President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in New Alamein, Egypt, to participate in the eighth African Union Mid-Year Coordination Summit and the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three-day gathering, taking place from October 2 to 4, brings together African leaders, government officials, business executives, investors and financial institutions to discuss economic integration, investment and sustainable development across the continent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Mahama is scheduled to speak at a plenary session focused on \u201cInvesting in Health: Manufacturing and Regional Value Chains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The session will examine opportunities to strengthen Africa’s capacity to manufacture healthcare-related products and develop regional supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The focus is particularly relevant to ongoing continental discussions about expanding local pharmaceutical and health-product manufacturing. President Mahama has previously advocated for greater African capacity to produce medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and other health technologies locally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inaugural Alamein Africa Forum is designed as a permanent biennial African business forum. Its programme covers issues including trade and integration, infrastructure, energy, food security, digital transformation, health investment and regional value chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official programme lists Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for the opening address, followed by a keynote from Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The forum is being convened with the involvement of the Egyptian government, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union and AUDA-NEPAD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The African Union Mid-Year Coordination Summit will bring together African heads of state and government to discuss continental integration and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Egypt’s government says the summit will also address issues including implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, development financing, infrastructure, food security and the relationship between peace, security and development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Mahama is also expected to hold bilateral engagements during his visit, including discussions with President el-Sisi, according to reporting on his programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The events provide a platform for African governments, businesses and financial institutions to discuss how investment can be mobilised for continental development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Ghana, President Mahama’s participation places the country in discussions around health manufacturing, regional value chains, investment and African economic integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Alamein Forum’s programme also includes mechanisms for tracking commitments and recommendations emerging from the discussions, with health manufacturing and investment among the areas receiving attention. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President John Dramani Mahama is in New Alamein, Egypt, for the African Union Mid-Year Coordination Summit and the Alamein Africa Forum from October 2 to 4. The summit addresses economic integration and sustainable development, focusing on health sector investments. Mahama will emphasize Africa’s local health production capabilities during his talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[63,60,61,57,59,62,58,56],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-africa","tag-african-union","tag-alamein-africa-forum","tag-au-summit","tag-egypt","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-politics","tag-john-mahama"],"yoast_head":"\n