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Beyond the Curriculum, the weekly forum put together by the University of Ghana Business School Mentoring and Students' Services Unit continued on Friday, 6th April, 2018, at the R.S. Amegashie Auditorium. It was an entrepreneurship session themed 'Normal is Abnormal' and was handled by Mr. Dan Sewor Balasu, an alumnus of UGBS, who is an entrepreneur.

The College of Humanities on Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, launched a programme of activities earmarked to commemorate the University of Ghana's 70th Anniversary celebration. The event which was held at the Department of Economics (Bank of Ghana Auditorium) attracted scores of academic and non-academic staff, as well as students from the various schools, centres and departments within the college. Also at the event, a book authored by the College of Humanities Research Conference Committee and titled 'MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA' was launched.

The College of Humanities of the University of Ghana (UG), on Tuesday, 10th April, 2018, organised a public lecture as part of activities for the 70th Anniversary of the University at the UG School of Law Auditorium. The lecture which was on the topic "African Universities, African Scholarship, African Liberation" was delivered by Professor Horace Campbell, the Kwame Nkrumah Chair, Institute of African Studies.

The University of Ghana Business School on the 5th of April, 2018, organised the second alumni practitioner forum themed "Financing the SDGS through Improved Revenue Mobilisation and Management" at the British Council. Speakers for the event were Mr. George Osei-Bimpeh, Country Director, SEND-GHANA; Nana Osei - Bonsu, CEO, Private Enterprises Foundation; Ms Gladys Ghartey, Head of the United Nations System Unit, Ministry of Finance and Dr. Abeka-Nkrumah, Senior Lecturer, UGBS. The programme was moderated by Bernard Koku Avle, Director of News, Citi FM.

Dr. Prince Kodua of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship has opined that "Taking the Bull by the Horn" should not always be considered prudent in bringing a profitable closure in business and regulator relationship. He said, "Taking the Bull by the Horn" may show the firmness on the part of Bank of Ghana, the regulator, to apply sanctions and eventually instill discipline in the financial services sector.