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Wheaton students and staff visit Ashesi
January 8, 2016 - A cross section of staff and students from Wheaton College, visited Ashesi’s campus as part of their annual entrepreneurship trip to Africa. The delegation led by Wheaton’s President,...
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MasterCard Foundation partners visit Ashesi
A delegation from the MasterCard Foundation along with a section of the foundation's partners visited Ashesi to have a sense of campus life, student-run community engagement initiatives and to interact...
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MBA or Entrepreneurship: IE Business School's Professor Gifford shares pros...
January 19, 2016 - For some students in the Entrepreneurship class, the decision to either pursue their entrepreneurial ideas or an MBA, right after graduation can sometimes be a daunting one. A...
View Article$22,000 awarded to first batch of Ashesi Ford Children's Fund grantees
A total of $22,000 has been awarded to the first batch of grantees of the Ashesi Ford Children’s Fund. The fund, a two-year program to support student-centered projects was established through a...
View Article$22,000 awarded to first batch of Ford Fund grantees at Ashesi
A total of $22,000 has been awarded to the first batch of grantees of the Ford Children and Youth Fund at Ashesi. The fund, a two-year program to support student-centered projects, was established...
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Daring to be different: Inspired by Ashesi, Wesley Girls High School...
January 23, 2016 -Inspired by Ashesi, the Wesley Girls High School has adopted and structured an honour code that cuts across social conduct and academic work. In a landmark ceremony, four cohorts of...
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Student Council leads way towards accountability
January 26, 2016 - The Finance Committee of the Ashesi Student Council gave the student body the chance to critique and vote to either approve or reject the Student Council budget for the semester....
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Teach for All's Wendy Kopp speaks on educational inequality at Ashesi
January 25, 2016 - Members of the Teach for Ghana team held an information session at Ashesi, covering details of the organization and their graduate fellowship program. The delegation, which was...
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Students share highs and lows of study abroad experiences
Last fall, Priscilla Owusu-Bempah ’17, Tobel Eze-Okoli ’17, Joyce Osei Tutu ’17 and Eugene Afranie ‘17 participated in study abroad programs at partnering liberal arts colleges in the United States. In...
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"Break the rules", Professor Osseo-Asare tells engineering students
January 29, 2016 - In a stirring lecture, Professor Osseo-Asare from the Penn State University, USA, shared lessons on engineering for development within the African context. He touched on history,...
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MasterCard Scholar Prince Kwarase, on volunteering with IDP's Rising Schools...
During a recent visit to Ashesi, the IDP Foundation had the opportunity to meet one student who is using creative and critical thinking skills to improve basic education in Ghana. In addition to...
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The Berekuso Music Project: a new path of growth for Berekuso pupils
It's a hot Tuesday afternoon, after school in the Berekuso Junior High School, and nine pupils are gathered around Derrick Omari ’18 in a dimly lit classroom. Flute-wielding, cheeks lightly puffed,...
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World Bank Funds Climate Innovation Centre at Ashesi to Jump-Start Ghana's...
Accra, February 3, 2016 — The World Bank Group announced today the upcoming launch of a new Climate Innovation Center (CIC) in Accra to support Ghana’s green growth strategy. Financed by a US$17.2...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs selects six from Ashesi for 2016 spring internships in London
A team of five Ashesi students and one alumna has been selected to join the Goldman Sachs Spring Internship Programme in London. The two-week enrichment program gives participants an insight into...
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Sesa Mu Agribusiness Day: changing youth perception of agriculture in Ghana
February, 3, 2016 - Sesa Mu held its second annual agribusiness day under the theme, “Youth and Agriculture: Debunking Myths, Exploring Opportunities.” The fair sponsored by Blue Skies, Moringa...
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Bordeaux delegation explores opportunities in Ashesi and Ghana
January 10, 2016 - A cross-section of business professionals and investors from Bordeaux, France, were in Ashesi to engage members of the community about the institution’s contributions in the...
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Ghana Investment Promotion Council highlights Ashesi as a model of Ghanaian...
January 10, 2016 - A cross-section of business professionals, academics and investors from Bordeaux, France, were at Ashesi to engage members of the community about the institution’s contributions to...
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LoveSplash: Ashesi community gains new meaning of Valentine’s Day through art...
February 13, 2016 - This year, the Ashesi community chose a special way to mark the Valentine’s Day Season – repainting the Berekuso classroom block including the headmistress’ and teachers’ cottages....
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Growing at General Electric: Anthony Mensah-Kumah '11, on how Ashesi inspired...
As a member of the Class of 2011, it has been barely five years since Anthony Mensah-Kumah graduated from Ashesi with a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems. Those years have set the...
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Robotics: a futuristic outlook for solving local problems
For many visitors, a robotics lab session is a surreal world. Between tiny robots pacing to and fro, to programs using artificial intelligence to interact with humans, one could easily get lost in...
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