Sherif Ghali · Entrepreneur, Policy Practitioner & Institution Builder
I’m Sherif Ghali, a Ghanaian entrepreneur, policy practitioner and institutional leader working across public policy, enterprise development and technology.
Current positions
For more than a decade I have worked where public policy, enterprise development and technology meet. My focus is turning policy ideas into practical programmes and institutions: founding and leading the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, co-leading the technical committee on Ghana’s Innovation and Startup Bill, and now leading the Ghana Youth Federation.
Four initiatives, each with my own role stated separately from what the institution achieved, and the sources behind it.
A non-profit chamber that unites, engages and promotes the businesses and innovations of young entrepreneurs in Ghana. Founded in 2015, it now has more than 19,000 members.
My roleFounder and CEO until 1 September 2026; now Chairman of the Governing Council.
EvidenceMyJoyOnline: Sherif Ghali steps down as CEO after 10 years (1 September 2026) (opens in a new tab)
Read the case studyA multi-stakeholder effort, convened by the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), to draft a legal framework for start-ups and innovation in Ghana.
My roleOn the technical committee since its inauguration in October 2020, first as coordinator representing the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs and now as Co-Chair, alongside Franklin Owusu-Karikari of NEIP.
Read the case studyA GH¢3 million member-contribution fund launched by the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs in September 2023 with the European Union and SNV Ghana, to widen young entrepreneurs’ access to finance.
My roleCEO of the Chamber when the Fund was developed and launched. Presented the Fund at the launch and called on partners to join.
Read the case studyGhana’s apex, non-partisan, youth-led body, set up under the National Youth Authority Act to bring youth-led and youth-focused organisations together.
My rolePresident of the Federation’s interim national leadership, inaugurated on 12 August 2025. Earlier, as a member of the National Youth Authority Governing Board, worked on its formation.
EvidenceGhana Youth Federation: official website (opens in a new tab)
Read the case studyOriginal analysis and commentary on governance, entrepreneurship, technology and institutional reform. News and appointments are in News & updates.
I spoke last week in Moscow, at the plenary session on the values of a new world from a youth perspective. My topic was meaningful youth participation in decision making, and the move from symbolic representation to equal participation.
Keynotes, panels and policy dialogues on entrepreneurship, public policy, institutions and technology, in Ghana and abroad.
Spoke at the plenary session on the values of a new world from a youth perspective, on meaningful youth participation in decision making and the move from symbolic representation to equal participation. The assembly (18–19 September 2026, World Trade Center) brought together delegates from more than 150 countries.
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Spoke as President of the Ghana Youth Federation on youth unemployment, noting that nearly 2 million young Ghanaians aged 15 to 35 are not in education, employment or training (19 August 2026).
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Address at the fifth edition, themed “Resetting Ghana: The Role of Youth Entrepreneurship in National Renewal” (31 October 2025). Announced the Young Entrepreneurs Pitch to back 10 promising youth-led businesses.
Event page (opens in a new tab)Coverage by independent publications, honours received and the documented results of the institutions I have led. Each item links to its original source.
MyJoyOnline reports that Sherif Ghali has ended a ten-year tenure as CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs, which he founded in 2015 with 15 entrepreneurs and which now has more than 19,000 members. Agnes Anyawen succeeds him, and he will focus on the Ghana Youth Federation as its President.
Speaking at the National Youth Forum as President of the Ghana Youth Federation, Sherif Ghali said nearly 2 million Ghanaians aged 15 to 35 are not in education, employment or training. He put youth unemployment at 21.9%, against 12.8% nationally and 31.9% in the Greater Accra Region.
The Ghana Youth Federation launched its Eastern Regional chapter in Koforidua on 6 August 2026 with 79 youth leaders from all 33 districts. President Sherif Ghali called it a significant step towards a coordinated platform for young people to contribute to national development.
Results of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs over ten years, under my leadership as founder and CEO. They are the institution’s collective results, as reported by MyJoyOnline (opens in a new tab) on 1 September 2026.
Organisations I have worked with or alongside through my roles and the programmes of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs. Appearing here describes the working relationship named, not an endorsement.
German Cooperation (GIZ)
Development partner of the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (AgriBiz initiatives; Young Female Entrepreneurs Programme)
Development Bank Ghana
Supporter of the Chamber’s Young Female Entrepreneurs Programme (2023)
Ghana Enterprises Agency
Institutional partner at the launch of the National Business Agenda (2025)
National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP)
Convener of the Startup Bill technical committee, which I co-chair, and of the NEIP–World Bank Hubs Grant Committee, on which I sit
National Youth Authority Ghana
Statutory youth authority. I am a member of its Governing Board
SNV
Implementing partner of the EU-funded GrEEn project that co-funded the YESS Fund (2023)
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