Educate Ethical and Innovative Leaders for Africa

This semester, a new elective course on Social Enterprise is being launched at Ashesi to expose students to the world of social entrepreneurship and explore how social enterprises help to unleash social change. The course will cover the components of successful social enterprises, the skills needed to run such an enterprise, and models of leading social enterprises in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa. 

Farmerline, a local agribusiness tech firm, will assist with the course by guiding students through the process of building a social enterprise. "It will be great to see the next generation of business leaders who are conscious about creating impact not just for themselves, but for other people," says CEO and founder of Farmerline Alloysius Attah. Students will design social enterprises from ideation through implementation that address two major challenges in Ghana and throughout Africa: improving learning quality in primary schools and reducing corruption in business and civic life. 

This will be a challenging undertaking, but Professor Jon Isham, the course's designer and instructor, believes that "if we get this right, it will also be enormously rewarding. It will help students to learn how Africa's business, non-profit, and policy leaders can support effective social enterprises." Thank you for helping to make relevant courses like this Social Entrepreneurship elective possible! 

This November, Ashesi hosted its annual Ashesi Code Fair on campus in which over 70 participants from seven tertiary institutions in the greater Accra region competed individually and in teams. Put on by the Ashesi Student Council and co-sponsored by Ashesi alumni-founded tech company DreamOval, the Code Fair aims to provide students with a platform to compete, network, and gain exposure to real-world programming problems all while challenging their coding skills.

The Fair is not just for Computer Science majors; all students at Ashesi take courses in basic coding, so students from all majors complete in the Code Fair and immerse themselves in technology and computer programming. For those that are in Computer Science, it is a unique opportunity to apply concepts they have learned in class and test their readiness to enter the working world in their field.

The Ashesi Code Fair is an example of the variety of programming that is held on campus for students to enrich their experience by expanding their learning, exploring real-world applications of their studies, and connecting with other students and professionals in their fields. Our donor community helps us to provide this rich launching pad from which Ashesi students go forth and transform Africa. Thank you.