The African Continental Unity Party (ACUP) has unveiled an ambitious Pan-African political vision, positioning Ghana as the starting point for what it describes as a continent-wide political movement anchored on youth and women participation.

The Party has announced its intention to contest Ghana’s 2028 general elections, describing the move as a strategic first step toward advancing African unity, self-reliance and people-centred governance across the continent.

Speaking to the media during an End of Year Pan-African Health Walk organised by the Party on December 27, 2025, the Interim Chairman of ACUP, Ken Ameovi Gbeve, said the Party was born out of the desire to unite African youth around a shared political and ideological purpose.

According to him, ACUP’s vision goes beyond national politics, seeking to build a new political consciousness that empowers Africans to take control of their governance and development agenda.

“We are not here to make up the numbers. We are here to win political power, starting from Ghana, and to rule Africa beginning from Ghana,” Gbeve said.

He disclosed that ACUP already had an operational presence in several African countries, including Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and South Sudan, supported by a global coordinating team to drive its expansion.

Gbeve confirmed that Ghana would serve as the Party’s first electoral testing ground in 2028.

On the Party’s legal status, he said ACUP was granted a provisional certificate by the Electoral Commission (EC) in July 2023 and had since met most of the requirements for full registration, including the establishment of structures nationwide and the drafting of an original party constitution.

“We have gotten to the zenith of our preparation. When there is a glitch, the EC calls us and we fix it. Now we are only waiting for gazetting,” he stated.

The Interim General Secretary of ACUP, Kwadwo Agyei Yeboah, said the Party distinguished itself from other political groupings by placing emphasis on what he termed an “organised people’s agenda” rather than personality-driven politics.

“ACUP is not a party for one individual. The vision is the leader,” he said, arguing that Africa’s governance challenges required a fundamental restructuring of citizen participation.

He attributed Ghana’s political stagnation to decades of power alternation between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), without meaningful transformation in governance outcomes and urged citizens seeking change to rally behind ACUP.

Addressing the Party’s gender agenda, the Interim Women’s Organiser, Nana Ama Dankwa Konadu, said ACUP was committed to grooming women for substantive leadership roles rather than offering symbolic representation.

“We are not giving women quota. We are grooming women to become a substance of decision-making,” she said, stressing that women would play critical roles before, during and after elections.

At the regional level, the Interim Eastern Regional Chairperson, King Augustine Kumakuma Sarpong, described ACUP’s Pan-African message as a response to leadership failures and political instability across parts of Africa, including the recent spate of military coups in West Africa.

He said the Party was focused on empowering the youth to drive political change and pledged to work towards breaking the dominance of the two major political parties in the region.

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