A two-day youth empowerment summit dubbed: “6th Amicus Youth Empowerment summit,” is underway in Accra, on the theme: “Reactivating the Ghanaian Dream: The Answer to Ghana’s Youth Unemployment.” The Summit is a platform for advocacy and awareness creation on entrepreneurship and youth development. Mr. Dakumba Ben Asomoaning, Country Director of Amicus Onlus Ghana, said the summit would have a positive effect on the well being and growth of participants by instilling in them a sense of determination to change destructive habits. He was speaking in Accra on Wednesday ahead of the summit to corporate institutions, which attracted Mr. Chris Gardener, a renowned motivational speaker, best seller novel author as the keynote speaker. He said the event would also change debilitating perceptions and instil in the participants logic of consciousness and awareness to pursue secured, equitable and sustainable lifestyles. Mr. Asomoaning noted that the summit among other things would identify feasible job creation and employment opportunities in areas such as information Communication Technology, Agri-business, Oil/Gas and Renewable Energy, Green Revolution and Climate Change. He said ideas would be shared on knowledge and competencies required to discover, establish and manage start-up businesses. The Amicus youth empowerment summit has also advanced in partnering the London Business School to build the capacity of the Ghanaian youth to meet international business standards. “Holistic capacity development can be a great leveller, with the ability to empower people in all corners in the developing world”, he said. Mr Gardener, Chief Executive Officer of a brokerage firm, Gardener Rich LLC, urged participants to ensure that they protect their dreams from people who do not believe in them, and to be passionate about anything they do. Amicus Onlus is an international organisation of volunteers that works towards the creation of sustainable human development through capacity building. Source: GNA