Ghana's president faced questions in Britain about his billionaire brother Ibrahim Mahama's growing mining empire
Billionaires Africa | 17.06.2026 18:56
When Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama arrived in London recently for a state visit, he met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace and held talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of a programme aimed at promoting his flagship Reset Agenda and attracting fresh international capital into Ghana. The red carpets were out. The diplomatic optics were strong. But following him across the Atlantic was a controversy that has dogged his administration since he returned to power: the question of whether his younger brother Ibrahim Mahama, one of Ghana's wealthiest businessmen, is benefiting inappropriately from mining sector reforms enacted under the current government.
