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ASHESI INNOVATION EXPERIENCE 2014 LOG BOOK

The difference between you now and you in ten years is the books you read and the

people you meet.

ASHESI INNOVATION EXPERIENCE 2014

DAILY LOGS

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The actual program started at

2:00pm. However, some people

came way earlier only to meet

locked doors. Nonetheless, the

program started with a scavenger

hunt, where people were put in

groups and tasked with the

FKDOOHQJH RI QGLQJ RXW IRUthemselves some landmarks in

the school. This was after our

registration where we were shown

RXUURRPVDQGJLYHQRXUWDJVOHVand water bottles. The hunt was

exciting, marvelous, and

action-packed it was like a whole

reenactment of Total Drama

Island. This game served as a

little bonding time for everyone, as

well as, an avenue to share toffees

to our scavengers. Later on, we

were taken to the lab to be

ZHOFRPHG RIFLDOO\ DQG WR EULQJour minds to the task ahead. We

were also enlightened on some of

the values and aims cherished an d

objectives upheld by the Ashesi

University.

We had our dinner sumptuous

one indeed at the Akorno

Cafeteria. It was a buffet this time

around but we were told that in the

subsequent days; wed buy our

meals in the morning and evening

using our meal cards. We were put

into groups and sent to our

respective classes. After some

group activities, we converged in

Room 201. So here we are; four

anxious but excited girls: Ewura

Adjwoa Ansah, Bashira Alhassan,

Comfort Dawenyo and Rught

Ewura-Ama Awadzi and this has

EHHQRXUDFFRXQWRIWKHUVWGD\LQAshesi University. Fingers crossed

for the next day!

By: Ewura Adjwoa Ansah, Bashira

Alhassan, Comfort Dawenyo and

Rught Ewura-Ama Awadzi

DAY TWO: ASHESI

:RZ$VKHVL 7RGD\ZDVRXU UVWreal, full day on campus. If the rains

didnt wake us up, the bitter cold

did. Most of us decided to get up

and marvel at the foggy dawn.

Having to bath with many others

really takes us out of our comfort

zone but we grinned and bore it

and trooped to class.

Oh my goodness! Class! We

basically had seminars and

exercises from eight till nine and

then some more! It was refreshingly

exhausting and dealt with

creativity, innovation and public

speaking. We were exposed to

assertive and outside the box

views on topics.

During the break, we were able to

eat, socialize and make some

acquaintances and a few friends.

Lunch was a bit of a drag because

of the long queue and the wait for

WKHUHOOLQJRIWKHGLVKHVEXWLWZDVgenerally cool. It was worth the wait

for such exquisitely prepared meals.

We werent comfortable though

with the reusable cutlery due to

hygiene purposes. Many students

shared the view that either

disposable cutlery should have

been used or a notice should have

been given to inform students to

come equipped with cutlery.

The talk with Mr. Bernard Avle, a

radio personality, and the speech

competition were both engaging

and interesting, though we were

exhausted. Strange enough, we had

enough energy to get ready for

dinner afterwards. The menu all day

ZDV OOHG ZLWK WHPSWLQJ DQGexquisite choices which caused us

to snack periodically. This caused a

lot of students their dinners as we

had to learn to manage our twelve

cedis the hard way. There was

nothing more embarrassing to get

to the till n be told our money was

LQVXIFLHQW 0D\EH ZH QHHG Dsummary of our funds on our

receipts to save time and the

embarrassment. We were excited

DQG DQ[LRXV WR QG RXW WKDW ZHwould be waking up early for

aerobics the next day though.

Overall, we enjoy the way the

well-trained mentors relate to us as

well as the co-ed atmosphere here.

It really makes us overcome feelings

of homesickness and helps us to feel

at home.

By: Thelma Adjidjonu, Gifty Affum

& Claudia Dentu

OUR FIRST DAY AT ASHESI INNOVATION EXPERIENCE

ASHESI INNOVATION EXPERIENCE 2014DAILY LOGS

todaythe acid river and the

mashmellow challenge,wow those

two really put people to thinking

out of the box and quickly because

the time given us was incredibly

small,later during the day,we were

entertained with a movie.

