Director on Diaspora Affairs at the Presidency, Kofi Okyere-Darko (KOD) has highlighted the commitment by President Mahama to transform Ghana’s creative space.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with TV3 on Thursday, March 13, 2025, KOD noted that President Mahama’s appointment of creatives and persons with expertise in the sector is a testament to his resetting agenda of the creative space.
He expressed optimism in President Mahama’s administration to transform and positively impact the sector by the end of his tenure.
“If you look around, I think this is one government which appointed a lot more creatives into a government and so it’s such an honour and a major task for us to make sure that a lot changes in the creative space.
“We are very interested in the area of changing the narrative in terms of copyright in this country and in the next four years we are looking at seeing some major changes in that area.
“It is a great time for us to affect the creative space and the entire orange economy in a very special way,” he stated.
He stressed on the Black Star Experience initiative of the government which he said will purposely aim at consistently promoting and projecting Ghana.
KOD assured that the government is committed to proceeding with the previous administration’s plan to ensure that West African Hub for Grammys resides in Ghana.
According to him, conversations have commenced in that direction to make it a reality.
“It is a conversation we want to continue to make sure that it happens and u think that will go a long way to affect our musicians,” he remarked.
He added: “We are not just looking at the music industry, the film industry, for instance, per our manifest,o we want Ghana to become top three in Africa. That takes a lot of intentionality and focus.”
