Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Track: Workshop: Innovative designing and teaching approaches of an entrepreneurship curriculum
Speakers: Jewel Thompson, Sandra Tshenyego View the recap of the 2022 Annual Convening here
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Employability Track: Panel: Training Students for the Knowledge Economy in Africa
Speakers: Prof. Robert Gateru, John Matogo, Constance Swaniker, Rosemary Gatahi With rapid changes in the skills needed by industry, the emergence of the Knowledge Economy and 4th Industrial Revolution technologies, the declining skills within the knowledge economy, and the alternative avenues of accessing training (such as industry-led courses, boot camps, MOOCs, among other emerging ones), […]
Fireside meeting – Unpacking the Entrepreneurship Ecosystems of HEIs in Africa
Speakers: Dr. Sena Agbodjah, Dr. William Murithi, AnnStella Gakii, Elorm Dela-Brown
Welcome and Introductory Remarks | The Education Collaborative Outcomes Report
Speakers: Prof. Angela Owusu Ansah, Rose Dodd, Selasi Nukpe View the recap of the 2022 Annual Convening here
Keynote: Ethics and Leadership Education in Africa
Speaker: Vincent Ogutu View the recap of the 2022 Annual Convening here
Case Presentations: Character Development through Community Engagement Initiatives
Synopsis: Character education, ethical formation, and leadership development are critical for the well-being of society. To advance skills and capacities in these areas, institutions engage in varied initiatives to provide real-life experiences for students to develop and practice these skills. This session shares cases of how institutions build the character of their students through community […]
Panel: The Future of Ethical Leadership in Africa
Moderator: Patrick Awuah, President & Founder, Ashesi University, Ghana Africa is poised for explosive growth in its population over the next three decades, with researchers projecting a doubling of the total population to 2 billion+ by 2050 and a tripling of persons living in urban settings. This will require significant development of highly skilled workers, […]
Panel: The Future of Ethical Leadership in Africa
Speakers: Adiki Ofeibea Ayitevie, Abdul Mahdi Africa is poised for explosive growth in its population over the next three decades, with researchers projecting a doubling of the total population to 2 billion+ by 2050 and a tripling of persons living in urban settings. This will require significant development of highly skilled workers and leaders who […]
Case Presentations: Sustainable funding opportunities of career development activities
Synopsis: How do HEIs fund the development of fit-for-purpose career services on their campuses and virtually? The session will explore ways in which institution can self-fund their career development initiatives, as well as ways to raise funds from employer engagements, run customized internships for graduates, as well as alternative sources of funding through donor agencies, […]
Workshop: Measuring the Effectiveness and Success of your Entrepreneurship Pedagogy
Synopsis: This session explores how to measure the success of entrepreneurship pedagogy. It also identifies research opportunities to inform and continuously improve the pedagogical approach of entrepreneurship education in higher-ed institutions.
Executive Session: A Systems Approach to Developing a Values Driven Culture for your organization
Speakers: Prof. Angela Owusu Ansah, Abdul Mahdi, Eric Saulo Organizations and the people working in them are supported to be successful and flourish when they have concrete systems for transparency, accountability, preventing corruption, and support for employees to bring up concerns when value conflicts arise. This session will help organization leaders to identify practical methods […]
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Track: Case Presentations: Approaches for Boosting Collaborative Relationships in the HEI Entrepreneurship Ecosystem – Evaluating Sample Cases
Speakers: William Senyo, Chimene Chetty, Sena Agbodjah The session presents two cases of how African HEIs have approached building synergistic innovations through collaborative relationships within their entrepreneurship ecosystems. By sharing these cases, the session will map out the ecosystem showing the various actors, their levels of engagement and input, and at which stage in developing […]