Ashesi Center for Entrepreneurship

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Last week, we completed the Investor Readiness Intensive in person training, a four-week program taking early-stage founders from fundraising uncertainty to investor-ready.
More panels and peer review sessions are in the works!

#AshesiEntrepreneurs #BuiltForBuilders

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Issa Alhassan’26 watched how our football pitch gets maintained before and after every match, and turned that observation into a solar-powered lawnmower for his capstone.
Ideas grow in a lot of different places. A pitch is one of them.
#AshesiEntrepreneurs #football

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Ghana's emergency care crisis runs deeper than "No Bed Syndrome." It's a systems problem, and systems problems need systemic thinking. Nana Kofi Quakyi breaks it down for ACE.

Read more here 📖 https://t.co/epBSZRkkq1

#HIFest2026 #HealthSystems #Ghana #AshesiEntrepreneurs

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The Ashesi Center for Entrepreneurship's monthly newsletter on coach insights, ecosystem milestones, and what early-stage building really looks like is available now!

Swipe through to see our May issue highlights.

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Through ethnographic research in their Foundation in Design and Entrepreneurship course, team Stewards identified a problem: young mothers being left behind in the job market. Here is their solution.
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@Ashesi University is co-hosting the Health Innovation Festival 2026.

Three days of entrepreneurs, researchers, and builders working on innovating Africa's health forward.

June 4–6. Fiesta Royale Hotel, Accra. More details coming soon.

#HIFest2026
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Inspired by industrial pipe maintenance systems she observed during an internship at @TullowOilplc, Thembani Ngwenya '26 designed a compact in-pipe cleaning robot to help remove soft clogs in residential drainage systems. Watch the full series: https://t.co/JQsWc9Rr7U

#AshesiGrad #Ashesi2026

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For his capstone project, Nana Kwaku Amoako ‘26 designed DuoSign, a browser-based system that converts text and speech into sign language using a digital avatar. The tool aims to improve accessibility by helping deaf users access digital content easily. Watch the full series: https://t.co/JQsWc9Rr7U

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Trueman Mabumbo '26 designed a low-cost 6-axis robotic arm to make robotics learning more practical. Built using 3D-printed parts and readily available components, the modular arm allows students to explore real robotics concepts through hands-on experience. Watch the full series: https://t.co/JQsWc9Rr7U

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Beyond the Sogakofe barrier: How Anita traded her abolo pan for an Ashesi Degree

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(🧵2/2) Entrepreneurs do not find opportunity. They train themselves to see it, and you can too.

What is the one habit that changed how you see problems?

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What is the one habit that changed how you see problems as an Entrepreneur? Here are 5.
#AshesiEntrepreneurs #EntrepreneurMindset

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What would it mean if the next generation of founders built accessibility into their products from day one?
In their Foundation in Design and Entrepreneurship course, here is the solution Team SignBridge designed.
#AshesiEntrepreneurs #BuiltforBuilders #atAshesi

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Understanding a value chain from the inside changes how you build.
What can entrepreneurship education teach that a classroom cannot?

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Ashesi Student Incubator teams visited Pure and Just Company, the team behind Yvaya Farms, certified and supplies Emirates flights out of Accra, and NCK Fashion School, where Bernard Hazel has trained 350 students while running ventures across fashion, food, and agriculture.

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50% of every undergraduate Ashesi class is on scholarship. As our Global Giving Week starts today, and we celebrate this year’s graduating classes, help us reach 500 donors and open doors for the next. We're 25% there! Give here: https://t.co/UPZdDAsCqh
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Around campus, students are turning real problems into practical solutions. 💡
The LangBridge team in Ashesi’s Foundations of Design and Entrepreneurship course, are building SEMA LEO, a learning app designed to make African languages more accessible.

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What if institutions learned about emerging economies from the founders shaping them?
Our student & alumni founders shared their journeys with a delegation of @Cornell faculty and graduate students.
Read more here: https://t.co/MTWom89JAv 
#AshesiEntrepreneurs #BuitforBuilders

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The takeaway: use the data you have, stay rigorous in your judgment, and draw insight from customers and stakeholders.

Q: What role should educators, coaches, and mentors play in closing the gap?🤔

#AshesiEntrepreneurship #LSEGenerate #DataDrivenDecisionMaking

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We co-hosted a roundtable with @LSEGenerate on data-driven decision-making in entrepreneurship, focused on how founders make sound decisions when formal data is limited and the signals are not always clear.

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