February 9, 2017
The Foundations of Design and Entrepreneurship class hosted a cross-section of entrepreneurs as part of a panel discussion for the class. The panel discussion, which included Edem Akpan of Teleclass Ghana, Ewurabena Agyeman and Angorkor Nai-Kwabe of Wear Ghana and TK Azaglo of Future of Africa, gave the students an opportunity to engage with the young entrepreneurs who run fairly new ventures.
“There’s always that gap between theory and practice,” said Dr. Gordon Admodza lead faculty of the FDE. “Because we’re doing business simulations, we saw the need to make it feel real, so we thought to bring in some young entrepreneurs who are also ‘near peers’ of the students so that they can tell them how they went about their launches. Hopefully it resonates with the students so they can be inspired by what they did. The panel helps build that gap.”
As part of the year-long class, students explore entrepreneurship through design thinking and problem solving. Through the span of the class, teams of students launch and run startups aimed at tackling everyday problems, while building experience in starting and running an enterprise.
“Ashesi is such a beacon of hope when it comes to Ghanaian education and it was a great honor to share what we at WEAR Ghana have learnt on our entrepreneurial journey with the students,” said Awurabena Agyeman, co-founder of Wear Ghana. “We left as very proud Ghanaians and wish the FDE students all the best as they put their business ideas to the test.”
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