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Ashesi student to represent Ghana at business leadership
summit
September,
2006
Ashesi Senior Keren Mettle-Nunoo has been selected as
the female representative from Ghana to the Summit for
Africa's Young Business Leaders (SAYBL) in Washington D.C. and
New York in December 2006. This year's summit will
focus
discussions on the themes of “Africa as
a place of opportunity” and “The challenge of leadership
in Africa.” As one of SAYBL’s fourteen
participants Keren will have the
opportunity
to meet Wall Street executives and visit some of
America’s most renowned financial institutions.
The
first two days of SAYBL will be held in Washington at
the offices of the World Bank. The events for the
remainder of the week will be held in New York City at
the corporate offices of several global investment
banks. SAYBL is fully sponsored by the International
Finance Corporation (the private sector arm of the World
Bank), Diageo Africa and Ecobank Ghana.
Student selected to participate in international leadership
programme
September,
2006
Sara
Mills, Ashesi Class of 2007, has been selected to
participate in the British Council InterAction
Leadership Programme. Sara will be one of 15
representatives from Ghana who will participate in a
series of events and seminars in Ghana and the United
Kingdom throughout the year. The programme
is designed to encourage dialogue about some of the
greatest challenges facing Africa today, and to build a
network of future leaders who understand and support the
UK's commitment to Africa. Through peer learning
opportunities participants will challenge their
assumptions and learn new perspectives. The
program was designed in partnership with Questions of
Difference Ltd. and LEAD International.
Ashesi welcomes the Class of 2010
August,
2006
We
are pleased to welcome the Class of 2010 to Ashesi.
Class of 2010 is the largest and most diverse class of
students to date, numbering 100 students, with members
from Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lebanon,
Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine and the United States. For
the first time, we have come close to achieving gender
parity. The Class of 2010 comprises 48% women and 52%
men.
We wish all the members of the Class of 2010 the best of
luck as they begin their Ashesi education.
Click
here to learn more about the new members of Ashesi's
student body.
Sam Jonah joins Ashesi Board
August,
2006
Ashesi
University Foundation is proud to welcome Sam Jonah KBE,
former CEO of Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd. to our Board of
Trustees. Mr. Jonah is known as one of Africa's top
business executives
and is a committed advocate for improved education throughout
Africa. He brings a wealth of experience to
our leadership team.
Mr. Jonah
served as the CEO of Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited from
1986 until June 2004 , and led the transformation of Ashanti
from a one-mine operation into a multinational. In 1996,
Ashanti, which had listings in London & Ghana, became the first
operating African company to be listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
Currently, the
Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Mr. Jonah
serves on various boards including Anglo American Corporation of
South Africa, Transnet, Amplats and the African Regional
Advisory Board of the London Business School. He was previously
a member of the Governing Body of the School of Oriental and
African Studies and a Trustee of the Camborne School of Mines of
the Exeter University. He currently serves on the International
Investment Advisory Councils of Presidents Thabo Mbeki (South
Africa), President Kufuor’s (Ghana) and President Obasanjo
(Nigeria). He is a member of the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Global Compact Advisory Council. In 2003,
he was Co-Chairman of the World Economic Forum held in Durban,
South Africa.
Mr.
Jonah was educated at Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall and
the Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, was
appointed the President of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd following the
merger of AngloGold Ltd and Ashanti Goldfields Co Ltd in April
2004. In this capacity, he shared the strategic leadership of
the company with Bobby Godsell, CEO of the Group.
He has been
decorated with several awards and honours, among them the
honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc) degree awarded jointly by the
Camborne School of Mines and the University of Exeter (UK). In
2003, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain & Northern
Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth conferred on him, an
honorary knighthood as Knight Commander of the Civil Division of
the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE). The award
was in recognition of his exceptional achievements as an African
businessman, a leading business executive from the Commonwealth
and an international public figure. He was awarded Ghana’s
highest national award, the Companion of the Order of the Star
in 2006.
In December
2004 CNN /Time named him as one of 25 Business Influentials
setting the global standards for management, ethics, marketing
and innovation. In October 2004 the Mining Journal conferred on
him the Industry’s Life Time Achievement Award.
For his excellent leadership, and for his holistic approach to
implementing Ashanti Gold's community programs, Ashesi
University College through its affiliate University in Ghana,
University of Cape Coast, honoured Dr. Jonah with the degree
Doctor of Humanities in 2005.
Ashesi opens new campus building
August,
2006
Ashesi University is expanding
once again. This summer, the University adds a fourth academic building
to its campus. The new building, to be known as Building 3B is
adjacent to the University’s third building. The new campus space comes at a time when Ashesi welcomes its
largest freshman class – class of 2010. With a total
campus population of well over 300 the new facilities will be
welcomed by all.
The
Building 3B has a lecture hall capable of sitting 50 students
and new administrative offices. These additional offices will
allow for expansion of the University’s library when several
administrative departments move to the new building. In addition
to its new lecture hall, the new facility will host a computer
engineering workshop where students will learn how to assemble
computer workstations. Thank you to all of our donors who
helped make this expansion possible.
Faculty Profile: Daniel Torvinyo
July,
2006
Mr. Daniel Torvinyo is a member
of Ashesi’s Business Administration Faculty and teaches courses
in Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Investments and
Corporate Finance. He holds a BSc in Business
Administration and an MBA in Finance from the University of
Ghana, Legon. While studying for his MBA, Daniel traveled to the
United States to participate in a research programme for a year
at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating
from the University of Ghana he worked for several years in
Ghana's financial sector. Mr. Torvinyo started as an
adjunct lecturer in August 2004, and became a full time lecturer
at Ashesi in January 2006.
As a
lecturer, Mr. Torvinyo has a passion for teaching and enjoys
providing challenging academic work to help bring out the best
in his students. When asked what has impressed him most about
Ashesi, he conveys the precocious desire of students to achieve
excellence, and creativity. Mr. Torvinyo’s goal is to
train his students to be adept in their chosen career path. He
admires the students who are not just focused on academics, but
also apply themselves to the practical aspects of their
coursework such as participating in internships and service
learning projects. Mr.
Torvinyo believes Dr Patrick Awuah’s vision of creating a world
class University in Ghana “ is the missing link in Africa’s
education.”
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