Helping bring a technology revolution to The Gambia: Isatou Cham '11 shares her story

Barely a year after graduating from Ashesi, Isatou Cham ‘11 is already helping lead a technology revolution in her home country, Gambia. Here, we share her story.Isatou Cham grew up in Serrekunda, in The Gambia. After having been convinced by [ Read more...]

The role of computers in development: Diana Osei '12 shares her experience at ICTD

The International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) is a program that brings together over 500 leading scholars and practitioners from all over the world, working at the intersections of information [ Read more...]

Bringing sustainable power to rural Ghana: Nii Ayertei Tettey ’10 & Rose Aba Dodd ’09 share their story

“When you work for a startup company you have to be flexible and think on your feet,” Nii says. “There are always new problems to solve, and the days can be long. But it is also very satisfying. Work hard; have fun—much like Ashesi, [ Read more...]

Volunteers encourage reading with e-books at rural schools

Readworm, a student volunteer organization, was birthed in February 2010 when a team of four Ashesi students from the class of 2012 decided to enter the Dell Social Innovation Competition. The Founders were united by their passion for reading and [ Read more...]

Students volunteer to improve primary education in Ghana

The African Renaissance Movement, an Ashesi student organization, has organized a program to improve the academic performance of students at two public primary schools in Labone, near the Ashesi campus.  Groups of Ashesi students volunteer to [ Read more...]

From farmer to financial analyst

Sulemana Mohammed '07

In 2003, when Sulemana Mohammed completed Ghanaian secondary school he did not think he was going to go to university. It was not that he did not do well in school; in fact he was one of the best students at his [ Read more...]

Building a microfinance infrastructure in Sudan

Ahmed Satti is Sudanese but grew up in Ghana. He attended the Ghana International School where he wrote his A-Levels and enrolled at Texas Tech University as a candidate for Mechanical Engineering. After 2 and half [ Read more...]

Transforming curriculum, managing operations at orphanage school

Araba, graduated Summa Cum Laude, with a degree in computer science from Ashesi and turned down lucrative job offers in the software industry to become Chief Operations Officer of a the Village of Hope orphanage. Over [ Read more...]

A self-taught scholarship student overcomes adversity

Romeo Owusu Aning ‘10

Romeo's life path was not always clear.  When he was in primary and junior secondary school he often had to drop out because his family could not afford to pay even the small fees it cost to attend.  [ Read more...]

Skills for former child soldiers to grow their microenterprises

Ashesi students designed a simple, well-received basic business class to help former child soldiers grow their micro-ventures and gain the skills they’ll need for their difficult resettlement [ Read more...]