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Employability Track: Case Presentations: Scaling Employability with Technology | Presentations from African Nazarene University, Ashesi University, Botho University & The Open University – UK

With technology permeating every sphere of life, more so the classroom, and with learners becoming more tech-savvy by the day, how can HEIs leverage tech-based platforms to improve employability and career outcomes for students. This session offers participants insight into ways to use tech platforms for the development of job-ready skills among students, hosting career development workshops, […]

Round table: Building Entrepreneurial and Employability Systems in Higher-ed Institutions

Facilitator: Ms. Rose Dodd, Director, Education Collaborative  Presenter(s): Dr. George Mugabe, Director of Research & Community Service, Kepler – Lead, Systems Change Program, Employability Dr. Sena Agbodjah Agyepong, Senior Lecturer & HoD, Bus. Administration Department, Ashesi University – Lead, Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development  Ms. Jewel Thompson, Lecturer, Ashesi University – Lead, Entrepreneurship center/incubator development  Mrs. Rebecca […]

Student Leader Panel: Role of Students in Leadership & Ethics Development

Speakers: Nathalie Munyampenda, Justin Adomakoh, Gcwalisile Matse, Joy Akinyi, Joseph Mumo Students, the greatest beneficiaries of higher education, represent a key stakeholder group in sustaining initiatives and driving their transformation. Institutions stand to gain when they co-create and integrate the experiences and views of students in building an ethical culture. This student and alumni panel […]

Executive Strategy Workshop: Improving employability outcomes: The System Change Program for Employability

Speakers: Rose Dodd, Prof. Baylie Damtie Yeshita This session seeks to introduce and explore the Systems Change process and the Systems Thinking approach as sustainable avenues for transforming career preparation programs in institutions of higher learning in Africa to enable them to respond to the changing dynamics of graduate employability. In this session, participants will […]

The delicate art of seeing what is right in front of you: Ethics as thoughtful living

This session will explore a pedagogical approach to ethics education developed at the Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics (Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa). Participants will learn the extent to which ethics is about learning to see what is right in front of them and, relatedly, learning to act in consistent ways with […]

Transforming Research in Higher Education: Institutional Approaches to Impact Measurement in Africa

The Research Speaker Session will explore institutional approaches to impact measurement in research within Africa. It will bring together experienced researchers in higher education to share their work, current challenges and contribute ways to deepen research impact in Africa. Facilitator: Dr Chinedu Anokwuru (Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Research innovation and international cooperation (RIIC),  Babcock University, […]

Career Development Workshop

Facilitators: Abigail Welbeck, Director of Career Services, Ashesi University                       George Ampratwum, Director of Programs, The Education Collaborative, Ashesi Attending Institutions: Kumasi Technical University, Tamale Technical University, Ho Technical University, Design and Technology Institute, Cape Coast Technical University, Takoradi Technical University This workshop aims to […]

Entrepreneurship Month 2023: Highlighting actions for entrepreneurial mindsets, and ntrepreneurship skills development in African Higher-ed Institutions.

The entrepreneurship month kicks off with an interactive online discussion on highlighting actions for entrepreneurial mindsets and entrepreneurship skills development in African Higher-ed Institutions. Join Dr Priya Iyer, Pro Vice-Chancellor Botho University and other stakeholders in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem to share success stories and highlight the goals of the community of practice (EntCoP).

Entrepreneurship Month 2023: Embrace Equity: Laying the pathway to female participation in Entrepreneurship.

The second session of the Entrepreneurship month series will be marked by conversations on "Embrace Equity: Laying the pathway to female participation in Entrepreneurship". This session will explore a hands-on approach to ensuring equal opportunity and promoting the active participation of young women in the entrepreneurial ecosystem as part of the International Women's day celebration. […]

Entrepreneurship Month 2023: Mapping out the entrepreneurial activities of Higher-ed Institutions

The third session of the Entrepreneurship Month series will focus on "Mapping out the entrepreneurial activities of Higher-ed Institutions". The session, led by Dr Sena Agbodjah, will feature a workshop to help participants map out entrepreneurial activities within their various institutions and identify critical structures to help improve entrepreneurship education.  Facilitators Dr Sena Agbodjah, Senior Lecturer and Head […]

Entrepreneurship Month: Fostering Collaboration in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

The last session of the Entrepreneurship month series will be marked by a workshop. Participants from higher-ed institutions will work together to find practical solutions to institutional challenges in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem. To foster collaboration among African Higher-ed institutions, participants will be introduced to the Entrepreneurship Community of Practice (EntCoP). Register below to join […]