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The Corporate and Legal Affairs Director of Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) and Voltic (GH) Ltd, subsidiaries of SABMiller Plc, Adjoba Kyiamah, delivered a lecture on “Building Strong Brands through Stakeholder Engagement” to MBA students at the University of Ghana Business School on Saturday, 16th April 2016. Ms. Kyiamah, who holds a BA from the University of Ghana, MA from the University of Manchester and QCL from the Ghana School of Law, has over two decades worth of experience in Media, Urban planning and Legal practice.

UGBS on Wednesday, April 13th 2016, launched a co-operation agreement with International Financial Corporation (IFC) Ghana to co-develop modern educational modules in addressing emerging corporate governance issues.

UGBS organizes Corporate Executive in Residence Program (CERP) every semester as part of the school’s aim to bridge the Industry-Academia divide. In this direction the Department of Accounting organized its CERP, featuring Mr. Anthony Sarpong, a Partner at KPMG who spoke on the topic ‘Building your career and owning your life’.

Professor David Hulmes, a professor of Development studies at the University of Manchester and an Executive Director of the Global Development Institute, delivered a public lecture at the UGBS graduate campus on the 7th of April 2016 on the topic, ‘From Millennium Development goals to Sustainable Development goals, a Transformation or an Evolution’.

Four researchers from UGBS, ISSER, CDD and ESID engaged in a panel discussion on the topic ‘‘Ghana’s Quest for Social and Economic Transformation: Challenges and Prospects’’ on the 6th of April, 2016. The objective of the discussion was as a result of a research conducted by these academics to identify pressing developmental challenges facing Ghana and ways to achieve socio-economic transformation.