Scholarships and the GIMPA Endowment Fund
Bursaries and scholarships for brilliant but needy students, financed through the GIMPA Endowment Fund.
SDG 10
Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Explore this goal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SRC commissions Baby Care Room to support student-parents on campus
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.
Research on digital technology adoption and gender gaps among Ghanaian market women
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 announces scholarships for about 100 needy students from February 2023
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.
Study documents challenges of rural women living with obstetric fistula
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.
Study of women micro-entrepreneurship and social inclusion in Accra communities
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.