We watched cool runnings which is

an old movie which inspired us to be

courageous,creative,have a good

team spirit among others.During the

movies we were given popcorn and

also cool-aid to eat while the movie

was going on and we are grateful to

those who got it for us.We all came

back after the movie to sleep.

We want to use this opportunity to

tell the world that AIX is a

programme in which you would

learn a lot about and this might

change your life and they should

endeavour to attend the program

next year.

%\$OEHUW(VVLOH'DQLHO0EDEdem Agbakpe, & Nii Nertey

Tetteh

REPORT: DAY FOURCommunity, diversity and change?

There are diverse people in any

community. Whats most important

is being able to respect everyone's

opinion and get along with

everyone. Diversity offers us the

opportunity to work with and

experience different kinds of

attitudes and work ethics. We

learnt, among other things, why

and how to impact change in our

communities and had the

opportunity to meet some

remarkable people.

IDEATION: Today was a bit

challenging, but I learnt a lot from

it. In our normal lives, when a

problem comes up, lots of ideas

come to mind. Sadly, majority of

them are discarded. Going through

this session I learnt its really good

to have many ideas. When they

come up do not judge them, just

keep them because a crazy idea can

DFWXDOO\EHPRGLHGLQWRDEULOOLDQWidea.

Again, try to put down so many

ideas. Quantity is better than

quality. When you have so many

ideas instead of only one that you

trust, you are given so many

options to turn to in case the main

idea does not go well as expected.

We were taught about ideation, or

brainstorming to be exact, and

were introduced to the concept of

pitching ideas. We were given a

challenge to pitch an idea about a

new form of urban transportation.

People proposed underground

travel, travel in the skies, travel

through digital media and travel in

which all roads were in motion. The

UVW SODFH SRVLWLRQ ZHQW WR 7KHSpartans A, who proposed a vehicle

made entirely of organic material,

was completely biodegradable and

will run by organic fuel.

All in all, you could tell everyone

really worked hard on their pitches

and the experience alone was so

rewarding. We were really inspired

by our guest speakers stories and

their passion for what do they do.

This encouraged us to be more

focused and determined to achieve

our goals and our ambitions.

By: Alfred Amezah, Hector Amoah,

Samuel Abugri & Rudolph Dadey

Today has really been tremendous.

It began when we had to crawl out

of bed for aerobics.Our

mentor,Nana Yaw woke us up.The

way we didnt biz him up

koraa.Then we heard the music and

decided to check it out.The place

was really cold so we decided to

get our cardigan,well,they were

ineffective.That was a nice way to

kick start the morning.

After taking our baths and

breakfast,we then headed to the

labs for our daily sessions.Todays

sessions were quite interesting.We

studied critical thinking,lateral

thinking and career choices which

opened our minds to a whole lot of

new things for example when you

look at corn,you dont just see corn

but we see money,oil,etc.And who

can forget the challenges we had

REPORT: DAY THREE

REPORT: DAY SIX

We woke up around 5:30 AM, that

cold morning, for aerobics. It was

very tiresome but we had some fun.

Then we prepared for the day. After

breakfast, we had a mental chal-

lenge session and watched a video

on how e-waste is picked at

Agbogbloshie, and how the envi-

ronment is polluted in the process.

Later in the day, we had two chal-

lenges to deal with. One was to

design a prototype capable of

deploying a payload through the

air. The other was to design a boat

capable of moving on water with-

out human interference.

In the evening, we met as groups

and prepared for tomorrows

drama and this made us sleep very

late. In all, the day was tiresome,

but we had fun!

