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Accra & Safari Valley Resort, Ghana
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Future Leaders Retreat — Ghana

Inspiring tomorrow's leaders across every profession.

Dates

22 – 25 October 2026

Location

Accra & Safari Valley Resort, Ghana

Designed for

High school students

Enrolment

By school / group booking

The programme

What this is, and who it is for

A four-day residential programme that takes senior students out of the classroom and into a setting built for reflection, ambition and honest conversation about the future.

Students work through leadership and communication training, career planning, university personal statements and interview preparation — then test all of it in front of professionals who have walked those paths.

The retreat closes with an educational and cultural tour of Accra, so the learning is anchored to a place and a set of people, not just a workbook.

Designed for

  • High school students
  • School leadership and accompanying staff
  • Students preparing for the next stage of their education
Future Leaders Retreat — Ghana programme poster

Registration for the October 2026 cohort is now closed. Join the interest list to hear first about the next Future Leaders Retreat.

22 – 25 October 2026

Accra & Safari Valley Resort, Adukrom, Eastern Region

Ghana

Highlights

What the days are made of

STEAM engagements

Hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and maths sessions that make the subjects tangible rather than examinable.

Critical thinking

Structured problem-solving that rewards asking the better question rather than reaching the fastest answer.

Leadership & communication

Practical sessions on leading peers, speaking with authority and working inside a team that does not always agree.

Personal statements that stand out

Students leave with a drafted, critiqued personal statement rather than a template to fill in later.

University & scholarship interviews

Live interview practice with structured feedback on content, delivery and composure under pressure.

Guest masterclass

Lights, Camera, Purpose — building a career in film, media and creative entrepreneurship, with an interactive Q&A.

Personal branding

How students present themselves on paper, online and in a room full of people deciding about their future.

Career pathways

Exposure to professions students rarely meet at school, and a personal action plan to pursue them.

Day by day

The itinerary

  • Arrival in Accra and welcome
  • Transfer to Safari Valley Resort
  • Orientation, house rules and opening circle
The venue

Accra & Safari Valley Resort

Safari Valley Resort dining courtyard

The retreat opens and closes in Accra and is hosted at Safari Valley Resort — an eco-resort in Ghana's Eastern Region, with woodland cabins, open-air dining and grounds designed for reflection.

Students on a previous Ghana programme at Black Star Gate, Accra
Students on a previous EnLight programme in Accra.
Your hosts & facilitators

The people in the room

Utibe-Abasi Ekpe

Utibe-Abasi Ekpe

Founder & Principal · EnLight Group

Leadership & Personal Branding

Utibe-Abasi founded EnLight to build the kind of learning experiences she spent her career wishing existed — programmes that combine serious content, the right practitioners and a destination that makes the lesson stick. She leads programme design and facilitation across EnLight's student and executive work.

Mike Godson

Mike Godson

Actor, Producer & Entrepreneur · Guest Masterclass

Film Production, Film & Media

A leading Nigerian actor and producer whose career spans film, television and creative entrepreneurship. He joins the retreat to show students what a non-linear, self-built career actually looks like from the inside.

Interest list

Hear about the next one first

Registration for the October 2026 cohort is now closed. Join the interest list to hear first about the next Future Leaders Retreat.

Submitting this form sends an enquiry to the EnLight team — it is not a payment. We confirm availability and next steps by email or WhatsApp.

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