[1] Upon assuming office, Mahama continued the Better Ghana Agenda policy vision initiated by his predecessor.

[4] The opposition filed a petition at the Ghanaian Supreme Court to review the election results but Mahama was declared as president, winning a full term.

[5] African Union commission chairman Thomas Boni Yayi flew to Ghana to meet with the two men.

[7] In anticipation of petitions regarding the election, Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood has established two public complaints secretariats to swiftly process such concerns.

[8] In a statement after being declared the victor, Mahama gave a reconciliatory message, saying "I wish to welcome my fellow candidates to join me now as partners in the project of nation building and of creating a better Ghana".

Thirteen African Heads of State, one Prime Minister, two Vice-Presidents and 18 government delegations across the world attended his inaugural ceremony at the Black Star Square in Accra when Mahama was sworn-in to begin his own four-year term.

[32] In 2015, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo signed a pact to increase relations between the three neighboring countries.

[34][35][36][37][38] The Government of Ghana was reciprocated with an official state visit on 5 August 2013 by the Vice-President of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who met with the Vice-President of Iran, Eshaq Jahangiri on the basis of autarky and possible bilateral trade at the Islamic Republic of Iran's presidential palace, Sa'dabad Palace.

The Ghana Aviation Unit provided the peacekeeping force with one C-295 which served as the sole permanent fixed-wing air support capacity of MINUSMA.

[39] On 30 August 2014, the Ghanaian presidency officially announced of the use of Accra as a logistics and coordination center for the airlift of supplies and personnel to countries affected by the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.

The decision came into fruition after a telephonic meeting with the United Nations chief, Ban Ki-moon and president Mahama.

[40] The "National Preparedness and Response Plan for Prevention and Control of Ebola" was implemented by the government in readiness for an outbreak.

[42] It was revealed in 2016 that Mahama accepted a Ford Expedition from a construction firm bidding for a lucrative government contract in 2012, while he was serving as vice president.

[43][44] Under Mahama's presidency in 2014, massive corruption was discovered at Ghana's Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).

[45][46] In 2015 it was again discovered that the contract for the rebranding of 116 Metro Mass Transit (MMT) buses at a cost of Gh₵3,600,000 was sole sourced and awarded to a company named "Smarttys," owned by a member of the ruling NDC activist Selassie Ibrahim.

[47] John Mahama represented the National Democratic Congress (NDC) while Akufo-Addo was chosen once again as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 general election.