The President of the Geneva Institute for Leadership & Public Policy (GILPP), Dr Henry Deneen, has asserted his confidence in Ghana’s potential, describing the country as a stable nation with gifted people and a promising future.
Addressing the media at the Geneva Institute for Leadership & Public Policy (GILPP) Regional
Conference 2026 held in Accra, Dr Deneen said his second visit to Ghana had reinforced his belief that the country was an ideal location for the event. He stated that the institute was honoured to host the conference in Ghana and hoped its engagement would contribute to the country’s development.
“Very stable country, great people, gifted people, and that’s one of the reasons that the Geneva Institute wanted to come. Ghana is a o with promising future”, Dr Deneen said.
He added that the institute was pleased with the reception in Ghana and looked forward to learning from participants while contributing to conversations that could support the country’s progress.
“We just hope we can contribute to the betterment of the society of Ghana’ he added.
On her part, the Country Representative of Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS ) Ghana Office, Ms Anna Lena Sabroso-Wasserfall touched on the strides of Ghana’s democracy.
“In Ghana of course now we look at three decades of constitutional democracy. We look at a lot of achievements that have come with that, peaceful transfers of power, competitive elections and of course a very active civil society in Ghana and these are accomplishments that definitely deserve a lot of recognition. At the same time however, we also have questions around accountability, public trust, economic opportunity and the responsiveness of the institutions that we see here,” she noted.
In other development, the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Samuel Kwaku Bonsu bemoaned the politicization of the country’s educational system and called for a wholistic approach to handling such situation.
Hosted by GILPP (Geneva Institute for Leadership & Public Policy)-founded by Global Hope Network International, which holds Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the Accra conference extended the Institute’s work of equipping public leaders to govern with integrity, inclusiveness, and accountability.
