Destination Africa, a programme dedicated to empowering children of the African continent and diaspora to elevate Africa to the next level, will on Saturday, host its maiden Children’s Showcase and Kidpreneurial fair at the Exotic Park, Westland Blvd, West Legon, Accra.

The fair seeks to empower children of the African continent and diasporas between the ages of three to 16 years to elevate Africa to the next level in all industries by shaping the African child with the right mindset, ability, and knowledge to succeed on all levels as well as teach these young children how to compete globally in their chosen fields.

During the fair, the kids will participate in expressive art and design, storytelling, African current affairs debates, presentation of awards among a few others.

The fair will see special guests such as Wode Maya, Kwadwo Sheldon, Kofi Amoabeng, Skin Gourmet, Esther Cobbah, Okyeame Kwame among others.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Destination Africa, Mr. Michael Ekow Richardson said Destination Africa designs powerful termly adventures and projects for children and teens to create, explore, solve problems, collaborate, and impact the world they live in blending African languages, culture, history, critical thinking, public speaking, proverbs, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and cooking.

“Destination Africa believes in ‘Inspiring the LEARNERS of TODAY and the LEADERS of TOMORROW’ with the passion to inspire the next generation with the life skills needed to become the next leaders, in a modern and exciting way,” he said.

Shaping the mindset of the African Child

Destination Africa believes that all children are born equal with each one possessing unique gifts to fulfil their purpose however, due to circumstances beyond one’s control; it has become apparent that the African child can oftentimes be disadvantaged along their journey. 

Whether it is a lack of resources, teaching support, inadequate facilities, or limited opportunities, the African child struggles to keep up with the ever-developing global village.

To this effect, Destination Africa workshops have been designed to redefine the narrative of the African child by structuring programme that will help children who attend the fair discover their full potential, understand and embrace their purpose, and transform the world they live in into a better place.

Destination Africa has combined six cutting-edge subjects to logistically build up every child intellectually, socially, and emotionally. 

Destination Africans objective is to increase children’s learning ability, creativity, and problem-solving by at least 50 per cent as it works alongside parents, schools, club leaders to improve each child and deliver an experience that will carry all participants through a lifetime.

The children’s showcase and kidprenurial fair will be showcasing the talents of the children and the knowledge they have acquired over the course of the previous term. The event which starts at exactly 10: 30am will begin with a showcase of entertainment and presentations followed by an awards ceremony where celebrity and impactful guests will be acknowledged for their work and impact on society.

With fun, food, games, giveaways, music, local artisans, and stalls, this fair will be a great inspirational and fun day for the whole family. All participants that will partake in the maiden edition of Ghana’s first Showcase and Kidpreneurial fair will have to purchase their ticket to validate their attendance. Family tickets are going for GH¢120 (2 adults, 3 children); Single Adult, GH¢40; Single Child, GH¢20. It is free for children under 2 years.