July 11, 2022: Three women from Ashesi have been named among 36 who have received 2022 Generation Google Scholarships for Women in Computer Science in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
2022 Commencement Scholarship, Leadership & Citizenship Award Recipients
July 1, 2022: The Scholarship, Leadership & Citizenship Award is given to graduates who have lived out Ashesi’s core values during their time at the university. These awardees have contributed in outstanding ways to Ashesi’s mission and have had a strong impact on the Ashesi Community.
Ashesi ranks 1st in Ghana, and among world’s top 300 universities, in 2022 THE Impact Ranking
May 6, 2022: The 2022 edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, based on universities’ contributions toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has ranked Ashesi first in Ghana.
First-year Computer Science student named Ghana’s best in 2021
April 29, 2022: The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has named Ashesi student Kwame Brako Asante ’25 as the overall best candidate in Ghana’s 2021 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Ashesi team wins Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Competition
April 22, 2022: A team of Ashesi Business Administration students emerged as winners in the Chartered Financial Analyst Institutes’ (CFA) Research Challenge Finals held in Ghana this year.
Grant award to enable Ashesi faculty member build learning platform for women in entrepreneurship
January 14, 2022: A team from Ashesi, led by Business Administration faculty member Jewel Thompson, has been awarded a $100,000 grant to build a digital resource platform for women in entrepreneurship.
Alumna’s start-up wins Association of Ghana Industries sustainable energy business competition
October 11, 2021: Samuelle Asante ’21 had a foolproof plan after high school, which did not include studying Business Administration at Ashesi. Her goal was to choose law as a major and work towards becoming a lawyer someday. What she thought was a foolproof plan changed.
Engineering student, Daniel Amoshie, wins agric hackathon with cocoa pod breaking machine design
August 22, 2021: Growing up in Mpasaso, a cocoa farming community in the Ashanti region of Ghana, Daniel noticed that nearly all the pre-harvest activity for cocoa had been mechanized.