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Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, the first deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana delivered a public lecture organised by the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) to climax his tenure as Corporate Executive in Residence (CEiR) at the Finance Department during the 2020/2021 academic year. The lecture took place on Thursday 2nd September 2021, at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana. Professor Nana Aba Amfo, Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, was the chairperson for this event. 

The Executive Development Unit of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) and the College for Community and Organisational Development (CCOD), organised a five-day (Weekend only) professional training programme on Executive Mastery in Organisational Development and Appreciative Leadership (EMODAL). The programme was aimed at branding and retraining leaders to become appreciative and inspirational and affect others to follow a common goal. The programme was attended by consultants, educational leaders, top executives, entrepreneurs as well as potential leaders.

The issue of entrepreneurship and innovation is critical to the development of every country. To contribute its quota, the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) has inaugurated the Innovation and Incubation Hub to raise and support young innovative entrepreneurs. On 26th August 2021, the UGBS Innovation and Incubation Hub, under the co-ordination of Dr. George Acheampong, a senior lecturer at UGBS, organised an information session for the first cohort of innovators for the hub.

On 31st August 2021, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana discussed issues relating to National Development Banks and the ways of strengthening banking regulations. Among the panelists who graced the dialogue, which took place at the ISSER Conference Facility, included Prof. Joshua Y. Abor, the former Dean of the University of Ghana Business School, and Dr. Vera Fiador, a Senior Lecturer at the UGBS.