On Friday, 10th November 2023, Prof. Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, an Associate Professor of the Department of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) spoke on the application of Artificial Intelligence in Finance. The seminar was to enlighten students on the rapid increase of technology and how the upcoming workforce can catch up with modern technological advancement.
The MSc Development, Private Equity class, on the 24th of June 2023, embarked on a tour to the University of Ghana Business School Innovation and Incubation Hub (UGBS NEST Facility) with the aim of providing students with out of lecture room and textbook experience of business idea support available to students’ entrepreneurs.
The International Improving Financial Awareness & Literacy Association, University of Ghana Chapter (The FA Association), held its 2023 Business Skills Transfer Edition under its Financial Awareness Literacy Campaign on February 24, 2023. The event was held at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) Graduate Building and was on the theme "Equipping the Youth with the Right Financial Capability for Right Personal Financial Decisions Tomorrow."
On 30th November 2022, Professor Joshua Yindenaba Abor and Professor Charles K.D Adjasi launched a book at the Best Western Premier Hotel, Accra. The book titled “The Economics of Banking and Finance in Africa: Development in Africa’s Financial Systems,” was published by Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature) and co-edited by the two eminent Professors of Finance.
Professor Vera Ogeh Fiador (née Soli) has been appointed as the first female Associate Professor of Finance. This promotion comes after 75 years since the establishment of the University of Ghana (UG) and 60 years since the UG Business School (formerly the School of Administration) was established.
Professor Joshua Yindenaba Abor has been appointed as Afreximbank Research Fellow for one year, 2022/23.
The one-year Research Fellowship awarded by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) provides Professor Abor the opportunity to undertake relevant research and contribute to the Bank’s intellectual leadership in fulfillment of its mandate. He will spend the year visiting and working with the Research & International Co-operation (RICO) Department of the Bank.
Professor Godfred Bokpin, an Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), spoke at an SME clinic organised by Access Bank and Graphic Business newspaper in Takoradi in the Western Region.
The Department of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) held a guest lecture online on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 on the theme: “Sustainability and Responsible Investment." The Guest Lecturer was Ms. Adiki Ofeibea Ayitevie, Vice President, Sustainability & External Relations- Newmont Africa.
Allianz has appointed Professor Joshua Yindenaba Abor as Board Chairman of Allianz Life Insurance Company Ghana. His appointment as an Independent Non-Executive Director was approved by the National Insurance Commission in August 2022. As a director, he has a tenure of 5 years, but his role as board chair has no expiration. He takes over from Mr. Kofi Ampim, who passed away in January 2021.
As part of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) seminar series, the Department of Finance partnered with Tesah Capital for a seminar on the topic “What can unsupervised learning tell us about stocks listed on the Ghana Stock exchange”. The seminar was held at the UGBS Graduate School with Professor Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, an Associate Professor of Finance, UGBS, as the speaker.
