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Effective Mentorship Programme is a game changer for youth development- Impact Wave Initiative CEO
The President and Founder of Impact Wave Initiative, Ms Eunice Golloh, has indicated that effective mentorship is a game changer for youth workforce development as mentors provide individualized career advice and guidance to help mentees navigate the professional landscape and make informed career decisions.
She added that mentorship provides skill development for the youth as mentors impart practical knowledge and industry-specific skills in the process of preparing mentees for real-world challenges in addition to introducing them to professional networks as well as opening doors to new opportunities and collaborations.
Ms Golloh made this statement in celebration of the successful completion of the first cohort of the Impact Wave Initiative Mentorship Program. Seventeen ladies from across the African continent; Ghana, Liberia and Kenya participated in the Impact Wave Initiative Mentorship Program for a period of nine months.
During the period, they had traditional one-on-one mentoring where a mentee and mentor are matched, distance mentoring, where the mentor and mentee in the mentoring relationship are in different locations as well as group mentoring, the case where a single mentor is matched with a cohort of mentees.
Recounting the motivation for initiating the Impact Wave Initiative Mentorship Program, Ms Eunice Golloh indicated that mentorship guarantees young people that there is someone who cares about them, assures them they are not alone in dealing with their day-to-day challenges and makes them feel like they matter.
“Research shows that mentors play a powerful role in providing young people with the tools to make responsible choices, stay in school and engage in their communities. Ultimately, mentoring connects a young person to personal growth and development and social and economic opportunities. Yet one in three young people will grow up without this critical asset. I can confidently say that the Impact Wave Initiative mentorship program has been a game-changer for these amazing young women who are ready to take on the world and make the most of the knowledge acquired over the period,” she emphasized.
In recent times, large groups of people and functions of an entire society are most likely to be affected by social issues. The youth just like adults are not spared from the distressing effects of these social problems. Unfortunately, young people are more susceptible to these challenges which sometimes affect their emotions and physical health.
In addition, advances in technology also means that today’s youth are facing new and different social issues. Electronic media has changed or amplified some teenage troubles: digital communication has changed the way teens interact with their peers.
Digital life also means that many teens lack essential interpersonal communication skills and much of this dysfunction can be linked to the use of technology.
For these reasons, Ms. Golloh believes mentorship, which has been identified as a clear choice to assist young people as they go through challenging life transitions, from dealing with stressful changes to transitioning to adulthood has become more important than ever.
According to her, youth mentoring contributes to the personal development, education and elevation in the general lives of young people.
“Mentorship existed as early as Ancient Greek in Europe then became widespread in the 1970s in the United States, mainly in training contexts, associated with important historical links to the movement advancing workplace equity for women and minorities and was described as an innovation in American management. It was described as the guidance, or direction given by a mentor, someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. Mentoring is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and the psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work, career, or professional development”, she illuminated.
Without a doubt, mentors play a powerful role in providing young people with the tools to make responsible choices, stay in school, and engage in their communities. The President and Founder of Impact Wave Initiative revealed that with a mentor, young people are 55% more likely to enrol in college and 55% to 78% more likely to volunteer regularly and make more positive choices.
Ms. Golloh announced her organization’s preparedness to commence processes leading to the second cohort of the Impact Wave Initiative Mentorship Program in 2024. The application and selection process begins January 2024 and the nine month mentorship starts in July 2024. She urged all young ladies between the ages of 18 and 30 years interested in scaling to the next level of their lives and professional careers to visit www.iiwave.org for more information on the program.
Impact Wave Initiative is a women community-driven non-profit organization dedicated to assisting young women to build their capacities and develop skills in order to become global change-makers and make a meaningful contribution to the development of their various countries. One of the pillars adopted by Impact Wave Initiative to achieve this is mentorship.
The Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) successfully held its sixth (6th) Exchange Programme, hosted by the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) Bank in Accra from March 22 to 23 March.
The event brought together member institutions, partner organisations and Ghanaian public entities to advance dialogue on South-South trade, investment and development finance, while also creating opportunities for knowledge-sharing and institutional cooperation.
