Representatives of Ashesi University are in Rwanda since Friday to meet interested applicants and to assess the progress of alumnus in Rwanda.
Ashesi University was founded in 2002 by Patrick Awuah, an expert and entrepreneur from the USA with Ghanaian origin.
Araba Botchway, director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Ashesi University said the university is unique as it integrates courses with leadership skills.
He explained that individual intellectual capacity, self-determination established screening examination are among considerations to admit candidates.
“There are some students having no projections of what they can do. When you talk to them you discover hidden potential they didn’t know,” said Botchway.
He unveiled that the university acquaints students with moral values and entrepreneurial skills.
“You know that our continent has a large number of unemployed people. 94% of graduates at our university within four years are employed; while 96% of graduates in the previous two years also have jobs. This gives us confidence and pride that our investment is meeting goals,” said Botchway.
Competence in the labor market
Araba Botchway explained that graduates from this university have been getting employed worldwide in giant corporate firms like Microsoft, Google and American Bank among others.
“Giant corporates usually come to recruit employees at our university. This means our students are not solely meant to work on this continent but can compete at the international labor market,” he said.
On the support of MasterCard Foundation, Ashesi has been paying tuition fees for vulnerable brighter students on the African continent since 2012.
Talking to IGIHE; Patrick Ndabarasa Tumusime highlighted that he is among five Rwandans who graduated at the university in 2018 and have been already hired. The latter joined the university for a course in Finance and Administration after completing secondary education at Lycee de Kigali in 2014.
“After applying to study at Ashesi and passing the entrance exam, I was admitted at the university. From my experience, it is unique for its competent education sharpening skills needed in the labor market. Two Rwandans we went together with have been hired; One is in charge of human resource at Red Cross, and I work at RwandAir while the 5th one continued for a Masters at Carnegie Mellon University. ” he said.
Ashesi began with 30 students but currently has 1008 students from over 20 countries.
For more details on application and registration visit: www.ashesi.edu.gh
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