NGO holds youth conference

A youth conference that aims at accelerating entrepreneurship skills among the youth in various tertiary institutions and communities through an open discussion and practical perceptive on career path development is underway in Accra.

The one-day conference, being held by International Youth of West Africa (IYWA) in collaboration with the Governance Africa Foundation (GAF) seeks to gather information from all student leaders of the 23 universities, brainstorm and discuss pragmatic measures that the power of entrepreneurial actions could be used to transform academic and after-school career prospects.

It is on the theme: “Deepening the Integration of Democracy and Entrepreneurship through Youth Leadership.”

Mr Godwin Segalah, President of IYWA, said the conference, the first ever, would see the team embarking on an educational project that solely tried to solve the economic, social and environmental issues of students, academia and the business fraternity of the country.

“We are dedicated towards the shaping of value-driven leaders who have the unique combination of character and competence to make a difference through whatever endeavour they choose,” he said.

Mr Segalah said there was the commitment towards the use of expertise, time and resource persons to help new generations of young leaders in understanding the promises of businesses that would create meaningful and lasting change for their future.

During the open forum, the youth were advised to be logical and good problem solvers as well as take initiatives that would challenge them to connect to continental level for productive goals to be achieved.

Participants were also urged to indulge in regional integration activities and learn from their own space as it would also benefit them in their chosen endeavours.

Some participants who spoke to the Ghana News Agency expressed satisfaction about the conference and called for more of such educative programmes to be included in their curriculum.

IYWA is a non-profitable organisation with diverse background with the aim of building peace in Ghana and across the African continent.