Author: Vincent Amedzake

Budding student entrepreneurs at the University of Ghana have been given another promising opportunity to develop their ventures while receiving resources and guidance to transform their ideas into viable solutions to address community, national and global challenges. This comes after the University renewed its collaboration with UK’s Imperial College London, renowned for its entrepreneurial development initiatives and funding support, under the ‘Innovation for African Universities Program,’ dubbed the ‘Connecting Accra Project.’ This initiative, led at the UG by the Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) under the leadership of Prof. Felix A. Asante, is geared towards identifying and supporting…

Prof. Mark Mawutor Tettey, Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS), has delivered the first inaugural lecture of the 2023/2024 academic year, on the topic, The Scourge of Caustic Burns to the Throat: Challenges of Restoring a Normal Swallowing Mechanism. Prof. Tettey shared insights from his over 20 years of clinical experience in managing cases of caustic soda ingestion, particularly among children and the complexities involved in restoring the swallowing mechanism. According to him, about ninety-five percent (95%) of complications of caustic ingestions seen at the National Cardiothoracic Centre from caustic soda and…

The Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Awards in honor of graduates and continuing students who excelled in their academic pursuits during the 2022/2023 academic year has been held. The two-day event took place at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana where awards were presented to students from the Colleges of Humanities and Education on the first day, April 25, 2024, while students from the Colleges of Basic and Applied Sciences and Health Sciences were awarded on the second day, April 26, 2024. Delivering the statement of purpose, Acting Registrar and College Secretary for the College of Health Sciences, Mr. Michael Opare…

In continuation of its commitment to actively support financial inclusion and digital education, Ecobank Ghana PLC has supported the Vice-Chancellor’s ‘One Student, One Laptop’ initiative (1S1L), with an additional donation of 100 laptops. This latest contribution is in fulfillment of the Bank’s pledge to donate 300 laptops over a period of three years, in support of the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of providing affordable computers for students and free laptops for needy students, under the three-pronged digitalisation initiative. The initial donation of 100 laptops made last year, under the leadership of Mr. Daniel Sackey, the then Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana PLC.…

Top achievers from nine Senior High Schools in the Keta Municipality and Anloga District were recently honoured at an awards ceremony hosted by the Coastal Community Action for Resilience through Edutainment (C-CARE) Initiative of the c. The event was organised under the Coastal Community Resilience for Climate and Diarrhoea (C2R-CD) Project, spearheaded by Prof. Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, the Project Investigator. The C2R-CD project, a collaboration between the IESS, Aarhus University, Denmark, the Environmental Protection Agency, the People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, aims to address climate and diarrhoea resilience in coastal communities.…

Over 100 street food vendors across 29 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Greater Accra have recently benefitted from a training programme as part of the UrbanSafe Project. The initiative, organised by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, aimed to enhance food safety skills among street vendors in Ghana. The two-day training workshop, a culmination of the two-year UrbanSafe Project, commenced with a welcome address from Dr. Cynthia Gadegbeku, Co-PI of the project. She highlighted the importance of the initiative, stating, “The event aims to give feedback and provide two days of training to vendors with information gathered…

Following 16 years of impactful research and training of African agricultural scientists, partners have reignited passion for furthering their work with the launch of WACCI 3.0. This renewed commitment will see partners of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement at the University of Ghana commit a colossal investment of resources over the next decade to training farmers and researchers. At the launch of this new framework and direction for the WACCI dream, held in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, the April event was titled “Seeds of Tomorrow: Cultivating Global Partnerships for Africa’s Agricultural Renaissance”. It brought together agricultural science leaders…

The Late Emeritus Prof. Kwame Gyekye, a renowned Philosopher and profound contributor to African thought, ethics and scholarship, has been celebrated with a memorial lecture in his honour. The Lecture was organised by the Department of Philosophy and Classics under the leadership of Prof. Hasskei Mohammed Majeed (Head of Department), in collaboration with the Gyekye family. The President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who was the Special Guest of Honour, hailed the intellectual legacy of late Emeritus Professor, describing him as a towering figure in African philosophy. “Prof. Gyekye was not just a Philosopher; he was a…

In the annals of history, the aphorism “vindication is in the womb of time” has served as a beacon of hope, suggesting that time holds the power to reveal truth and justice. Yet, in the context of Ghana’s rich tapestry of events, one cannot help but question: Is vindication truly bestowed by the passage of time? Throughout Ghana’s history, poignant examples emerge that both affirm and challenge this notion. One such instance is the story of Kwame Nkrumah, the visionary leader whose fervent pursuit of independence galvanized a nation. In 1957, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to break…

As part of its ongoing research efforts to champion sustainable and clean energy solutions in Ghana, the Institute of Social Statistical and Economic Research (ISSER) recently hosted a research dissemination workshop focusing on the outcomes of the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Phase II project. The dissemination workshop held at the ISSER Conference room served as a focal point for stakeholders from the energy sector, academia and various media outlets, as well as for the researchers working on the project to shed light on the superior advantages of electric cooking (e-cooking) technologies. Supported by the World Bank, the MECS project…