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Ashesi President,
Patrick Awuah, speaks at TEDGlobal2007 in
Tanzania
June,
2007
Speaking at this year's
TEDGlobal
conference in Tanzania, Ashesi's President, Dr. Patrick
Awuah speaks about the importance of leadership in Africa, how education can shape the next generation,
and what Ashesi is doing to contribute towards a renaissance
in Africa.
Click here
for a video recording of Patrick Awuah's speech at
TEDGlobal2007, or
Click
here for a copy of his prepared remarks.
Four Ashesi student to attend TEDGlobal in
Tanzania
May,
2007
Four
Ashesi students have been awarded fellowships by
TEDGlobal
to attend the first TED
(Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference to be held in
Africa. The students selected are Daniel Aduodeh (Class of
2010), Rachelle Philips (Class of 2009), Sulemana Mohammed
(Class of 2007) and Zubair Abubakar (Class of 2008).
Zubair
and Daniel are IT enthusiasts and budding entrepreneurs.
Both of them have set up IT related businesses and have
passion for using IT to develop Africa. Rachelle is an
aspiring international broadcaster. She is also dedicated to
improving the lives of women in Ghana. Sulemana believes the
pen is a powerful instrument to address Ghana’s political
and socio-economic issues. He is an aspiring banker &
politician.
TEDGlobal
is a sister conference to TED and an invitation-only
event. Since 1984 its conferences have been bringing
together people in the fields of Technology, Entertainment
and Design. This year’s global conference, “Africa: The Next
Chapter,” will explore the solutions Africans themselves are
creating to solve some of the toughest health and
infrastructure problems facing the continent. Speakers
include: Carol Pineau (journalist and producer of the
documentary Africa
Open for Business), George Ayittey (economist
and author "African Unchained"), Yassour N’Dour (musician),
and Hector Ruiz (CEO of Advanced Micro Devices - AMD) among
others. TED conferences are fast-paced, with 50+ speakers
over four days plus short talks, performances and evening
events.
Ashesi celebrates Career Connections Night
April,
2007
On
the evening of April 13th,
alumni of Ashesi University College returned to campus to share
their work experiences with students. Presentations by
alumni Kofi Ocloo (Class of 2005) and Eric Acheampong (Class of 2006)
highlighted the importance of their Ashesi education to
their early successes at Origin8 Publicis and Mayfair Portfolio
respectively.
In addition to networking with alumni, students were thrilled by a surprise activity -
to develop an advertising concept for a product created by several Ashesi
graduates and students. The product, named I-Wallet is a new online
payment system developed specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Contestants were judged on three categories: creativity,
entertainment, and information quality.
Ovation publisher, Chief Momodu Dele
speaks on campus
April,
2007
 On
Thursday April 5th 2007, the Africa Renaissance
Movement (ARM) hosted a seminar entitled “How the Youth of
Africa Can Make It” as part of celebrations to mark the student
organization's 3rd anniversary. The
program was intended to invigorate and instill the passion of
creativity in Africa’s youth. The event included a
speech by Chief Momodu, Dele, publisher of Ovation Magazine and
a performance by the James Town cultural troupe, Jay-Nii.
The guest
speaker, Chief Momodu Dele, recounted his experience as
journalist and a business man. In his speech, Chief Dele
told of his journey to become a successful publisher and
entrepreneur. Forced into exile, Chief Dele created Ovation
Magazine. The magazine today has a circulation of over 150,000
across three continents and has offices in the UK, Nigeria,
Ghana and the United States. Weaving fascinating tales with
sound advice, Chief Dele concluded that his success could be
attributed to perseverance, courage, determination, passion and
honesty. From his perspective, “Challenge is a catalyst for
success” and he encouraged students to find their passion and
pursue it relentlessly.
Students partner with UC Berkeley
researcher to test air quality in Accra
April,
2007
Ashesi University Computer Science students partnered with
researchers from University of California, Berkeley to
conduct air quality studies around Accra. Outfitted
with a portable Global Positioning System (GPS) and devices
that tracked SO4 and CO2, students
traveled around Accra recording amounts of these two harmful
gasses at locations around the city. At the end
of every day the data was uploaded to a central computer and
analyzed to give a map of daily pollution levels around the
city.
The study was organized by RJ Honicky a Ph.D. candidate at
UC Berkeley and Eric Paulos at Intel Research. The
research project named
Networked Suite of Mobile Atmospheric Real Time Sensors
(N-SMARTS) aims to build a large scale, distributed
scientific instrument for characterizing society's
relationship to its environment, using environmental sensors
embedded in location aware mobile phones.
Student, Samuel Boateng Asumadu stated, "My
participation in this project has reformed my perception on
the pollution levels of Accra. In fact, I previously thought
pollution was minimal. After witnessing the high
concentration of Carbon Monoxide recorded by my equipment
however, I began to take air pollution more seriously."
Red Cross Society of Ashesi donates to
Street Kids Academy
April,
2007
 As part of a celebration of
Ashesi's 5th anniversary, members of the Red Cross Society of
Ashesi University College visited the Street Kids Academy on
April 31, 2007. The Academy caters for about 75 children
(between the ages of 7-18 years) in the community who are unable
to access the formal education system. Students at the Academy
are taught English, Math, cultural drumming and dancing. They
also engage in recreational activities such as soccer and
boxing.
The Red Cross Society was able to
collect monetary donations as well groceries, books shoes and
clothing for the students. The students accompanied by the Dean
of Students spent most of a day interacting with the children.
They introduced themselves to the children, gave them advice,
engaged them in riddles and shared ice-cream with them. To show
their appreciation one of the children, Pascal, a budding
musician, entertained the Ashesi visitors with two songs.
The staff and
children expressed their gratitude for the visit. They added
that a pressing need for the students was stationery. The Red
Cross Society assured them of their continual commitment
and said they will endeavor to provide stationery for the
students.
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