REPORT: DAY FIVE

By: Kristine Atease, Gloria Sekyere, Abena Asabea Adjei

Ultimate Showdown: The Final

Challenge: Samuele Hajar

What a day! All we had learnt just a

couple of days ago was put to the

test today. The challenge was in

fact, a challenge. Our main 10 teams

were divided into sub groups thus

resulting in 20 different teams all

putting the sweat, tears and joy in

one project. The challenge? Re-de-

sign the school system in Ghana

into one that the government will

appreciate and continue to invest in

throughout the country. Impact,

creativity, and communication were

the judging parameters used. Fortu-

nately for our group, we won the

FUHDWLYLW\ DZDUG QDOO\ ZH ZRQsomething! A huge congrats to the

Go-getters, they were remarkable!

Its been six days and I already feel a

change in my thought patterns and

the way I look at problems. The

faculty has been outstanding, epic

and a shout out to all the mentors

for doing such a great job.AIX is

really positively impacting lives. As

we split again into groups to take on

either robotics or entrepreneurship,

Im really going to miss my old

teammates, theyve thought me a

lot, especially on how to be become

an effective leader.

Friday Night Live: Kessel Laryea

Friday Night proved to be one of

the most interesting night so

far.Teams were divided into 10

groups in which each team had a

topic to act out. The topics ranged

from politics to education and my

personal favourite, religion. Each

WHDP DFWHG ZLWK SDVVLRQ DQG UHwhich seriously moved the crowd,

who had emotions ranging from

sadness to laughter. The collabora-

tion between the members of each

team resulted in excellent plays

being acted out, and in a true testi-

mony to the power of teamwork.

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After such a turbulent week, the

party organised by the mentors was

an excellent way to relax our minds

and bodies. This party had a lot of

patronage, food, drinks, good music

and a whole lot more. People also

got the chance to show their hidden

talents whilst others engaged

themselves in all sorts of

networking. This relaxer took off

with a few oldies, which brought

about memories and some joy to all

present, and winded down to a few

RnB songs, which singled out the

romantics around us. If we were to

pick one word to describe today, it

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ROBOTICS REPORT: DAY ONEWe were introduced to the

Robotics session yesterday and we

were separated into different

groups.

I was put into group 8. There were

four members in my group

including me and one mentor. She

is Vanessa. Vanessa really gave us

motivation and guidance when we

ZHUHJLYHQRXUUVWWDVNRIEXLOGLQJthe robot.

Each group was given a set of parts

to build the robot. The parts were

actually Legos and we were given

20 minutes to join those parts to

create a robot called the EV3 robot.

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proud and enthusiastic about what

we had accomplished.

We then went into our coaching

groups and discussed the whole

experience.

REPORT: DAY SEVEN

By: Jessica Boafo Quansah, Paulina Mensah, Salamatu Dauda, and

Krystal Adukuma Atapinkrah

Kweku Baffoe-Bonnie

ROBOTICS REPORT DAY TWO: INTRO TO ROBOTICS, CLOSED SHAPE AND ONE-METRE DASH CHALLENGE

Intro to Robotics

Most people think that they know

what a robot isand in their minds,

they understand itthat is, until

WKH\WU\WRGHQHLW7KDWUDLVHVDOOsorts of questions, like, What

makes a robot different from an

ordinary computer? or Does a

machine need to have independent

intelligence before it is considered

a robot?

In our class, we argued about this

for a while and on our own, we

could not come to a conclusion,

ZKLFK ZDV QH EHFDXVH LQ WKHwords of Sebastian Thrun, The

meaning of the term robot today

differs substantially from the term

just a decade ago. (Never mind

that a decade is over half our lives

so far.)

A fascinating video about

engineering by University of

Newcastle showed us something

we all know but never pay attention

to: that everything we do is done

with the help of engineeringfrom

your alarm ringing when you wake

up, down to the hot water you use

to bathe in the night before bed.

Once again, we know the power of

dreaming, since robots started out

DVLPDJLQHGWKLQJV7KHUVWWLPHLWwas mentioned was in a play in

1921. Subsequently, it was in

movies, cartoons and stories. But

now? Theyre being translated into

reality, and this is what we are

experimenting with.

