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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.
Margaret Obimpeh, Head of Personal Banking at GCB Bank PLC, led a virtual Student Affairs webinar on personal branding on 31 March 2026, helping GIMPA students present themselves effectively in professional and career settings.
GIMPA’s Office of International Programmes and Development held an International Day and Education Fair at the Moot Court on 25 March 2026 under the theme 'Global Citizenship: Building Bridges Through Education'. The event promoted internationalisation, intercultural engagement and global academic collaboration.
GIMPA’s School of Public Service and Governance and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration of the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed to establish a bilingual Governance School in Kinshasa for Francophone Africa, modelled on GIMPA’s Economic Governance School and planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. Student and faculty exchanges are to begin in September 2026, with an annual bilateral conference from 2027.
GIMPA Training and Consulting offers an online Certificate in Law and Governance running over nine Saturdays from 7 March 2026, for up to 60 participants. The programme covers legal principles, compliance and governance practice for professionals and other individuals.
GIMPA Training and Consulting concluded an eight-week programme covering Monitoring and Evaluation, Health Leadership and Administration, and Global Health for professionals from public and private health institutions. The Institute also announced newly developed courses in Bioethics and Clinical Psychology to address healthcare delivery, medical ethics and mental health management.
GIMPA Training and Consulting held a graduation ceremony on 27 February 2026 for 61 health professionals who completed its four-week Health Administration and Management (HAM) programme. Participants came from health facilities across several regions of Ghana. The Director, Prof. Kenneth Ofori-Boateng, urged graduates to drive efficiency and champion quality care in Ghana’s health sector.
GIMPA Training and Consulting offers a four-day course on the science of climate change, its impacts and mitigation and adaptation strategies. It targets environmental science students, climate professionals, policymakers, development planners, NGO representatives and business leaders in climate-affected sectors, with a cohort starting on 23 February 2026.
GIMPA Training and Consulting runs a five-day course on Data Science and Business Analytics Using Python from 23 February to 6 March 2026 at GIMPA Main Campus, for up to 30 participants. Modules cover Python foundations, data wrangling with Pandas, exploratory analysis and visualisation, and statistical analysis; no prior Python experience is required.
Students and staff of GIMPA’s Takoradi Satellite Campus toured Abave Inspections Ghana at Ahanta West on 13 February 2026 to see industry standards, safety protocols and operations at first hand, and honoured the company’s chief executive, Yaa Amoako-Adu, with a citation.
GIMPA held a two-day Leadership and Health Resilience Seminar for staff, management, health-sector stakeholders, alumni and students, led by Professor Jill Klein of Melbourne Business School and Melbourne Medical School. Sessions covered resilience in leadership, stress management, learning from mistakes, a growth mindset and mental and emotional well-being.
In partnership with SBP Africa, the Office of the Dean of Students ran the Career Kickstart webinar on 20 November 2025, with HR professionals Mavis Ofori of PZ Cussons and Bridget Appiah showing students how to convert internship experience into full-time employment.
A study by Francis Clottey Odonkor and Prof. Stephen T. Odonkor, published in Crop Protection and featured in GIMPA’s Research Newsletter (March 2026), surveyed 1,484 vegetable farmers on pesticide use. It reports that 75.9% used suitable pesticides while 70% acknowledged negative health effects, and documents unsafe disposal such as burning containers (56.9%).
The Office of the Dean of Students hosted a Curriculum Vitae Masterclass at GIMPA Business School on 10 November 2025, where career readiness consultant Comfort Sey Yankey of CSY HR Services showed students how to write effective, competitive CVs.
The GIMPA Case Study Hub partnered with the 39 Country Initiative of Ivey Business School, Canada, to host a half-day workshop on 4 November 2025 at the Daniel McKorley Moot Court. The workshop was designed to equip faculty with skills in case-based teaching and case writing, with practical guidance on integrating the case method into teaching and learning.
Michael Danquah and Williams Ohemeng of GIMPA, with Bazoumana Ouattara and Alfred Barimah, examined how climate variability affects labour productivity across municipalities in the Accra city region, combining enterprise survey data, sub-city climate data and interviews with firms and city authorities. Rainfall, a major source of vulnerability in the city, significantly reduces labour productivity.
The African Centre of International Criminal Justice at GIMPA Law School launched the maiden edition of the African Journal of International Criminal Justice on 30 October 2025 at the Dr Daniel McKorley Moot Courtroom. The journal is intended as a platform for scholarship on international criminal law and justice issues affecting Africa.
GIMPA Law School signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the Presidency of the Dominican Republic and the Leitner Center for International Law at Fordham University on prison reform and criminal justice. It covers joint research, training of prison and judicial officials and technical assistance, with a focus on pretrial detainees and rehabilitation and social reintegration.
GIMPA was one of eight institutions in Accra chosen for the UN in Ghana’s '8 Trees for 8 Decades’ symbolic tree planting marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. Deputy Rector Prof. Ebenezer Adaku represented the Institute; seedlings of fruit and indigenous species were supplied by the Forestry Commission and custodianship of the trees was assigned to host institutions.
GIMPA Training and Consulting runs a two-week Women in Management (WIM) Senior Level programme, with a cohort starting on 7 October 2025. The course is designed for women in leadership roles and aspiring managers, and aims to build a leadership foundation and the confidence to navigate leadership roles while exploring styles aligned with personal strengths and values.
GIMPA Business School, the School of Technology and Social Sciences and the GIMPA Hub for Teaching and Learning partnered with TGTS Africa, an SAP partner in Ghana, to expose students to SAP career opportunities and facilitate free SAP training and certification. The collaboration is part of GIMPA’s agenda to align programmes with industry demand.
Raphael Aryee, Ebenezer Adaku and colleagues at GIMPA studied the role of organisational citizenship behaviour and green human resource management in circular economy practices, using data from 196 manufacturing firms in Ghana. The study is featured in the GIMPA Research Newsletter (March 2026) alongside the team’s earlier work on reverse logistics decision frameworks.
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.
The GIMPA Hub for Teaching and Learning ran virtual Learning Management System training sessions on 28 July and 5 August 2025 for faculty and administrators from all GIMPA schools and departments. The sessions aimed to build capacity to deliver and manage learner-centred instruction on the LMS ahead of the new academic year, with follow-up clinics planned.
The GIMPA Research Newsletter (Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026) features a study by Kwasi Nyame-Baafi, Joseph Kofi Agyapong Darmoe, Williams Ohemeng and Michel Adurayi Amenah assessing the effect of energy poverty on health outcomes and healthcare-seeking behaviour in Ghana. It calls for integrated policies that expand access to clean, affordable energy.
The GIMPA Research Newsletter (Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2026) features a Springer article by Masud Ibrahim, Coffie Emmanuel, Dora Yeboah and Aaron Kumah on the influence of digital technologies on quality service delivery in the public sector, finding a significant positive relationship between digital technology adoption and service quality.
GIMPA researchers Mohammed Armah, Ebenezer Bugri Anarfo, Emmanuel Numapau Gyamfi and Godfred Amewu examined whether financial market stress affects renewable energy investment in BRICS economies over 1998 to 2021. They found financial stress adversely affects renewable energy investment during extreme downturns. The paper is featured in the GIMPA Research Newsletter (March 2026).
Dr Gamel Abdul-Nasser Salifu of the Department of Economics and Applied Mathematics published 'Synergies and trade-offs of sustainable agricultural practices for improved food security in a developing country: a systematic review' in Cogent Food & Agriculture. The review screened about 1,000 articles, of which 120 met the selection criteria, and maps six research fields.
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur, inaugurated a ten-member governing board of Ghana’s Fisheries Commission chaired by Prof. Wisdom Akpalu of GIMPA, an environment and natural resource economist. The board has a four-year mandate to oversee the strategic direction and governance of the sector; the Minister called for a sustainable, well-governed and resilient fisheries sector.
The GIMPA-PURC Centre of Excellence in Public Utility Regulation scheduled three water courses in 2025: Regulation of Water Services and Performance Management (5–9 May), Water Sector Management and Leadership (25–29 August) and Water Economics, Regulation and Policy (6–10 October), alongside executive certificates in water management and leadership.
The GIMPA Research Newsletter (September 2025) features a UNU-WIDER study by Daniel Chachu, Michael Danquah and Rachel Gisselquist proposing a measure of local government performance in Ghana using 2016 and 2020 data. It finds improving administrative reporting but generally low subnational institutional performance, with implications for decentralisation reform.
