Preparing a new generation of leaders
Giving student leaders the knowledge, practical skills and ethical grounding to lead with purpose.
SDG 16 · GIMPA priority goal
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote peaceful, inclusive societies and accountable institutions.
Strong leaders. Stronger institutions.
Making student voices heard
An online complaints channel provides another way for students to raise concerns with the institution.
Leadership through participation
Student associations create opportunities to participate, collaborate and practise democratic leadership.
GIMPA-PURC Centre of Excellence in Utility Regulation (CEPUR)
Policy dialogue, policy briefs and courses on energy and water regulation, run with the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission.
International partnerships and exchange
Joint programmes, student exchange and institutional partnerships with universities and agencies in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America.
GIMPA Law School: justice, rights and public interest law
Access-to-justice partnerships, conferences, moot court competitions and journals led by the GIMPA Law School.
Centre for Digital Public Governance
A centre for research and training on digital public governance, established with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
Public sector reform and capacity building for African governments
Training, governance schools and reform partnerships for public officials in Ghana and across Africa.
Youth, climate and environment engagement
Documentaries, contests, seminars and tree planting that bring young people into climate and environmental action.
Teaching and learning innovation
Faculty development in digital learning, case teaching and research methods.
Decent work and welfare for GIMPA staff
The Human Resource Directorate’s conditions of service, leave arrangements, life insurance, on-campus clinic, safety officer and grievance procedures give GIMPA’s 497 employees fair, secure and supportive working conditions.
A safe, well-kept campus for learning and work
The Estates and Municipal Services Directorate maintains GIMPA’s lecture halls, offices, hostels, water, sanitation and electrical systems, keeps the campus safe and compliant, and engages local artisans and contractors to do it.
Tema Campus: safer, more accessible, closer to students
GIMPA’s Tema Satellite Campus has certified seven staff as fire marshals, built a ramp at its main entrance, opened a QR-code student help desk, standardised its teaching materials and taken a women’s health outreach to the community.
Takoradi Campus: widening access and linking students to industry
GIMPA’s Takoradi Satellite Campus admits mature students aged 25 and above, runs free online seminars for the public, takes students into industry, rosters staff every weekend for working students and supports pregnant and unwell students to sit exams elsewhere.
Research, programmes & evidence.
LLM trade law students visit World Trade Organization in Geneva
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 to overhaul public procurement training under World Bank technical assistance
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.
World Bank-sponsored training of trainers for 21 Lesotho public officials
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.
GIMPA Law School wins Christof Heyns All-African Human Rights Moot Court
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.
Ghana Scholars and Practitioners’ Research Masterclass hosted at Greenhill
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.
Four GIMPA law students graduate with UConn LLM under joint programme
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-ECG Master of Public Administration programme welcomes new cohorts
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 host forum on women’s rights in marriage, divorce and widowhood
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.
GIMPA School of Law co-organises 'Galamsey and the Environment' conference
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.
GIMPA and ENA-DRC to establish bilingual Governance School in Kinshasa
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.
GTC online Certificate in Law and Governance
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 Law School launches African Journal of International Criminal Justice
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 signs access-to-justice MOU on prison reform and pretrial detention
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.
Economic Governance School for senior African public officials
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.
Research on digital technologies and public sector service delivery
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 professor Wisdom Akpalu chairs new Fisheries Commission Board
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.
CEPUR runs water regulation, economics and leadership courses for utility staff
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.
Research on measuring local government performance in Ghana
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 hosts first annual AMDIN conference on governance in times of polycrises
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 Lesotho’s LIPAM sign MoU on public sector reform and capacity building
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 holds 2025 Law Conference on Climate Justice
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.
International Criminal Court renews five-year cooperation with GIMPA Law School
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 and MDI Gambia launch Master of Arts in Public Sector Management
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.
GIMPA and KAS seminar on human rights in small-scale mining
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’.
GRASAG-GIMPA swears in its first female president
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.
CEPUR Policy Brief: Automatic Tariff Adjustment in the utility sector
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.