UGBS International Relations Office Hosts GNAM Week
The International Relations Office of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) recently hosted another edition of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) week to foster global connection and knowledge sharing among business professionals and students. The event was held at the UGBS, Graduate Campus bringing together participants from Oxford University, Lagos Business School, Yale University, and UGBS. Throughout the week's event, participants engaged in various activities including lectures, sports activities, a tour of Legon Botanical Gardens, and a trip to Cape Coast.
Prof. Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Coordinator for the International Relations Office, welcomed participants and provided a brief history of Ghana’s independence, current state of democracy and culture. Prof. Ebo Turkson, Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Dr. Baah Aye Kusi and Dr. Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah, Senior Lecturers of Finance, UGBS engaged participants in an insightful lecture on ‘Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA)’, and ‘Culture and Doing Business in Africa’.
Prof. Agbloyor led participants to pay a visit to the Dean of UGBS, Prof. Justice Bawole. Prof. Bawole expressed his excitement at UGBS students' participation and increased female representation in the Global Network Week. He mentioned that GNAM is a great platform for member universities to connect and urged Prof. Agbloyor to diversify offerings for participants of the GNAM week to experience new perspectives. He again advised participants to maintain and leverage connections with students from other universities.
This Global Network programme is organised by the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) twice a year. It offers students the opportunity to take courses from other top business schools and network with students from other universities.