The convener of the maiden Kingdom Builders Summit 2026, Ellen Abena Addo, has challenged professional women and entrepreneurs to stop treating faith as a Sunday exercise and start applying it as an active framework for investment, business building and financial freedom.
Addo, founder of the Global Purpose Driven Foundation and a former council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG), made the call at the two-day summit held in Accra over the Independence Day weekend. The event brought together professional women, entrepreneurs and career starters under a programme designed to integrate Christian principles with practical leadership across business, governance and civic life.
“The world may teach Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, but we are bringing back the Kingdom order. And the order is God first, then the home or family, ministry or career, before societal impact. Seek Him first, and all other things will be added. This is the first step towards freedom and balance,” she told participants.
Addo, who is also a Capstone Young Financial Literacy Campaigner, said the summit was deliberately timed to fall between Ghana’s Independence Day and International Women’s Day, describing it as a convergence she saw as both symbolic and strategic for mobilising women into leadership and economic action.
The forum also drew a prominent political voice. Helen Adjoa Ntoso, Chairperson of Parliament’s Gender, Children and Social Welfare Committee and Member of Parliament for the Krachi West Constituency in the Oti Region, used the platform to call for stronger participation of women in governance, noting that only 41 of Ghana’s 276 parliamentary seats are currently held by women. Ntoso highlighted the Affirmative Action Gender Equity Act 2024 as a legislative step toward closing that gap and urged faith-grounded women to enter politics and public institutions without retreating from their values.
Addo connected the summit’s economic vision to the current global moment, citing the United States withdrawal from several United Nations programmes as a signal that local agency and domestic strategy must fill the vacuum, particularly in the management of Ghana’s natural resources.
The summit served as a platform for mentorship, networking and knowledge sharing, with the stated goal of producing transformational leaders capable of influencing homes, institutions and nations through faith-based leadership. Organisers said they intend for the gathering to grow into an annual movement rather than a standalone event.
