Ghana graduates 200,000 plus students each year to vie for 40,000 public jobs and possibly 20,000 private jobs. With such odds
for decent employment, it is key to educate university students in design thinking and entrepreneurship. Ashesi has such courses, labs, and capstone options. Supported by Ashesi Career Services and the Student Life team, Ashesi students are exposed very early to job shadowing, internships, life coaches, and mentors to develop professionalism in and outside Ashesi. Each year Ashesi graduates at exit are privileged to have a 90% average employment rate, in comparison to the national average of 10%. Ashesi strives to ensure decent work for all its alumni and to reduce the the proportion of unemployed, uneducated, or untrained youth, i.e. Target 8.6 of SDG 8