For years, the unspoken rule of getting ahead was simple: guard your contacts, protect your knowledge, and climb the ladder alone. It created a lot of successful, exhausted women. It also left a lot of other women standing at the bottom, looking up.

This March, a gathering in Accra is betting on a different formula.

The 8th National Women’s Summit & Expo (NWSE) lands at the Palms Convention Centre on Friday, 13 March 2026, and the people behind it are asking attendees to try something that might feel uncomfortable at first: give.

Not your money. Your time. Your contacts. Your hard-won wisdom.

The “Give to Gain” Mindset

The theme this year is “Give to Gain.” It is not one of those corporate slogans that sound nice and means nothing. It is a direct challenge to the scarcity mindset that tells women there is only one seat at the table.

Organizers are pushing the idea that success actually multiplies when you share it. If you mentor someone, you learn something. If you open a door for another woman, you build an ally. If you invest in a female founder, you grow the economy for everyone. It is a shift from asking “How do I get mine?” to asking “How do we build ours?”

More Than a Day of Speeches

If you have been to a few conferences in your time, you know the drill. Nice keynote. Warm coffee. A brochure you throw away on the way out.

NWSE has been running for seven years now, and the people who go actually seem to do things afterwards. It pulls in a mix you don’t often see in the same room: corporate board members sitting next to students who just started their first business, bankers chatting with creatives, founders looking for capital sitting across from the people who control it.

This year, they are leaning hard into the practical stuff. There will be the usual panels on leadership and entrepreneurship, but the focus is on access—access to money, access to networks, and access to the kind of advice you usually have to buy a very expensive lunch to get.

The Speed Mentorship Sessions

One of the more useful parts of the day is the speed mentorship. Imagine sitting down with a woman who has already made the mistakes you are about to make, and she tells you exactly how to avoid them in ten minutes. No fluff. No business card collecting. Just a quick, honest conversation that might change your direction.

Who Is Showing Up

The partners backing this thing are names you trust: Charterhouse, Geisha, and MTN Ghana, with support from Bayport, Standard Chartered, and Bel-Aqua. That mix matters. It signals that this is not a side project or a “women’s issue” event tucked away in a small hall. It is a mainstream business platform.

If You Want a Table

Organizers are also putting out the call for vendors. If you run a small business, a startup, or a brand trying to reach women who actually make decisions, the Expo floor might be worth your time. Spaces are limited, and they tend to go to people who book early rather than people who think about it.

Why Bother?

The world does not need another event where people take photos and post inspirational quotes. What it needs is the thing this summit is trying to manufacture: actual connection.

In a time when everyone is selling a course or guarding their “secret sauce,” the radical act might just be opening your mouth and sharing what you know.

When: Friday, 13 March 2026, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Where: Palms Convention Centre, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
Registration: Open now
Vendor/Partnership Enquiries: 020 471 4598 or 024 646 9062

If you find yourself in Accra on the 7th of March, 2026, forget whatever dinner plans you had. There is only one place to be, and it is at the Efua Sutherland Park.

The Kenkey Festival is turning ten. A decade ago, it started as a small gathering of people who simply loved this fermented staple too much to keep quiet about it. Today, it has grown into one of the most anticipated food gatherings on the Ghanaian calendar. And on March 7th, the park will fill up with smoke, music, and the unmistakable aroma of corn dough steaming in dried leaves.

What Happens at the Festival?

This is not a sit-down dinner. This is a carnival.

Vendors from across the country will set up stations, each serving their version of the perfect kenkey. You will find the classic Accra style—white, sour balls of Ga kenkey served with fried fish, raw pepper, and a side of shito that demands respect. Right next to them, you will spot the Fante people with their soft, wrapped dokono, darker in color and sweeter on the palate. The friendly arguments over which one is better usually last until the music starts.

And the music will start. Expect live bands, DJs spinning Highlife and Afrobeats, and a crowd that treats the walkways as dance floors. There are eating competitions for the brave, cooking demonstrations for the curious, and plenty of seats under the trees for those who just want to soak it in.

The 10th Anniversary Vibe

Reaching ten years is a milestone for any event in Accra. The organizers are promising something special. Think limited-edition merchandise, a look back at photos from the past decade, and a few surprises that nod to the journey from 2016 to 2026.

The atmosphere is family-friendly but lively. You will see toddlers wobbling with their first taste of kenkey, right next to uncles who have been eating it for sixty years. It is a day when Ghanaians from all walks of life come together, and tourists get a front-row seat to the real Accra.

Plan Your Day

The date is set: Saturday, the 7th of March, 2026.

The place: Efua Sutherland Park, right in the heart of the city.

Come hungry. Come with cash for the vendors. Bring a friend who doesn’t mind sharing a table. Whether you are a lifelong fan of kenkey or you have never tried it before, this festival is your invitation to taste, dance, and celebrate something truly local.

If you think you have seen everything Ghana has to offer, let me tell you about a place where time seems to stand still. Up in the Upper East Region, nestled among the rocky outcrops of the Tongo Hills, the Talensi people hold onto a tradition that refuses to fade. This is the Gologo Festival. It is not the kind of event where you show up for a quick photo and leave. It grabs hold of something deeper.

A Prayer Before the Planting

Picture this: it is the end of March, the dry season has parched the land, and the air shimmers with heat. The rains are just around the corner, and the soil waits for the first seeds. For the Talensi, you do not just rush into farming. You have to ask permission. You have to seek blessings. That is what Gologo—sometimes called the Golib Festival—is all about. It is a plea to the gods and ancestors for a good harvest, for plentiful rain, and for the community’s safety.

For three days, the celebration moves across different villages—Gorogo, Yinduri, and finally climaxes at Teng-Zug. This is not a loud, flashy street parade. It is raw and spiritual. The earth priests, known as the Tindaana, lead the way up to the sacred shrines tucked within the hills. They pour libations and offer sacrifices so that when the first millet is sown, it will grow strong.

The Look of Humility

What makes Gologo stand out from every other festival in the country is its look. If you visit during this time, you will notice something striking. The men wear only short knickers with a towel draped across their chest. The women wrap a long cloth from their chest down to their feet, their heads covered in fabric woven right there in the community. There is no room for flashy designer prints here. This simplicity is deliberate—it is about humility before the spirits. In fact, for a whole month leading up to the main event, you will not hear drums blasting or see people mourning loudly. Noise is forbidden. It is a time of quiet reflection.

Why You Belong There

As a tourist, you might wonder—is this something I can just walk into? The answer is yes, but you have to come with respect. The Ghana Tourism Authority has been pushing to repackage Gologo to attract more visitors, not to turn it into a circus, but to let the world see how culture can survive against all odds. Watching the Golob dancers move to rhythms that seem to shake the very ground is something else. They dress in what looks like war attire, clutching knives, moving with an energy that makes you forget your phone exists.

For the local Ghanaian reading this, especially those who grew up in the cities where these traditions feel distant, Gologo is a homecoming. It reminds you that our identity is not just in the highlife music or the jollof wars. It is in the earth. It is in the way our people look at the sky and talk to God before they plant a seed.

A Link to the Ancient World

The significance goes beyond the dancing. At its core, the festival reinforces the community’s belief in the Nnoo shrine, the spiritual bedrock of Talensi life. It is a time when the young learn the songs composed by the elders, when families come together, and when the past meets the present. If you time your visit right, usually around March or early April, depending on the moon, you will leave with more than just photos. You will leave with a story about people who refuse to let the modern world silence their prayers.

So pack light, leave the noisy distractions behind, and head to Teng-Zug. Let the earth shake beneath your feet.