Office 01
Participant office
Derick Amponsem
Programmes and Cohort Officer
Ghana
Cohort design, recruitment and the delivery calendar.
Primary output Running cohorts, attendance and completion records.
Ref. EGA/GD/GO/APT/2026/004
The People Behind EGA
The people who carry the bridge
Ten appointed officers hold EGA's Global Offices while still on the programme, mentored by the Office of the Global Director. Around them stand the founders from six countries and a growing network of mentors.
Why we build bridges
EGA means bridge builder.
A bridge carries weight across a gap. That is the whole of the method: young people on one side, verified opportunity on the other.
That is why EGA offers young people leadership roles while they are still on the programme: a real office, held on merit, is the first verifiable year of responsibility that employers ask for and almost nobody provides.
A bridge is judged by what crosses it, and by whether it holds.
The experience paradox
Across the world, and particularly in the Global South, young people are told that they lack experience. They are told this by the very institutions that will not provide the place where experience is first obtained. Training fills the gap with certificates, and a certificate proves attendance rather than competence.
Our answer: leadership from within
The most unusual design decision at EGA is that the organisation is largely run by the young people it serves. Where does a young person get the first verifiable year of responsibility? Most organisations ask somebody else to provide it. EGA provides it internally, at a scale it can actually supervise.
The constraint that keeps it honest
Intake is capped by supervision capacity and never by demand. If forty applications arrive and there is capacity to supervise six, EGA admits six and says so. The cap is the product, not an obstacle to it, and it is the honest answer to anyone who asks why our numbers are small.
The Bridge Framework at a glance
Ten Global Offices in three clusters, one Secretariat, one approving office. Every office states what it owns and what it does not.
Secretariat tier
Routing, records, clearance and institutional memory
Cluster one
Programme Delivery
- Programmes and Cohort
- Talent and Quality Learn2Earn Korkor
- Country Directorate Russia and Pathway
Cluster two
Global Positioning
- International Relations and Diplomacy
- Communications, Media and Brand
- Global SDGs and Support
Cluster three
Evidence and Systems
- Research and Policy
- Technology, Software and AI Innovation
- Legal and Human Resources
- Digital Systems and InnovationOpen
Dashed outline marks a recorded open structural question. Placement is as published at the First Induction, 5 September 2026.
“The people currently running this organisation were participants who did not disappear. That is the entire difference. Not talent, not connections, not luck.”
Talent from within
How EGA appoints leaders from inside its cohorts
Where does a young person get the first verifiable year of responsibility? EGA provides it internally: participants and alumni apply for real offices, are scored against published criteria, and are appointed on merit while their own programme continues.
1
Cohort participation
Completion is the single strongest signal in every EGA selection process. Officers are drawn from participants and alumni who finished.
2
Application
One form, a first and second choice of office, and a one-page plan for the first ninety days. Clarity and realism, not ambition alone.
3
Practical task
A short task drawn from the position itself, such as a sample calendar or a draft note. The only part of an application EGA can verify itself.
4
Panel interview
Around twenty minutes with a small panel: how you think, and whether you understand the boundary of what you are applying for.
5
References and declarations
One or two references, plus signed conduct, safeguarding and conflict-of-interest declarations before any access is released.
6
Offer, letter and induction
A signed appointment letter with a named mandate, standing deliverables and review points, then a formal induction.
7
Twelve months in office
Six to fifteen hours a week, a monthly one-page report, and mentoring by the Office of the Global Director throughout the term.
8
Verified Experience Record
Issued on completion against evidence held, not tenure: named deliverables, verified hours and a supervisor's attestation a stranger can check.
How every applicant is scored
Out of 100. 60 is the floor.
A total below 60 does not result in an appointment, however many positions remain open. A place is left empty rather than filled weakly, because a weak appointment devalues the record of everybody who holds one properly.
