After two failed bids, Nana Akufo-Addo has managed to clinch Ghana\'s presidency. He had long been seen as an aloof elitist but now many Ghanaians hope the 72-year-old will be the one to fix the economy and create jobs.

Ghana\'s Electoral Commission has declared the presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as winner of the 2016 general elections.

Ghana\'s main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country\'s national election, defeating President John Mahama, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said.