President Akufo-Addo departed Ghana on Monday, 15 January 2024, at the request of the World Economic Forum’s founder and executive chairman, Prof. Klaus Schwab, to attend the 2024 World Economic Forum Annual Meetings, which were held from Tuesday (16 January) to Friday (19 January).
The Davos Meeting has become an iconic worldwide event, bringing together top leaders in politics, business, finance, and academia to discuss global issues.
The president will depart Davos, Switzerland, for Kampala, Uganda, to attend the 2024 Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, which will be held under the theme “”Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence.”
The Non-Aligned Movement arose from the first large-scale Asian-African or Afro-Asian Conference, which took place on April 18-24, 1955.
It is commonly referred to as the Bandung Conference (after the location in Indonesia where it was held). Delegations from 29 nations, largely from Asia, attended the meeting, while most modern-day African states were still under colonial administration.
After departing Uganda, President Akufo-Addo will attend the inauguration ceremony of His Excellency Joseph Boakai, President-elect of the Republic of Liberia, in Monrovia, Liberia.
The president was joined by Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, and officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Presidency.
The president will return to Ghana on Monday, 22 January 2024, and in his absence, the Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, would serve in his place in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution.