News & events
Announcements, events and updates from our work towards sustainable development, newest first.
GIMPA’s Takoradi Satellite Campus ran three free Zoom seminars between 23 September and 14 October 2026, on personal branding, managing work-related stress and well-being, and AI for research, drawing up to 100 participants to a session.
Postgraduate students of GIMPA Law School’s LLM in International Trade and Business Law undertook a study tour to the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva in September 2026, engaging trade diplomats and institutional leaders. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala publicly acknowledged the delegation.
GIMPA Training and Consulting’s four-day Facility Management course addresses the operation, maintenance, safety and sustainability of buildings and infrastructure, including sustainability and energy management. It targets facility, estate and property managers, building services engineers and public sector facility administrators, with a cohort starting on 20 August 2026.
GIMPA Training and Consulting is to lead a 12-month remodelling of public sector procurement training with the Public Procurement Authority and Ghana Audit Service, under World Bank technical assistance funded by a US$200,000 grant from the Government of Japan. The revised curriculum will align with World Bank procurement regulations and emphasise case-based learning and contract management.
A two-week leadership and capacity-building programme for more than 100 selected African entrepreneurs opened at GIMPA on 17 August 2026, organised with the Korea International Cooperation Agency and Hallym University as part of the Korean Leadership Programme for Africa. Participants came from Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal.
Twenty-one officials of the Government of Lesotho, including the Minister of Public Service, completed a one-week capacity-building and training-of-trainers programme at GIMPA in August 2026. The World Bank-supported initiative forms part of the redesign of the Lesotho Institute of Public Administration and Management, with the officials to train 150 further personnel in September.
A GIMPA Law School team, with oral advocates Gabriel Tetteh Lawerteh and Papa Yaw Adom and coached by Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, won the Christof Heyns All-African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in 2026, claiming the continental title.
GIMPA Training and Consulting’s two-month Certificate in Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management (COSHEM), delivered over ten Saturdays, includes a module on the fundamentals of environmental management covering waste management, conservation and sustainable practices. A cohort starts on 25 July 2026.
GIMPA’s Office of International Programmes, with the Office of the Deputy Rector, met Bentley University of Boston on 21 July 2026 to explore collaboration. Areas discussed included faculty research partnerships and exchange, student mobility, staff exchanges, joint graduate programmes and executive education.
GIMPA hosted the Ghana Scholars and Practitioners’ Research Masterclass at its Greenhill Campus in July 2026 under the theme 'Doing Research for Policy and Practice'. The gathering brought together academics and practitioners, with contributions from the Natural Resource Governance Institute, to advance research excellence and policy impact.
GIMPA marked Father’s Day 2026 with a forum at Mamphey Hall on men’s health, identity and modern masculinity. Counselling psychologist Mrs Perfect Elorm Kumah Oduro and Dr Daniel Nortey, Medical Officer at the GIMPA Clinic, discussed sexual health, mental and emotional well-being, nutrition and exercise, and relationships.
At the Business Plan Competition award ceremony in June 2026, GIMPA Business School provided financial support to student entrepreneurs. The overall winner received GH¢17,000 in total, including a GH¢10,000 grand prize, GH¢5,000 from Minister Ahmed Ibrahim and GH¢2,000 from the School; each of the 10 contestants received GH¢5,000 from the Minister.
The Office of the Dean of Students ran Beyond the Cap and Gown: Life Ready Series, a four-week webinar series every Thursday in June 2026 giving students, especially those about to graduate, practical insights on careers, personal growth and skills for life.
GIMPA’s School of Technology and Social Sciences hosted the Tech Fair and Industry Showcase 2026 under the theme 'Innovating for Impact: Technology Solutions for Ghana’s Future'. The event brought together industry leaders, technology experts, students and innovators to discuss technology-driven solutions for national development and Ghana’s digital transformation agenda.
A strategic engagement session facilitated by rankings and institutional branding specialist Victor Okuego urged GIMPA’s senior leadership to prioritise research excellence, international visibility and institutional reputation, and set out how the THE Impact Rankings measure universities against the SDGs.
Four final-year GIMPA Bachelor of Laws students graduated with LLM degrees from the University of Connecticut School of Law at a commencement ceremony on 17 May 2026. Under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2023, selected high-performing LLB students spend their final year at UConn pursuing an LLM while completing their GIMPA degree requirements.
GIMPA Business School and York University launched a Student Consulting Project giving MBA students hands-on industry experience through field visits and engagement with business leaders. Partners included JL Properties, an affordable housing developer, and Endpoint Homoeopathic Clinic.
GIMPA, in partnership with the Electricity Company of Ghana, welcomed the second cohort of its Master of Public Administration programme at a dinner at the GIMPA Executive Conference Centre in May 2026; a fourth cohort began orientation in June 2026. The programme is designed to build leadership and management capacity in the power sector.
GIMPA Ladies organised a discussion on marriage, divorce and widowhood that brought together legal practitioners, academics and participants. Speakers including Hon. Diana Asonaba Dapaah addressed women’s property rights before and during marriage, legal documentation of contributions, constitutional protections, joint property and spousal inheritance claims.
A four-member delegation from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China visited GIMPA Business School in May 2026. Areas explored included staff and student exchange, joint research and co-supervision, a joint Executive MBA, and a 'Makola Women School' initiative on trade and entrepreneurship.
Staff and students of GIMPA’s Tema Satellite Campus joined Meridian Clinic for a Mother’s Day community engagement in May, promoting women’s health under the message that a healthy woman is a strong foundation.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana has appointed Dr Holy Kwabla Kportorgbi of GIMPA’s Takoradi Satellite Campus to author Management Accounting questions for its professional examinations question bank. He also sits on the planning committee of the Western Regional New Year Business School 2026.
GIMPA Training and Consulting ran a four-day short course on Renewable Energy Project Planning and Management, with a cohort starting on 4 May 2026 and a maximum of 15 participants.
The second edition of Eco-Africa Network’s Climate Justice Conference was held on 20 April 2026 under the theme 'Galamsey and the Environment', with the GIMPA School of Law among the co-organising partners. Sessions examined illegal mining as a threat to the environment and public health, its effects on agriculture, water and food systems, and youth unemployment as a driver of the practice.
