ACCRA RESET: ADDIS RECKONING

High-Level Breakfast Convening

On the Margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union

Date: Saturday, 14 February 2026

Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Venue: Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, Addis Ababa

Convened by:

The Accra Reset Presidential Council

In partnership with the African Union Commission, AUDA-NEPAD, the Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI), AfroChampions, African Council on Global Affairs, and participating Governments

Moderator:

Mr. Omar Ben Yedder

Lead Facilitator, Accra Reset: Addis Reckoning

7:00 – 7:30 | Arrival, Registration & Working Breakfast

Background animation and Accra Reset visual loop play.

OPENING FRAME

7:30 – 7:33 (3 minutes)

Welcome & Strategic Framing

Mr. Omar Ben Yedder

Narrative anchors:

  • Why Africa has reached a sovereign transition moment
  • The triple burden of marginalisation, vulnerability, and dependence
  • Why finance, integration, and execution must now move together
  • What Addis Reckoning is designed to unlock ahead of the AU Plenary

Video Interlude 1

Accra Reset Curtain-Raiser Film

SEGMENT A

HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE

Executing the African Sovereign Transition

7:33 - 8:25 (52 minutes)

Presidential Opening Charge (8 minutes)

H.E. John Dramani Mahama
President of the Republic of Ghana
and AU Champion for Financial Institutions

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Accra Reset Guardian

Focus:

  • Africa’s capital held abroad while transformation needs are domestic
  • The sovereignty case for African-anchored financial engines
  • Why execution platforms now matter more than declarations

Fireside Chat: Whither the African Century? (10 minutes)

Ms. Francisca Tatchouop Belobe
Commissioner - ETTIM, AU Commission

H.E. Taye Atske Selassie Amde
President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Key interventions:

  • Agenda 2063 - progress and recalibration
  • The Africa Financing Facility
  • Why this moment is pivotal for African sovereignty
  • Africa’s competitive advantage in a fractured global order

Presidential Reflections & Direction (8 minutes)

H.E. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
President of Council, Togolese Republic

Focus:

  • Regional Sovereign Prosperity Spheres
  • Great Lakes and Sahel platforms
  • Minerals-industrialisation corridors

H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (Video Message)
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

  • Nile Basin cooperation
  • Infrastructure and food-energy-security nexus

Global Engagement | 7:56 - 8:25 (27 minutes)

  • H.E. Kashim Shettima – Africa’s New Terms for Global Engagement (4 minutes)
  • Baroness Jennifer Chapman – The Accra Reset North–South Engagement Model (3 minutes)
  • Hon. Joyce Bawah – Accra Reset Global Envoys Negotiation Outlook (3 minutes)

Fireside Chat: Global Partnerships on Trial (15 minutes)

  • H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
  • H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe
  • Mr. Anton Leis García

Remarks: Professor Jeffrey Sachs (2 minutes)

Fireside Chat: Financing the Sovereign Transition (12 minutes)

  • Dr. Sidi Ould Tah
  • Mr. Paulo Gomes
  • H.E. Mohamed Abou El Enein

SEGMENT B

PUBLIC BRIEFING

Accra Reset Action Ledger for 2026

8:25 - 8:55 (30 minutes)

Execution Announcements

1. Global Digital Skills Passport & Digital Trade

H.E. Amma Twum-Amoah
H.E. Wamkele Mene

Fireside Focus:

  • Sovereign Prosperity Spheres and free movement
  • Cross-border industrial platforms
  • Digital public infrastructure stack
  • AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol
  • Labour mobility, trusted identity, credential verification
  • Critical Minerals, Artificial Intelligence & Platform Economies

2. High-Level Panel on Reform of the Global Health Architecture & Governance

(Scene-setting videos - TBD)

Overview Highlights

  • Dr. Jean Kaseya
  • Professor Mohamed Janabi
  • Dr. Mark Dybul

Focuses:

  • Governance redesign
  • Financing alignment
  • Peer-learning platforms and communities of practice

3. Sovereign Negotiators Network – Launch

H.E. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Focus:

  • Credential tiers
  • Executive bootcamps
  • Negotiation intelligence community

CLOSING

8:55 - 9:00 (5 minutes)

Closing Charge

H.E. John Dramani Mahama
Joined on Stage by:
H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo
H.E. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Closing themes:

  • From ambition to execution
  • From fragmentation to platforms
  • From dependency to sovereign prosperity

9:00 | Transition to AU Plenary

Participants proceed directly to the Assembly Plenary with shared strategic alignment.