pulling in some heavyweight figures. Former South African President Thabo Mbeki will be there. So will former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Vice President Opoku-Agyemang joins them, representing Ghana.
Other guests include former Gambian Vice President Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, known for her work on women’s rights, youth rights, and peacebuilding. Monica Geingos, widow of the late Namibian President Hage Geingob, is also expected.
The theme for this year’s forum is “From Pan-Africanism to Meta-Africanism.”
The organisers want to shift the conversation. For decades, Africa’s development story has centred on political unity and independence. This forum wants to move past that.
The focus now is on building strong institutions, developing homegrown solutions, and delivering results people can actually see.
Mbeki opens the forum with a keynote on what “Meta-Africanism” really means. Later that day, Rwandan President Paul Kagame one of the founders of the African School of Governance joins Opoku-Agyemang and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn for a discussion. Their focus: turning African unity from an idea into something concrete.
Day two shifts gears. Talks will centre on Africa owning and managing its own natural resources, alongside development that puts people first.
Expect proposals like easier movement across African borders, a single African air transport market, and a new institution to assess the creditworthiness of African countries.
According to the ASG, this isn’t just another talk shop rehashing old problems. The goal is to showcase solutions that are already working, connect the people behind them, and push Africa from rhetoric toward action.
The forum is built around seven transformations meant to reshape how the continent approaches development. At its core is a simple ask: get a new generation of African leaders to take ownership of that development, and turn Pan-Africanism from an ideal into something measurable.
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