Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
We welcome partners.
We are grateful to the forward-thinkingness and the support for our growth. We ask only that partners reinforce the nascent belief in young Africans that they, themselves, must take an active role in moving Africa forward.
~ Patrick Awuah, President and Founder, Ashesi University
The Triple Helix (Government, Industry, Ashesi)
The triple helix approach to innovation refers to the collaboration among government, industry, and academia. The government of Ghana, represented by ministries and agencies; the Ghana Chamber of Technology...
Impact on Global Policies
Patrick Awuah, Ashesi University's Founder and President as a member of several global associations for change, influences global policy. He also serves on the Pacific Council on International Policy which is committed to building the capacity of Los Angeles and California for impact on global issues, discourse, and policy...
Ashesi's Global Collaborations: The Case of Tracking Entrepreneurial Activities of Students and Alumni at Ashesi and McGill
Many global networks known for their contributions to the attainment of the SDGs have also partnered at varying levels of engagement with Ashesi University. They include but are not limited to ...
Tackling the SDGs Through Experiential Teaching and Learning
Ashesi University has a rigorous curriculum from theory to practice encouraging students to solve real life problems in their communities. With faculty research interests matched to the SDGs and the AU Agenda 2063 priority areas...
Supporting the Improvements of Student Learning Outcomes in STEM
Ashesi University though grounded in liberal arts offers degree programs in STEM disciplines namely Computer Science and Information Systems, Engineering and a heavy Math based Business Administration undergraduate degree. ...
Royal Dialogue on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Pre-Cop 26 Event
In December 2015, global leaders signed the Paris Agreement with the aim to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change. The Paris Agreement represents a set of international objectives for climate action embedded in the 2030 Agenda...
The Ashesi-MasterCard Foundation Connection
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Ashesi began in 2011, and it has undergone two more phases subsequently in 2016 and 2019. The relationship between the two is founded on a simple but powerful and binding premise: Ashesi and MCF aims...
Dedicated Courses that Address Sustainability and the SDGs at Ashesi
Ashesi University has decided to approach climate and sustainability education in three (3) ways to develop climate-smart mindsets among its students. First, it has embedded climate change and sustainability education in every Ashesi syllabus. Ashesi offers a liberal arts foundation and three (3) major degrees:...
Sustainability as an Academic Department's Collective Research Focus
Ashesi's Business Administration department's collective research theme is Integrating Sustainability into Business Education across African Business Schools...
Learning about the SDGs through Community Life's Experiences
There are several ways to engage the displaced and refugee community with the SDGs, including being taught the SDGs, being educated so ones SDG situation improves, or engaging in certain activities...
Local Community and Alumni Engagement with the SDGs
Our alumni who are interested and talented in entrepreneurship emanating from their Ashesi courses, are taught the SDGs, especially graduates who are awarded fellowships to the Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI). These AVI Fellows...
