Thursday, March 9–Saturday, March 11

Northeastern’s fourth Global Leadership Summit in Accra, Ghana, convened close to 300 alumni, parents, Young Global Leaders, trustees, students, and friends to exchange perspectives, listen and learn from one another, and create positive change.

Speakers included U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Virginia E. Palmer; Second Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana Elsie Addo Awadzi; parent of a Northeastern student and executive chairman at Fueltrade Limited Chris Chinebuah; the chief executive officer of Universal Music South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa Sipho Dlamini; and Ghanaian leadership in the government, banks, private sector, and social enterprise. In addition, the summit provided meaningful opportunities for cultural exploration of Ghana, including a visit to the National Museum of Ghana; performances by Ghanaian musicians; a festival at the Nubuke Foundation that showcased food, music, dance, and artworks by modern Ghanaian artists along with Northeastern-led projects; and a powerful tour of the castles of Cape Coast and Elmina—key locations in the transatlantic slave trade.

Through these shared experiences, we created deep connections with one another and strengthened our engagement in Ghana and across the continent.