The Ghana Olympians Association (GOA), together with the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and the GOC Athletes Commission, will hold a career transition and mentoring workshop on January 5, 2026, at the Media Centre of the Accra Sports Stadium.

The workshop, titled “The End Is Really the Beginning ooo”, is aimed at elite athletes and other sportsmen and women preparing for life after competitive sport.

It focuses on the need for athletes to combine sporting commitments with academic development, professional skills acquisition, mentoring and network-building, rather than treating career planning as a post-retirement concern.

Organisers note that many of the difficulties athletes encounter after leaving competition stem from limited early planning.

As a result, the workshop will address early career planning, mentoring, financial literacy, transferable skills and navigating institutional systems within the Ghanaian sports environment. Career transition will be discussed as a continuous process that begins during an athlete’s active years.

Sportsmen and women nominated by 22 national sports federations, spanning Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines, are expected to participate.

Sessions will include discussions and practical activities on mentoring relationships, networking, education and career decision-making, and applying skills developed through sport—such as discipline and teamwork—to other professional fields.

Facilitators will include former Olympians and professionals with backgrounds in sport administration, education, finance and athlete development.

The programme will draw on local case studies and practical examples relevant to both active sporting careers and post-competition work life.

Source: www.ghanaolympic.org