Development Impact West Africa, a partnership between GIMPA and the Center for Effective Global Action, hosted the 2025 Development Impact Summit in Accra on 26 and 27 August 2025, themed 'Advancing Evidence-Informed Policymaking for Sustainable Development in West Africa'. Presentations included the impact of Ghana’s free maternal health policy on infant and child feeding, and irrigation for smallholder farmers.
On 20 August 2025 the Students’ Representative Council commissioned a Baby Care Room at the Procurement Block to support the childcare needs of students and staff. The facility was initiated and renovated under the SRC Women’s Commissioner for 2024/2025, and the Secretary of the Institute described it as a demonstration of the SRC’s commitment to inclusivity for parents balancing study and family.
GIMPA’s Research Newsletter (March 2026) features 'Adoption Patterns and Impact of Digital Technologies Among Ghanaian Market Women' by Theresa Mannah Blankson and co-authors, using World Bank informal-sector survey data. It reports digital adoption of 68% for female-led businesses against 74% for male-led ones, with labour productivity gains of 107% for female-owned businesses that adopted.
GIMPA, the National School of Government (South Africa) and the Kenya School of Government jointly run the Economic Governance School for senior public officials. The second module took place at the NSG in Johannesburg in August 2025 with 46 participants, including Deputy Ministers, MECs and Heads of Departments from Kenya, Ghana and South Africa; a third module followed in Nairobi in October 2025.