Closed Shape Challenge

:H KDG RXU UVW FKDOOHQJH ZKLFKwas to program our robots to move

in a way such that it would form a

closed shape. The criteria being

that it would stop at exactly the

point it started. The various groups

came out with shapes; the usual

triangles, squares and other

quadrilaterals. Other robots just

FRXOGQWQLVKIRUPLQJWKHVKDSHapparently the space was too

small. Another group did

something very innovative. They

formed an eight (8) and their robot

did an almost perfect forward and

reverse. Very innovative, and what

we would call lateral thinking.

One-metre Dash

We learnt how to program our

robots to move for a distance of

exactly one metre. Sounds simple

right? But heres the catch, we were

not allowed to test it and it was

supposed to work perfectly on the

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I know you can imagine it. Real

good, huh! We are geniuses, oh!

Think of how fantastic it is to get an

inanimate object to follow your

instructions. Except that you might

have to really think hard to get

\RXU URERW WRQLVKDQGWKDWDLQWeasy though. But like we said,

FUNBOTIC!

By: Abigail Lartey, Josephina

Senam Foli, Gertrude Apaniahme

Akunlibe

ROBOTICS REPORT: DAY FOUR (THE FIELD TRIP)

Much more work to do today. It

was fantastic though, especially

when you see your robot following

your orders. At the beginning of

the day, we watched some cool

videos of mobile robots and how

they try to maintain their balance

within their centre of gravity (see

us for more details).

We learnt more about loops and

branches, and programmed our

robot such that it acted like, let me

put it a dog. When at a distance

of 13 cm away or more from the

object, it moved forward or toward

the object but moved back when it

was too close to the object.

ROBOTICS REPORT: DAY THREE

are loading and unloading docks in

the port. Our tour guide also

lectured us on the various functions

of certain machines used at the

harbor. The ride home was a rough

one. The engine of the bus failed to

start on the steep slope close to the

main camp at Ashesi. Eventually,

we got here safely.

By: Kwasi Owusu & Kweku

Baffoe-Bonnie

:DNLQJXS WRJR IRU WKHHOG WULSwas a real struggle. The organisers

of the programme made us sleep

early the day before so we could

wake up earlier the next day. We

were told to wake up at 5:00 am

because the bus was to leave the

camp at 6 am. We were all at the

lobby at 6 am and even had

breakfast, but the bus wasnt there.

It actually came two hours later, the

usual Ghanaian style. We got to

Tema Harbor about an hour and

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Our tour guide joined us and gave

us a tour of the harbor. We saw

different types of ships importing

and exporting various goods. There

were quays in the harbor, and these

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sure that the program was right,

but then again, the robot is simply a

device that would work according

to our programs. So what was

happening?

On the whole though, its been a fun

week! The down moments always

make us laugh especially when we

realize later on, that our frustrations

have been caused by a few blocks

of LEGO! Weve also learnt to

always check codes properly or

adjust the robot sensors correctly

because trust me, the fault is not

always ours! And when our program

UXQVFRUUHFWO\DQGWKHURERWIXOOVits mission, it is joy all the way!!

We just need more practice; a

couple of years, or probably even

less, and serious dedication and

commitment, and programming will

EH RXU HOG:HOO SURJUDP URERWVto do quite the impossible and wed

be pleased because AIX 2014 was

our best foundation!

By: Otema Yirenkyi, Jennifer

Horthman and Dorita Dickson

REFLECTION: ROBOTICS DAY SIXthat I absolutely love to work with

and an encouraging mentor

alongside.

The road trip from Berekuso to the

Tema Harbour was quite interesting.

The laughter and jokes we shared

on the bus was good. I acquired a

lot of knowledge at the harbour too.

The career guidance we received

also has made a great impact in my

life. It got me thinking about where I

want to head towards in the near

future.

After this robotics programme, Id

love to leave Ashesi feeling

accomplished. Feeling that Ive

been able to build and program a

robot and can do so on my own.

Already, I believe Im on my way to

achieving that goal.

