Media Coverage
IFC, Strengthening One of Africa’s Universities in a Time of Crisis (Sep 2020)
Concordia, COVID-19 and Higher Education in Africa: Ashesi University Provides Strong Examples in its Response (May 2020)
Ichikowitz Family Foundation, African Youth Survey 2020, pg. 58-59 (Feb 2020)
International Finance Corporation (IFC), Ashesi University Case Study (Feb 2020)
CSIS Building the Future Podcast, Unlocking Africa's Innovation Agenda (2019)
Der Spiegel, How to Train Africa's Leaders of Tomorrow (2019)
The Economist, A booming Population is Putting Strain on Africa’s Universities (2019)
Global Washington, Ashesi University Foundation Organization Profile (2019)
Global Washington, Educating Ethical Leaders for a Sustainable Future (2019)
Marist News, Advancing the Social Good in Ghana (2019)
My Joy Online, Ashesi Mastercard Scholar Working to Reduce Poverty in Upper West Region (2019)
Berkeley Haas, MBA grads: Be Brave, Embrace Your Power to Change the World (2019)
CNN, Google has opened its first Africa Artificial Intelligence lab in Ghana (2019)
CNN, 'Ghana is the future of Africa': Why Google Built an AI Lab in Accra (2019)
Foroyaa, Farmers In Gunjur Benefit From Skills Development, Climate Resilient Project (2019)
Berkeley Haas, Patrick Awuah & Steve Etter Named 2019 Commencement Speakers (2019)
Alumni in the News
Working on Beyoncé’s Black is King
David Boanuh '19 served as Director of Photography for scenes shot in Ghana, helping bring unique representations of Africa to the film described as a "a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience." - BBC (2020)
Regina is the founder and CEO of Soronko Solutions, a software development powerhouse. Her social enterprise, Tech Needs Girls, has mentored thousands of women and girls by teaching them to code. - Fair Planet (2020)
Becoming a Leading AI Researcher
From a small farming community in rural Ghana, to Ashesi, to Darthmouth College, Maxwell Aladago '18 is on a path to becoming one of Ghana’s leading artificial intelligence researchers. - Citi Newsroom (2019)
Breaking the Link Between Disability and Poverty
Technology is the key to transforming the lives of disabled people, believes Derick Omari '18. His award-winning social enterprise trains people with disabilities to use IT for education and employment. - British Council (2020)
Yawa Hansen-Quao '06, Executive Director of Emerging Public Leaders, believes that a new generation of well-trained civil servants is the key to improving Africa’s governance. - Chandler Foundation (2020) *See pg. 46-50.
Making the Forbes #30Under30 Creatives List
Joseph Awuah-Darko made the coveted 2019 list as co-founder of Agbogblo.Shine Initiative, which encourages people working at dumps to turn waste into high-end furniture. - Forbes (2019)