GIMPA hosted the first annual conference of the African Management Development Institutes Network at the GIMPA Executive Conference Centre, Achimota, from 28 to 30 April 2025. The theme was 'Enhancing Governance and Public Administration in Times of Polycrises Through Collaboration, Policy, Evidence, Technology (AI) and Innovation for Service Delivery'.
GIMPA and the Lesotho Institute of Public Administration and Management signed a memorandum of understanding in Maseru on 10 April 2025 to collaborate on public sector reform, capacity building and institutional development. The Lesotho Minister of Public Service, Stephen Mpuntu, pledged support for LIPAM’s institutional strengthening under the partnership.
GIMPA Law School convened its two-day 2025 Law Conference on 3 and 4 April 2025 at the Dr. Daniel McKorley Moot Court on the theme 'Climate Justice in Ghana: The Role of Law and Policy Towards Sustainable Development'. The Dean, Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Budu, announced plans for climate law courses at LL.B and LL.M levels and a dedicated Research Centre on Climate Law. The Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability also spoke.
Team CIC, four students from GIMPA’s School of Technology and Social Sciences mentored by Dr Nana Assyne, won first place at the StudentPreneur African Network Hackathon held on 6-7 March 2025. Their prototype was designed to minimise academic credential fraud in African universities.
The GIMPA-PURC Centre of Excellence in Public Utility Regulation (CEPUR) hosted a policy dialogue themed 'Accelerating Energy Transition in Ghana' on 5 March 2025. The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, delivered the keynote and announced plans for a Renewable Energy and Green Transition Fund; speakers included the Energy Commission and GRIDCo.
In March 2025 the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, which regulates Ghana’s electricity and water utilities, launched strategic partnerships with GIMPA, UPSA, the International Growth Centre and the African Forum for Utility Regulators. The partnerships are intended to produce research, policy dialogue and training in emerging regulatory areas.
GIMPA hosted a screening of a climate change documentary produced by young filmmakers of the Ghana Youth Videography Programme, a collaboration with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Youth Climate Report. The Rector, Prof. Samuel Bonsu, said climate issues had become a significant concern needing urgent attention.
The International Criminal Court renewed its cooperation agreement with GIMPA on 4 December 2024 in The Hague for a further five years, sustaining internships, visiting professionals, seminars, research and scholarship opportunities for the LL.M in International Criminal Law and Justice through the African Centre of International Criminal Justice.
GIMPA’s School of Public Service and Governance and the Management Development Institute of The Gambia launched a collaborative Master of Arts in Public Sector Management, scheduled to commence in January 2025. The programme is designed for public and private sector professionals to strengthen governance and operational efficiency in West Africa.
A visit by John Smagula, Assistant Dean of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, included an information session for GIMPA law students and alumni on 19 September 2024, opening LL.M and exchange opportunities and strengthening the schools’ academic collaboration.
Prof. Adwoa Yirenkyi-Fianko, Head of GIMPA’s Department of Management Science, published with Jemima Ottou a study of heavy metal concentrations in surface water of the Birim Basin after a one-year ban on artisanal and small-scale mining (Cogent Engineering, 2024). Her listed research interests include environmental sustainability of projects, water quality and treatment, and mining impacts.
GIMPA’s Research Newsletter (Vol. 1, Issue 1) features a study by Prof. Fanny Adams Quagrainie of the Business School on the entrepreneurial competencies of successful indigenous women entrepreneurs and their impact on poverty alleviation. The study drew on 27 indigenous women entrepreneurs and 80 poor persons who had benefited from their support.
As part of GIMPA Business School’s 2024 Business Week, the GIMPA Business Students Association held a community outreach at Dome Market on 20 April 2024, educating traders, many of them market women, on digital marketing, social media marketing, book-keeping and customer relationship management. The association also renovated the female ward (Ward 1) at Achimota Hospital.
The workshop on 8–9 April 2024 introduced civil society organisations and journalists to tools for using evidence in public policy.
Government, utility and private-sector representatives discussed water governance, access and cooperation at a World Water Day dialogue.
