He earlier this month travelled to Ghana to attend a week-long intensive training program on sports governance and leadership course at the National Sports College in Winneba, Ghana.
The training program included sports modules on transparency in sports, accountability in sports, professionalism in sports, building effective relationships with stakeholders, scope of sports leadership, leadership principles in sports organizations, leadership competencies in sports organisations, sports leadership and team dynamics, leadership models in sports, governance ethics, government policies in relation to sports, developing effective governance structures in sports organizations and sports governance landscape.
Thirteen participants from various sporting organisations participated in the course.
In an interview with The Point Sports, Mr Mbenga, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Dolphin Stars FC, a grassroots football club residing in The Gambia, said his aim is to develop and promote young athletes in the football arena.
Mbenga emphasised that his dream is to train young athletes to be professionals in their careers.
He added that as an aspiring sports development manager, he believes that capacity development and other related sports development programs have been his top priority.
The football enthusiast said his desire is to serve and contribute his quota to the development of sports especially football in the country.
He highlighted that sports is beyond entertainment but a business with economic benefits.
He noted that any serious sports stakeholder will take into consideration by prioritizing sports as a primary economic goal.
He said sports nowadays is among the top social activities that easily unites people, create rapid economic growth, employment and generates economic benefits to various stakeholders.
Kifa Barham has been one of the active youth in The Gambia using sports as a tool to educate youth on dangers of drug abuse specifically the vulnerable class involved in illicit drugs, crimes and the 'back-way' syndrome.
Last year, Mr Mbenga obtained his professional sports qualification on football business management and human resources at the Valley View University (VVU) in Dodowa, Ghana.
He is the Official Brand Ambassador of the Drug Law Enforcement Agency of The Gambia under the Ministry of Interior.
He is the Founder and Executive Director of Africa Drug Free Foundation, an organization seeks to addressing social challenges and crimes.
Three years ago, Mbenga was certified by Colombo Drug Advisory (DAP) as a qualified trained Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUD) and Global Master Trainer on Universal Treatment Curriculum.
He is a practicing journalist, CEO and Founder of Africa Citizen Radio (ACR), an online news network and multimedia company.
