Ashesi University has partnered Practical Education Network (PEN), a Ghana-based NGO focused on STEM teacher training, to distribute 600 science resource manuals to basic public school teachers in the Ga East and Akuapem South districts.…
WISE, Qatar Foundation’s global initiative for education, has partnered with the Institute of International Education (IIE), Ashesi, and six other universities on a research effort to bring new insights into AI’s role in higher education a…
In August 2024, the fifth cohort of the Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI) completed their year-long program, designed to sharpen business acumen, expand networks, and cultivate innovation and resilience for sustained success in Afri…
Undergraduate students from a range of Ghanaian higher education institutions—Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; University of Ghana; University of Professional Studies, Accra; and Takoradi Technical University—gathered on…
Ashesi celebrated a historic milestone as two outstanding faculty members, Associate Professor Nathan Amanquah and Dr. Ayorkor Korsah, were honored at an inaugural investiture ceremony on October 4th. The two were honoured with n…
As a lawyer and member of Ashesi’s Law, Humanities, and Social Sciences faculty, Albert Agyepong has been preparing to welcome the University’s first class of Law with Public Policy students in January 2025. However, when Agyepong graduate…
Ashesi has received approval from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Ghana General Legal Council (GLC) to begin a new Bachelor of Laws with Public Policy (LLB) program. The program, now accepting applications, is aimed …
Prof. Kwesi Yankah, a renowned scholar, public intellectual and academic administrator, has been appointed as an Emeritus Professor at Ashesi University, in recognition of his extensive contributions to academia, linguistics, and tertiary …
Patrick Awuah was unimpressed by the education system in his home country of Ghana – so he decided to do something about it.
To help bring about an African renaissance facilitated by better guidance in all areas of society, Awuah establ…
Ashesi is celebrating 20 years of impactful leadership and training. Hear what the Founder and President of the Ashesi University and Foundation, Dr Patrick Awuah has to say.
“It's been a fantastic journey these last twenty years. Ashe…
A team from Ashesi University has emerged winner of this year’s local competition of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge after beating teams drawn from other local universities.
The Grade A Capital team,…
MASTER’S PROGRAMME WELCOMES PIONEER CLASS
Ashesi University in collaboration with ETH Zurich has welcomed students for the Master's Programme in Mechatronic engineering.
A total number of 26 students, drawn from Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory…
Ashesi University has introduced a new masters degree in Mechatronic Engineering. The Masters Programme, designed to be taught at the university together with ETH Zurich, will train Engineering leaders in Africa to harness emerging and d…
My daughter graduated from high school in Ghana this month. And as the names of classmates from across the continent rolled across our screen during the virtual graduation ceremony, my family and I felt great pride for her hard work, her a…
Accra, Ghana’s capital city, generates over 2500 tonnes of plastic waste daily, yet only 2% of this is recycled. The rest is usually improperly disposed-off in dumps, drains, landfills and along roads. For Ashesi recent graduate Elona Doe-…
The Education Collaborative at Ashesi launched in 2017 to serve as a platform for African universities to collaborate and share best practices. Since then, the platform has continued to see progress, with some 200 teachers, leaders and oth…
Ashesi welcomed faculty and staff from Arizona State University (ASU) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to campus in June as part of efforts to deepen ties amongst the three institutions. Under partnerships…
Twelve Ashesi alumni have been selected as inaugural fellows for Ashesi's new entrepreneurship support programme, the Ashesi Venture Incubator. The Venture Incubator is a one-year incubation experience for recent graduates and alumni of th…
Since 4th March 2002, when Ashesi opened its doors to a pioneer class of 30 students in a single rented building in Labone, the university has seen steady growth. Today, Ashesi’s permanent campus, located on a 100-acre campus in Berekuso, …
Moses Yangnemenga has been farming since childhood. Growing up in the rural agricultural town of Nandom in Ghana’s Upper West Region, he helped his parents to cultivate groundnuts, beans, maize, millet and sorghum. “Even before you are ten…
In November 2018, a student team from Ashesi’s Design lab along with 27 other student teams across the world, participated in the 2018 Global Retail Challenge held by Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Bensadoun school of Retail M…
In August 2018, Ashesi welcomed Zainab Oluwatoyosi Ayinde from Wheaton College, Massachusetts. Studying to be a dentist eventually, with a concentration in African, African American and Diaspora Studies at Wheaton, Zainab chose to come to …
According to the International Labour Organisation, over 192 million people the world over are unemployed, and this number is expected to continue to rise steadily over time.
Essentially, there are not enough job openings for the growin…
December 6, 2018, was almost exactly four years since Christine Buckle ‘19 first sang at the annual Christmas on the Hill concert at Ashesi.
Then a wide-eyed, freshmen, trying to figure out a rhythm to her new college life, she was imp…
All work and no fun makes student life dull at Ashesi, especially leading up to finals week!
The Ashesi Student Council, held its 9th annual Ubora awards; a night of glamour, characterized by fine dining, music, and performances. Since …
Very little escapes the watchful eye of Anani Assiongnon.
