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A Moment That Shifted Everything

Sometimes, one room can change everything. Mentorship and leadership programmes focused on youth development can offer life-changing experiences. For Afia Ackah, that room was the SheLeads Finance Event at JPMorgan Chase, an intimate, highly curated experience hosted by BelEve for ambitious young women exploring future careers in global markets, banking and finance.

For Afia, the experience was more than a workshop; it was confirmation of how impactful mentorship can be for youth development. It highlighted the significance of mentorship leadership programmes youth development.

“This event was a massive destiny help and reminder of self-belief that you can achieve anything, as there is nothing too big for God.”

Her words capture what so many girls experience through BelEve: the spark that ignites courage, calling and clarity.

The Power of Faith, Mentorship & Exposure

Through BelEve’s positive mentorship leadership programmes and youth development for girls, Afia accessed not just a room full of influential finance leaders but a space that affirmed her identity, ambition and God-given potential through leadership programmes intertwined with mentorship.

At the SheLeads Event, she heard directly from inspiring women in the industry, including Isik Guven Toktamis, Nicole Cunliffe, and Esther Akinlosotu, leaders who reflected the excellence, resilience and brilliance Afia sees in herself.

BelEve’s UK girls mentorship leadership programmes prioritise this: ✔ visibility of women across sectors ✔ mentorship programmes for teen girls ✔ exposure to career pathways and skill-building opportunities ✔ faith-safe, supportive spaces for self-belief

Afia didn’t just walk away inspired, she walked away transformed.

From Tech Sales to Finance — A Bold Career Switch

Before this event, Afia was already excelling in Tech Sales. But her calling, she realized, was shifting toward a more meaningful path in mentorship leadership programmes and youth development.

The SheLeads Finance event helped her see that transitioning into finance wasn’t just possible, it was purposeful.

She left with renewed clarity:

• continue building her business BossWomenSell
• pursue a career move into finance
• trust the timing and the grace over her journey

As she beautifully referenced:

“Every place the sole of your foot treads, I have given you.” Joshua 1:3

Confidence meets calling and BelEve stands right beside her on this journey of youth development.

How BelEve Creates These Catalytic Moments

BelEve continues to deliver experiences that spark transformation through:

• leadership programmes
• STEM mentorship for girls
• digital skills training
• girls entrepreneurship and financial literacy workshops
• self-esteem and confidence development

Afia’s story is a living example of what happens when girls are given access, opportunity, and belief through mentorship leadership programmes youth development.

Afia’s Message to Her Sisters

Afia left the programme with a message every BelEve girl needs to hear:

“Networking isn’t about collecting contacts, it’s about reminding yourself that YOU CAN.”

And she’s right. Through mentorship, faith, community and a powerful network of leadership programmes, Afia is stepping boldly into her next chapter.

And BelEve couldn’t be prouder.