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Mrs. Beryl Avudzivi, an MBA Marketing Student at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), with the support of her course mates, made a presentation at the School Administrator’s Office on the 4th of March 2020. According to Mrs. Avudzivi, a GRASAG Women’s Commissioner Hopeful, leaders should be able to identify problems and be solutions-oriented, hence her decision to support the School by providing hand sanitizers as well as sanitary pads. The gesture is to help observe strict hand hygiene and also to help female students who have emergency situations.

As part of the Accounting Students Association (ASA) Week celebrations, a quiz competition was held for Accounting Students ‘Associations of three universities: University of Professional Studies- Accra (UPSA), the Accra Technical University (ATU) and the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) partnered with the Associations and had some officials present at the competition. The quiz which took place at the R. S. Amegashie Auditorium on the 10th of March 2020, was to test the students’ knowledge on taxation.

The Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, DOME, of the University of Ghana Business School, UGBS, held its 10th seminar as part of the Distinguished Marketing Practitioner Seminar Series on the 5th of March 2020 at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). The guest speaker for this seminar was Mr. Robert Nii Arday Clegg, a Managing Partner of Nii Arday Clegg and Co. He is also an author of the book “Corporate Governance: The Board Room, The Bottom Line and Beyond”.

The Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship (DoME) of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) conducted a seminar as part of the Distinguished Marketing Practitioner Seminar Series, on the 29th of February, 2020. Mr. Michael Hagan, Regional Brand Manager at Nestlé Central and West Africa, was invited to speak on “Marketing Practicalities in Multinational Businesses”

On the 28th of February 2020, Mr. Sewor Balasu, a Business Coach and an Alumnus of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) gave a thought-provoking lecture dubbed “Hey, You Probably Won’t Make It” to students of UGBS. The lecture session which was coordinated by the School’s  Mentoring and Students Service Unit (MSSU) was held at the R.S Amegashie Auditorium and was aimed at educating students about the processes of planning, starting and running a new business.