Ashesi Breaks Ground on New Campus in Berkuso, Ghana

On August 29, 2009 Ashesi Broke ground on its new campus.  Hundreds of local and international supporters gathered to celebrate the new campus for Ashesi University in Ghana.  On this campus, Ashesi University will expand its work of educating the ethical and entrepreneurial leaders that Africa urgently needs.  The traditional Ghanaian Durbar ceremony brought together a wide range of Africans from entrepreneurs to village elders, to celebrate a locally founded university designed to launch a new era of locally led progress.  Honorable guests included the Ghanaian Minster of Education, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, a senior investment officer from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the local village chief, and the local representative to Parliament.  

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