Ashesi student research team earns silver medal at synthetic biology competition in Paris
November 11th, 2022: Building on previous iGEM team research at Ashesi, the 2022 team designed a biosensor that can detect the presence of gold in land and make prospecting more efficient.
Ashesi team wins second-place at U7+ challenge in France
July 21, 2022: A team of five Ashesi University students emerged as second-place winners in the finals of the U7+ Student Challenge held in Paris this past month.
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.
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.
Four Ashesi teams among winners of Mastercard Foundation’s Social Venture Challenge
August 11: Each winning team will receive seed funding to implement their projects.
Students propose solution for e-waste in Ghana at the 2018 Global Retail Challenge
December 3: Student team travels to Montreal for the 6-week competition.