Evidence of follow-through 25
Something you started and actually finished, with proof
Quality of the practical task 25
Accuracy, structure and judgement under a real constraint
Availability and realism 15
A credible weekly plan alongside study or work
Written communication 15
Writing that could be sent to an institution as it stands
Understanding of the boundary 10
You can explain what the position does not own
Values, safeguarding and integrity 10
Sound judgement on confidentiality, consent and conflict of interest
What an appointment at EGA means
A named mandate
A defined area of responsibility with stated outputs. Not a general willingness to help.
A defined commitment
A stated term reviewed at its end, and a working load of six to fifteen hours each week.
A documented standard
Conduct, representation and confidentiality are written down and apply from day one.
A verifiable record
On completion, a Verified Experience Record that a third party can check.
An appointment at EGA Mentorship International is a working office, not a title.
6 to 15
hours a week, the floor and the ceiling of what is asked
12 months
per term, renewable once on performance review
90 · 180 · 365
days: the three review points of every appointment
VER
a Verified Experience Record on completion, issued against evidence held
10 · 10 · 1
offices, officers and one Secretariat at the First Induction
6 of 10
offices held by participants and alumni on merit
From the Global Officers Role Pack v2.0, the 2026 appointment letters (31 August 2026) and the record of the First Induction of Appointed Leaders, Office of the Global Director, 5 September 2026.
What makes our method different
A method claim, not a claim of superiority. Other organisations do valuable work. This is what we do differently.
Real mandates
Participants hold named responsibility for work the organisation actually needs done, with a supervisor and a deadline.
The common alternative issues a certificate for attendance. Attendance is not work.
Verified experience
Hours are logged, deliverables are named, and a supervisor attests to them before anything is certified.
The common alternative counts months enrolled. Months enrolled are not hours delivered.
Honest credentialing
The record states an assessed competency level against the evidence held, and states its own limits.
The common alternative reports years of experience. Years are not evidence of competence.
Global Offices
The 2026 appointed officers
Inducted in Accra, Ghana on 5 September 2026. Every appointment is a working office, not a title.
Shortlisted from Cohorts 1 and 2 for the commitment and drive they showed on the programme, interviewed by the selection panel on 29 August 2026 and appointed with effect from 1 September 2026, these officers hold EGA's ten Global Offices while continuing their own programme. They are based in Ghana, Pakistan, India and Russia, and all are mentored by the Office of the Global Director throughout their term.
Cluster oneProgramme Delivery
The offices that put participants in front of real work and hold the standard of what is delivered, including the Country Directorate for Russia and the Accra to Moscow Pathway.
L2N KP 02
Participant office
Jonas Ehorkey
Talent and Quality Officer, Learn2Earn Korkor Project
Ghana
Assessment of intern work and the standard applied to it.
Primary output Competency assessments feeding the Verified Experience Record.
Ref. EGA/GD/L2N/APT/2026/006
Country Directorate
Country DirectorateAlso an EGA mentor
Shepelina Oksana
Country Director, Russia; Accra to Moscow Pathway
Russia
Country representation and delivery of the pathway programme.
Primary output Scholarship, conference and exchange pipeline.
Appointed following EGA's Memorandum of Understanding with the Ghana Russia Center for Commerce and Relations, signed 30 August 2026. Partner
Cluster twoGlobal Positioning
The offices that carry the organisation's name outward, and are therefore the offices with the least unilateral authority.
Office 04
Participant office
Isbah Arshad
International Relations and Diplomacy Officer
Pakistan
Institutional approaches, protocol and partner correspondence.
Primary output Approach records, meeting notes, partnership pipeline.
Ref. EGA/GD/GO/APT/2026/003
Office 07
Participant office
Cudjoe Philemon Otuah
Communications, Media and Brand Officer
Ghana
Public representation, brand discipline and media consent.
Primary output Published material cleared through the Secretariat.