At his post, outside the Nina Marina Admissions Office, overlooking the Archer Cornfield Courtyard, Anani, a member of Ashesi's campus security team, is usually the first contac…
In 1994, a major conflict between the Nanumba and Konkonma ethnic groups in Northern Ghana left over 1000 people dead, and tens of thousands displaced.
Among the displaced was young Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar ’07 and his family, who relocate…
Since 2004, the self-driving car technology has shifted from wildly experimental to evidently possible. Google, Uber, Tesla and other leading tech and automotive companies are in the race to produce the safest and most reliable self-drivin…
A year after the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) inducted its first cohort of entrepreneurs, the innovation hub is looking to make deeper impact within the climate space across Ghana.
Located on Ashesi’s campus, the GCIC, in the …
World Bank Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sandie Okoro, visited Ashesi as part of her 4-day visit to Ghana.
The trip was to help her gain a deeper appreciation for the bank’s projects on the ground, including the Ghana Clim…
It’s nearly 8pm, but there’s a palpable buzz in the Mechanical Engineering lab. A handful of students are huddled around Nicholas Tali and Helen Korley ‘20 who are working as fast as they can: soldering, cutting, bending and snipping cable…
Two or three times a semester, Ashesi’s Norton Motulsky Hall takes on a different feel: dimmed lights, chairs arranged in an intimate arc, and a keenly engaged audience taking in a rich mix of musical performances.
Welcome to the Piano…
Coaching was the last thing on Nana Ama’s mind when she got admitted into Ashesi, much less coaching a men’s football team.
However, in her second year at Ashesi, she inspired an undefeated, championship run from a team that, only a few…
After frequent fire outbreaks at the Kumasi Central market in 2016 and 2017, and a planned demolition exercise to clear up space, countless business were on the verge of closing, including Epton Owusu’s ‘14 family’s Kente business.
Epto…
Every year friends of Ashesi travel to Ghana on the Annual Trip to gain a deeper understanding of the culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and ethical leadership at Ashesi University.
During your time on campus you'll hear from univ…
If you ask Queenie Dankwa '12, working in the construction industry had been the last thing on her mind when she was growing up.
She had always been drawn to corporate multinationals. After all, following her Business Administration deg…
Over three days, some 50 high school students tinkered with robots, built electric circuits and learned how to code basic computer applications in Ashesi’s computer labs. The experience, themed Robotech, formed part of a workshop orgranise…
The founder of Ashesi University College in Ghana and campaigner to raise the quality of higher education in Africa has won a major global education award.
Patrick Awuah left Ghana in the 1980s with "$50 in his pocket" to take up a scho…
Following a competitive pitching process, six Cohort One businesses from the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) have been awarded Proof of Concept (PoC) grants totalling $ 124,900. The companies are:
Alchemy Alternative Energy
…
Led by senior, Benedict Quartey ‘17, Team Onyx edged out three other teams to come out on top in the inaugural Intelligent Campus Challenge, hosted by GE-Digital, General Electric’s tech and analytics unit. Hector Amoah ’17, Mac-Noble Brak…
In 2016, Moses Yangnemenga spent the long break working on his family’s farm in Nandom Biiregaugn, a largely agrarian community in Upper West Ghana. Year after year though, Moses had observed severe setbacks in the farming sector within hi…
A cross section of top executives from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) visited Ashesi to interact with students about the global banking industry, banking trends, and also share insights into opportunities at the bank.
Led by To…
For the second year running, members of Ashesi’s community were selected to participate in the New Business Challenge, held in locations in Ghana and in the Netherlands. The three Byran Achiampong '18, Kingsley Agyekum '17 and Audrey S-Dar…
22 college graduates from 15 countries across Africa participated in the first edition of 10Academy. Organized by Infinite Potentials Consulting (IPC), the focus of the fully funded program was to identify, train and launch high potential …
For their final project for the year, members of the freshmen engineering class designed and built solar powered smart irrigation systems. The project was part of the six-week long Introduction to Engineering class, where the students are …
June 4 - June 9, 2017 - Staff, faculty and administrators from 12 tertiary institutions in and beyond Africa participated in the inaugural Education Collaborative - an idea sharing platform for education leaders and stakeholders in Africa …
June 19, 2017 – In a brief ceremony held at Ashesi’s Norton-Motulsky Hall, 39 graduates, recruited from tertiary institutions across Ghana, were inducted as Teach for Ghana fellows.
The ceremony also kicked-off a six-week training progr…
Sophomore, Ifashabayo Sylvain Dejoie ’19 has been selected as the 2017/2018 Dalai Lama Fellow at Ashesi. As part of his nomination, Dejoie, will receive year-long dedicated coaching and mentorship in expanding his work with Anidaso, a soci…
For Abubakar Sulemana, Chief Information Officer of General Electric Africa, being mindful of your day-to-day experiences matter immensely in growing one's career and personal life. On a visit to Ashesi, he shared some of those experiences…
In July 2016, 33 young men and women completed Teach for Ghana’s first training workshop held at Ashesi, becoming inaugural fellows for the organisation. The six-week workshop focused on equipping the fellows with transferable leadership s…
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