Founder’s Retreat
$2,199 / person — flat rate, all-inclusive (6 days)
≈ $367/day — hotels, tours, transfers & guide in; flights are the only extra
Registered Ghana tour operator
Ghana Tourism Authority · GTA-26937242
Offices in Newark, NJ + Accra
A real team you can reach — here and on the ground
Flights & visas since 1996
via Safari Destination Services, Newark's Ghana specialists
Pay in USD — no surprises
Visa · Mastercard · PayAngel · $100 reserves your spot
Travel coverage from landing to departure
Every Akwaaba booking includes travel protection through Sanlam | Allianz — covered from the moment you land in Ghana until you leave.
Come home. Give home. A portion of every booking goes to the Akwaaba Foundation — helping Ghanaian children stand in, and learn from, the history beneath their feet.
Founder’s Retreat
Ghana is no longer a destination you have to explain. It is the only country on the continent with a Google AI research center, a $37 million Google AI Community Center in Airport City, MEST Africa — the launchpad behind 90+ funded startups — and an active VC community deploying capital at scale. The Founder's Retreat puts you inside that ecosystem for six days, not as a tourist looking in, but as a peer with a seat at the table. Mornings in co-working spaces where the next generation of African founders are actually building. Afternoons in rooms with investors, accelerator leads, and operators who know every shortcut and every trap. Evenings at the restaurants where deals get made in Cantonments and Airport Residential. This is not a conference. There are no lanyards, no panel stages, no cold rooms with PowerPoints. Akwaaba builds your access privately — curated introductions, hosted dinners, a guided walk through Jamestown where Accra's creative energy lives at street level, and a wind-down day that reminds you why Ghana keeps pulling people back. You arrive with questions. You leave with a network, a perspective on West Africa's most open business environment, and, if the conversations go the way they tend to go, a pipeline. The Founder's Retreat runs at the Comfort & Culture tier — premium accommodation, private transport throughout, a dedicated Akwaaba concierge who manages every introduction and logistics call so you never have to figure anything out. Ideal for solo travelers or small groups of two to four. Every itinerary is customized to your sector, your stage, and what you are actually trying to accomplish.
Hosted by
Akwaaba Curated
Pick your travel month
Choose the month you want to travel and we'll lock in your dates after a quick planning call.
We cap bookings at 10 per month — every traveler gets full personal attention.
$2,199
1 guest · 6 days · all-inclusive
$100
$102
Secures your spot and pairs you with a personal Akwaaba trip designer — credited in full to your trip. The balance is settled only after they've tailored every detail with you.
Today's $100 reserves your spot and pairs you with a personal Akwaaba trip designer. Within 24 hours they reach out to craft your itinerary around you on a private planning session — the balance is settled only after that. Your $100 is credited in full toward your trip (and fully refundable if you decide not to go).
A free account is required to book — takes 30 seconds.
Your $100 reserves your spot and is credited in full. A personal trip designer tailors every detail with you before anything else is charged.
- Sanlam | Allianz coverage included
- Personal trip designer in 24h
- Deposit credited & refundable
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