18 African heads of state as well as a good number of other high profile dignitaries are expected during the peak of Ghana@50 celebrations. Below is a list of confirmed participants. ( Those marked in red took part

Heads of State

• President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria)
• President Festus Mogae of Botswana
• President Blaise Campoare (Burkina Faso)
• President Paul Biya (Cameroun)
• President Pedro Pires (Cape Verde)
• President Ahmad Abdullah Sambi (Comoros)
• President Joseph Kabila (DR Congo)
• President Omar Bongo (Gabon)
• President Bernado Vierra (Guinea Bissau)
• President Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia)
• President Muamar al Gadafi (Libya)
• President Amadou Toumani Toure (Mali)
• President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria (Guest of honor)
• President Bingu wa Mutharika (Malawi)
• President Armando Emelio Guebuza (Mozambique)
• President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia
• President Paul Kagame (Rwanda)
• President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)
• President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (Tanzania)
• President Faure Gnassingbe (Togo)
• President Museweni (Uganda)
• President Levy Mwanawasa (Zambia)
• President Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)

Govt Representatives

• Angola: Roberto Victor de Almeida (National Assembly Speaker)
• China: Abduldhat Abdulrixit (Vice Chairman of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
• Iran: Ahmad Moussavi(Vice-President for legal and Majlis affairs, )
• Kenya: Vice-President Mr Moody Awori
• South Korea: Park Myung-jae (Minister of Govt Admin. & Home Affairs)
• Tanzania: Vice-President, Dr Ali Mohamed Shein
• United Kingdom: Prince Edwards (Duke of Kent representing the Queen)
• USA: Alphonso Jackson (Sec. for Housing and Urban Dev't); Jendayi Frazer(Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs);Congressman Donald Payne (Democrat-New Jersey)

Organizations

• Rev Jesse Jackson (Rainbow Coalition)
• Baroness Amos, Leader of the UK House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.
• U.S. Congressional Black Caucus delegation
• Ronald A. Tschetter (Peace Corps Director)
• Paul Wolfowitz: Head of the World Bank
• Head of the IMF
• Hon. H.A. Mongella - President of the Pan African Parliament

Entertainment

• Steveland Morris, popularly known as Stevie Wonder
• Malawian Kwacha Cultural Troupe

Sports

• Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pele

Others

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