“Young Africans are taking the lead…” | Ghana President-elect, Akufo-Addo thanks StateCraft for election victory

President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has appreciated the contribution of StateCraft Inc., to his victory in the December 7 election. Akufo-Addo, who stated this on Tuesday via his social media channels commended the hard work and unflinching support of the team. “Let me thank the @StateCraftInc team for their hard work and unflinching support on the just... Read More

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December 10, 2016

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Full transcript of outgoing Ghanaian President, John Mahama’s concession speech (READ)

Outgoing president of Ghana, John Mahama late Friday conceded defeat to Nana Akufo-Addo, winner of the presidential election in the West African country. Mahama said he lost the election simply because Ghanaians were fed up, and that his time was up. Read full speech below: Good evening, my fellow countrymen and women. A few minutes ago,... Read More

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December 10, 2016

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Peregrino Brimah: Like Nigeria, corrupt inheritor after President’s death replaced by aged opponent | #GhanaDecides

by Peregrino Brimah In an eerie form of coincident destiny, the electoral stories of Nigeria and Ghana have followed quite identical paths for the last series of transitions. The Good Both nations had quite popular presidents who died in office. In Nigeria late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died in office in 2010 at age 58 years and was replaced by... Read More

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December 10, 2016

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Buhari congratulates Akufo-Addo on historic win

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, on his historic win of the December 7 Ghana presidential election. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina. Buhari also felicitated with the Government... Read More

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December 10, 2016

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Jonathan congratulates Akufo-Addo, hails Mahama for conceding defeat

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo for his election victory. Jonathan, who shared the congratulatory message early Saturday morning via his Twitter account, also hailed incumbent president John Mahama for conceding defeat. “I am immensely proud of the maturity and high patriotism displayed by President John Mahama who has just... Read More

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December 9, 2016

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BREAKING: Mahama concedes defeat, calls to congraulate Akufo-Addo

Incumbent president of Ghana, John Mahama has conceded defeat in the Ghana presidential election. According to Adebola Williams, Founding Partner of RED who is presently in Ghana, Mahama put a call through to Akufo-Addo at 7:51pm. He tweeted, “GhanaDecides #GhanaHasDecided At 7:51 PM President John Mahama called to congratulate concede Nana Akufo-Addo #MrPresident #StateCraft.” On his part, Akufo-Addo tweeted... Read More

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