Dec 27, 2026 — Jan 5, 2027
leadership, strategy & impact
Day 1 - December 27
Welcome Home – Embracing Ghana’s Spirit
The journey begins the moment you land. Arrive in Accra and feel the warmth of Ghana greet you from the gates of Kotoka International Airport. After a seamless hotel transfer and time to rest and settle in, gather with your cohort for an opening group dinner. Dr. Isaac Addae will officially welcome the group and share the vision for what lies ahead. Prepare to connect, reflect, and set your intentions for the transformational journey ahead. The experience has already begun.
Day 2 - December 28
Accra City Tour – History and Future
Spend the day exploring the heart of Accra with a guided immersion through the city's layered history. Visit Independence Square, the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center for Pan-African Culture, and the vibrant Makola Market. Ghana's journey from the Gold Coast to a sovereign, democratic republic is not abstract here. It lives in the architecture, the names of the streets, and the pride of the people who walk them. Close the day with a welcome reception dinner hosted by your three cohort facilitators.
Days 3 & 4 - December 29-30
Sankofa – Retracing African Diaspora Origins
We’ll travel west to Cape Coast for one of the most powerful two days of the journey, stopping at the Assin Manso Slave River Site, where enslaved Africans took their last bath on Ghanaian soil before being marched to the coast. We check into accommodations near Cape Coast and spend the evening in reflection. The following morning, we enter Cape Coast Castle, one of the most emotionally significant places in the African diaspora. We walk through the dungeons, stand at the Door of No Return, and move through this sacred space with a guide and time for individual silence. The drive back to Accra offers space to breathe, process, and carry the experience into the days ahead.
Day 5 - December 31
Leadership in Context – Nye Year’s Eve
Spend the day in structured dialogue with Ghanaian leaders operating across governance, civil society, and community development. This session is built as an exchange, not a lecture. Participants bring their own leadership experiences into the room, and together the group surfaces insights that no panel or conference could produce. The evening belongs to Ghana. The global African diaspora converges, and the cultural energy is electric. Your cohort will move through curated New Year's Eve experiences across the city. Tonight is designed to be joyful, grounding, and unforgettable.
Day 6 - January 1
Reflection, Renewal & Intention
Begin 2027 on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Watch the sunrise from the beach. This is a sacred morning built around stillness rather than programming. Journaling prompts and a brief guided reflection are offered for those who want them. The rest of the morning is personal time. The afternoon reconvenes the cohort for a collective visioning session: What did you arrive carrying? What are you choosing to leave behind? What intention are you setting for the year ahead? This session is facilitated by Tequila Johnson and Brittany Cole.
Days 7 & 8 - January 2-3
EXPLORING GHANA’S VOLTA REGION
Embark on a scenic drive east to Ghana's Volta Region, a landscape of rolling hills, the Volta River, and a pace of life that invites you to slow down and take it all in. We explore the region's community-based hospitality and entrepreneurship ecosystem, seeing firsthand how innovation and impact take shape beyond the capital. In the evening, we settle in at the Volta Serene Hotel, sharing dinner with local officials against one of the most breathtaking natural backdrops in West Africa. The following day, we sit in conversation with traditional tribal leaders, learning about the structure of the chieftaincy system and the living role it plays in Ghanaian governance, culture, and community life. In the evening, we return to Accra carrying the fullness of everything the Volta Region offered.
Day 9 - January 4
Impact in Action - Leadership Exchange
Visit organizations and entrepreneurs who are building solutions on Ghanaian soil. This is not development tourism. These are peers building companies, designing programs, and scaling impact in the same sectors your cohort works in, just in a different context. The day includes a panel discussion with Ghanaian social entrepreneurs followed by a collaborative workshop where participants share frameworks, tools, and strategies from their own organizations. The cross-pollination is the point. The afternoon transitions into the Leadership Salon, facilitated by all three co-hosts, bringing the cohort's collective expertise into conversation with everything they have experienced over the past nine days.
Day 10 - January 5
Closing Commitments & Departures
The final morning is for integration and continuation. Participants gather for a closing breakfast and share their most significant takeaways. Each participant articulates one concrete commitment they are making as they return home, a leadership action rooted in their experience in Ghana. Airport transfers begin in the afternoon for departing flights. Carry what you experienced forward into your work and your life. Ghana will be here. Come back. This isn’t goodbye, but the start of a deeper connection with Ghana.
Note: All itineraries are subject to change. Weather, availability, and other unforeseen circumstances may impact listed activities.