Organised as a capacity-building and networking platform, the 2026 edition of the G-NEXID Exchange focused on GEXIM’s experience in developing innovative solutions to promote intra-African and extra-African trade.
It also highlighted trade and investment opportunities in Ghana, particularly in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and broader national development initiatives.
The Exchange Programme forms part of G-NEXID’s mandate to foster cooperation among export-import banks and development finance institutions in support of South-South trade and investment.
This 6th edition follows earlier successful programmes hosted by India Exim Bank (2016), BNDES (2017), Indonesia Eximbank (2018), Afreximbank (2019) and Saudi EXIM Bank (2025).
On the first day, participants were presented with G-NEXID institutional information and received an update on the Network’s 2026 work programme.
There were a series of substantive presentations, including an overview of the Ghanaian economy by the Ministry of Finance, with particular attention to debt-related challenges; a presentation by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), on investment opportunities in the country; and institutional presentations by GEXIM and Development Bank Ghana (DBG) on their respective mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Discussions during the sessions underscored strong interest in sector-focused webinars and business dialogues, particularly in agribusiness value chains such as poultry and rice.
Participants also emphasized the importance of continued information exchange and the sharing of best practices, especially in the area of guarantees.
The second day opened with a presentation on the 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, a national economic transformation strategy launched by President John Dramani Mahama in July 2025.
The initiative aims to enhance economic productivity through continuous industrial activity, accelerated export development and strategic import substitution.
As the programme is expected to mobilise both private and development capital, it presents concrete opportunities for G-NEXID members in areas such as co-financing, guarantees, trade finance and technical cooperation.
The programme also featured institutional presentations by guest organisations, namely the African Guarantee and Economic Cooperation Fund (FAGACE) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD), which shared their mandates, initiatives, products and services.
Following these exchanges, the G-NEXID Secretariat held bilateral discussions with both institutions as part of the Network’s ongoing membership drive.
Participants further benefited from a presentation by the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), as well as a showcase of GEXIM’s key pipeline projects.
On the margins of the Exchange Programme, G-NEXID members also held their 20th Annual General Assembly Meeting to review progress and discuss strategic priorities.
Following the event, participants joined the GEXIM@10 International Conference, held from March 24-25, 2026 under the theme, “A Decade of Enabling Export Trade and Industrial Transformation: Resetting GEXIM for the Next Frontier.”
The conference provided an important platform for exploring how Ghana can strengthen its transition from a primary commodity exporter to a more competitive player in value-added trade and industrial development.
Source – G-NEXID
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, signed five bills including three amendment bills passed by Parliament into law.
They are: Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025; University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Bill, 2025; Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
In a brief remark after assenting to the bills, President Mahama explained that the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, scraps the Office of Minister of National Security and frees the President’s to appoint any Minister to supervise the security agencies.
He said it also reverses the name of the office of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to the original name, Bureau of National Intelligence, (BNI).
This the President said, addresses the confusion between that security agency and a well-known Ghanaian financial institution, the National Investment Bank.
President Mahama also noted that the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, establishes another University in the Eastern Region, at Bonsu, with three campuses – the main campus at Bonsu in the Eastern Region, with the second campus to be cited at Ohawu in the Oti Region.
The third, the Presdient assed will be located at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
Touching on the Amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President said, “As you’re aware, the act was amended to increase it from 1% to 3%, and so this act reduces it again. That is the levy on mining companies. It reduces it again to 1%, because of the introduction of the sliding scale of royalties.”
He also spoke to the passage of the Government Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Act, emphasising that amends Act 1023 to grant greater flexibility to private tertiary institutions and the option to Charter.
The Ghana Deposit Protection Amendment Act, the President concluded, is an amendment to an original act that was supposed to guarantee deposits held in commercial banks or financial institutions.
It basically expands protection to include mobile money wallets and other digital platforms, ensuring a wider scope of digital financial assets are secured.
The signing ceremony, was witnessed by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akrutinga Ayine, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a Senior Presidential Advisor and a Special Aide to the President, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
