A full account of what the 8th edition of the Igniting Dreams Summit produced — in capital, in people, in media attention, and in the story being told about Northern Ghana’s entrepreneurial future.
At the Igniting Dreams Summit 2026, CPI President Maazu Bayuoni delivered a keynote that reframed Northern Ghana’s economic narrative, from a story of deficiency to a case for strategic investment. Here is the argument he made, and the evidence behind it.
The Igniting Dreams Summit 2026 was not just an event. It was the public declaration of a 25-year commitment to Northern Ghana — and a challenge to every partner, funder, and policymaker in the room to think beyond the next grant cycle.
The first time I entered a shopping mall was on 25th August 2015. I was 16 years old and had just been admitted to the University of Ghana to undertake my undergraduate studies. The mall looked...