GIMPA researchers Vivian Osei, Disraeli Asante-Darko and Amoako Kwarteng surveyed 380 firms in Ghana to test how competitive strategy and circular economy practice implementation relate to corporate sustainability performance. Published in Business Strategy and the Environment, the study is featured in the first GIMPA Research Newsletter (September 2025).
The 5 March 2024 dialogue brought energy-sector representatives, academics, NGOs and think tanks together to discuss the energy transition.
GIMPA, with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, held the maiden Youth Experts Video Contest on Plastic Waste Challenges and Solutions, themed 'Reimaging Plastic: Youth Solutions for a Sustainable Future'. Nine young filmmakers from Greater Accra, Western and Ashanti regions made five-minute documentaries on plastic waste management; winning entries proposed turning plastic waste into fuel, paving blocks and bricks.
GIMPA and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung held a day-long seminar on human rights in Ghana’s small-scale mining sector, attended by mining professionals, academics, human rights activists and officials from ministries and the Forestry Commission. The Rector, Prof. Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, gave the keynote 'Organising Precarity: Ghana’s Artisanal Small-Scale Mining Sector in Five Stanzas’.
Judith Sitsope Apetorgbor was sworn in as president of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana at GIMPA, the first woman to lead the graduate student body at the Institute. Her executive includes a Gender Commissioner, and she said the position was an occasion to amplify students’ voices and encourage women to take up leadership positions.
GIMPA hosted the Ghana Youth Video Programme, screening a climate change documentary made by young Ghanaian filmmakers, followed by a panel discussion with environmentalists and academics. Partners were the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Youth Climate Report; the filmmakers’ stories were intended for presentation at COP28 in Dubai.
CEPUR’s first policy brief, published in September 2023, examines automatic tariff adjustment as a pricing mechanism for utility sectors and the challenges it creates for efficiency, input choices and political economy. It recommends periodic short-interval adjustments, an optimal renewable and non-renewable mix, and governance reforms to support sustainable utility performance.
In July 2022 the Rector, Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, announced that GIMPA would from February 2023 offer scholarships to about 100 needy students to read specially designed undergraduate courses. The programme, described as a corporate social responsibility initiative, was to include work placement, travel abroad and community service.
At the maiden Development Impact Summit of Development Impact West Africa (DIWA), a research initiative hosted by GIMPA with the Center for Effective Global Action and funded by the Hewlett Foundation, GIMPA lecturer Dr Richard Boso presented an evaluation of MASLOC microloans. He reported that borrowers were more likely to remain in business during the COVID-19 period than non-borrowers.
GIMPA’s Research Newsletter (September 2025) features 'Challenges of rural women living with obstetric fistula: A phenomenological study' by Prof. Stephen T. Odonkor and Theodora N. Yeboah, published in Women and Birth. The study reports psychosocial, physical and economic challenges including divorce, incontinence and loss of livelihood, leaving women dependent on family members.
The GIMPA chapter of the National Association of Public Health Students, in collaboration with the Dr Annang Foundation, offered free health screening to residents of Nungua, Accra. Over 500 people were screened for malaria, hypertension, diabetes, hepatitis B and C and HIV, with breast cancer screening, laboratory, pharmacy and counselling services also provided.
Prof. Fanny Adams Quagrainie of GIMPA Business School co-authored 'Women Micro-entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion: The Moderating Role of Individual Perceptual Factors’ in the Journal of African Business (first published online in 2022, 2023 issue). The study examines how micro-entrepreneurship increases the likelihood of women’s social inclusion, with self-efficacy, fear of failure and resilience as moderating factors.
Under Development Impact West Africa (DIWA), the GIMPA-hosted partnership with the Center for Effective Global Action, researchers are evaluating the impact of Ghana's Northern Rural Growth Programme on smallholder farmers' productivity, income and food security. The programme, which ran from 2008 to 2016, targeted the three northern regions, which contribute about forty percent of the poor in …
In a consortium with Poseidon and Innovative Services, GIMPA Consulting produced a Community Based Management report (2014) and a Legal Framework Review (2015) for the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development under the World Bank-funded West Africa Regional Fisheries Project. Both are cited in Ghana’s Policy Framework on Fisheries Co-Management (2019), which lists GIMPA among academic institutions consulted.