Ref. EGA/GD/SEC/APT/2026/005
Secretariat
Senior appointment, SecretariatAlso an EGA mentor
Kenneth Adu-Akwabeng
Global SDGs Director and Support Lead; Acting Head of International Relations and Diplomacy
Ghana
Alignment of programmes to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Primary output SDG mapping and cross-office support.
Declared interest. Chief Executive of Ken Inspired Network, an EGA partner organisation. Declared before appointment, recorded in the letter, and governed: he takes no part in EGA decisions concerning Ken Inspired Network.
Ref. EGA/GD/SEC/APT/2026/009
Cluster threeEvidence and Systems
The offices that make claims checkable and keep the organisation legally and technically sound.
Secretariat
Senior appointment, Secretariat
Hannah Appiah
Head, Office of Legal and Human Resources; Head of the EGA Secretariat
Ghana
Instruments, appointment terms, conduct and safeguarding.
Primary output Appointment records, policy instruments, case handling.
Secretariat Directorate
Senior appointment, Secretariat
Robert Aryeh
Head of Technology, Software and AI Innovation
Ghana
Two-track technical delivery under the OTSAI charter; supervises the Industrial Readiness Internship and Learn2Earn technical delivery.
Primary output Community builds, commissioned work, technical standards.
Ref. EGA/GD/SEC/APT/2026/002
Office 08
Participant office
Bright Eghan
Research and Policy Officer
Ghana
Evidence base, policy positions and source discipline.
Primary output Cited research notes and policy submissions.
Ref. EGA/GD/GO/APT/2026/007
Office 10
Participant office
Leilatu Talaata Adama
Digital Systems and Innovation Officer
India
Internal systems, data handling and platform development.
Primary output Systems roadmap and data protection practice.
Ref. EGA/GD/GO/APT/2026/010
Accountability
First accountability gate: 4 December 2026. Appointments run to 31 August 2027, renewable once on performance review, with reviews at ninety days, six months and twelve months.
Standing rule
No officer signs an external agreement on behalf of EGA Mentorship International. The Global Director is the sole signatory, and nothing is claimed that cannot be evidenced.
Record of the First Induction of Appointed Leaders, Office of the Global Director, 5 September 2026. Names as signed on the appointment letters issued 31 August 2026.
Our wider team
Founders and mentors
The people who support the officers: founding members from six countries and the volunteer professionals who mentor every cohort.
Dr. Esther Ngosa
Co-Founder & Director of Global Wellness
Africa, Zambia
Tatiana Kitay-Gora
Mentor & Program Director
South America, Bolivia
David Bunbun
Mentorship Coordinator
West Africa, Ghana
Florian Fimbel
International Relations & Youth in Democracy Lead
Europe, France
Steve W Collins
Mentor & Climate Talent Lead
West Africa, Liberia
KOFI AFRIYIE SANTUOH
Mentor, PhD Candidate Europe
West Africa, Ghana
Vitta
Mentor & Programs Lead, Asia
Asia, Indonesia
Richard Mensah
Founder & Global Director
West Africa, Ghana
Richard is the founder & Global Director of EGA Mentorship International. He has 10years experience in community development, youth leadership and national development. He holds an MSc in AI and Data Science from Bangor, UK M.A I/O Psychology from IGNOU, India & Intercultural Communications from RUDN, Russia. Based in the UK, He is a member of Roscongress Foundation, Fellow at World Youth Festival, New Generation Fellow, Eurasia Global Fellow, Cambridge DemEd Global Fellow, GoFair Trade Former Team Lead, Chechen Republic Regional Fellow, UNYA-GH Former Youth MP at Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Volunteer, Formal Western North Regional Rep, Volunteer, e-VBAB scholar, GSS Scholar, British Council Great Scholarship Winner, Young Diplomat Fellow and Friends for Leadership Fellow. Richard has gained international exposure in 11 different countries to which He founded EGAMI on the conviction that talent is evenly distributed across the world but opportunity is not, and that structured mentorship is the most reliable bridge between the two.
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