Ghana president John Mahama tok on Thursday for Davos, Switzerland, for di sidelines of di World Economic Forum. E say Africa dey plan to play role for how di emerging global system go take shape, and he urge di continent make e rely on its own initiative.

'Di multilateral order and di rules-based system fit dey under threat, but we fit forge a new coalition of di willing based on a shared vision and mutual respect for each other,' he said for di Accra Reset event.

He yarn say countries dey increasingly pursue deals on transactional basis, while state and non-state actors dey put priority for national and parochial interests. He warn say di post-World War II multilateral system dey breaking down.

Mahama tok say global humanitarian aid dey decline, with developed countries, including some for Europe, cutting overseas development assistance as dem dey divert spending to defence amid a 'new reality of an unpredictable ally across the Atlantic.'

'Make we negotiate as one'

He say many African countries dey trapped for a 'triple dependency', relying on others for security decisions, health and education systems, and dem dey export critical minerals but dem dey capture very small part of di value.

'This no be sovereignty. Na trap, and e dey get worse,' he added.

'Wetin if we join our negotiating power for critical minerals make we capture value and no just extract raw ore? Wetin if we exercise more sovereignty over our natural resources to create prosperity for our own people?' he asked.

'We must negotiate as one,' Mahama said, warning that bargaining separately go leave us 'weak,' while acting together on minerals, trade and climate finance go give us much greater leverage.

'Unity no suppose be just slogan. E must be our strategy,' he added.