By: Otema Yirenkyi

If we ever had to stop for a second

and believe that robots were

probably capable of taking over the

world, then it will be this week!! It

ZDVVRIXOOOLQJZKHQZHZHUHDEOHto put pieces together and build

our own robot! Then, we were

taught a few programming codes

and asked to try our hands on it. As

the robots started moving, elation

OOHG WKH URRP 0DQ ZHUH ZHpleased!

But the mentors advised us not to

get over-excited, they said:

Sometimes, programming can get

really stressful! But we sort of

underestimated how stressful it

could get. As the challenges

became tougher and more

complicated, we found ourselves

nearly lashing out at the robots or

allowing frustration to take over

because our program was failing.

We could never really tell what

exactly the problem was, because

most of the time, we were almost

ROBOTICS REPORT: DAY FIVE

My approach to the Robotics class

was rather slow. I had pretty much

no idea how to build or program a

robot. But I wasnt going to let that

bring me down. I tried to look at the

LSVLGHRILW,WZDVDQRSSRUWXQLW\to learn something new. Something

I had not learnt before.One thing I

learnt before the whole experience

began was that programming

requires patience and systematic

procedures which come along with

frustration. I took that into

consideration and tried to have fun

any time my team mates and I

programmed.

By applying lessons learnt from

week one, Ive been able to work in a

team, give everybody the chance to

contribute and tolerate the views of

others. Then again, this hasnt been

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It was indeed sad seeing my friends

stay behind in the lab while I walked

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WHDUVRZHGWKURXJKP\WHDUGXFWVbut I just had to hold it. It was not

an easy thing to be separated from

the people you love. Hmm that

was what I was thinking till a deep

thought run through my mind; You

JRWWDPDNH VDFULFHV WR JHW ZKDWyou want. Moreover, you have to

bond with people to share the same

dreams with, according to one Mr.

Entrepreneur.

:HOOWKHUVWVHVVLRQZDVQWEDGDWall, I should say. It was in fact, more

than I expected. Making new

friends, learning new things and

sharing ideas was just fantastic! It

was good to know what others

were thinking, especially on

subjects like if just owning a busi-

ness could make you an entrepre-

neur. I thought so till it was made

quite clear that such an individual

should be putting some measures in

place. Owning a business doesnt

necessarily mean you started it. If

you buy a company and youre not

making it better, oops, youre not

TXDOLHGWREHDQHQWUHSUHQHXU,QWKHUVWVHVVLRQVRPHQHZUXOHVwere made about saying Please

and Thank You, but its just that

,PQRWXVHGWR LW7KHUVWVHVVLRQhowever was not as interactive as

the second one because some

people just refused to talk - I should

say the beads reward did the trick

in the second session. Even before a

question was asked, you could see

hands springing up in quest to

answer a question that had not even

been asked. Ah well, they might

have turned prophets. Youll never

know anyway.

Hmmm. I guess the main aim is the

beads and dinner with the

Elikem that Im yet to know. Well

who doesnt want good things?

Seven people got the beads today

but theres more to come.

My favourite part was the part

where I said Im MAD everyone

looked confused till I said it meant

Im Making a Difference. It is the

name of a social enterprise.

I did make a lot of progress today.

Im looking up to more. Gotta live up

to expectation in this innovative

experience.

By: Dzidedi Senaya

ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT: DAY ONE (A JOURNEY TO NEW FOUND LAND)

Yesterday was our second day of

the entrepreneurship course here at

AIX. We were completely

exhausted after the various

sessions we had had during the day.

7KH UVW VHVVLRQ ZDV DERXW LGHDgeneration. In this session, we

learnt about entrepreneurial

session where we had to rack our

brains to generate ideas on certain

businesses. It was sort of putting in

practice what we had learnt from the

idea generation session. We also had

an icebreaker, which helped us get the

sleep out of our system with some

paper-ball tossing and a cool game we

call SPLAT. After lunch, we studied

conceptualization, which involves

putting your thoughts in a format that

investors can visualize. We were then

divided into groups and given mentors

to help us in our practical sessions

ZKHUH ZH KDG WR OO WZR EXVLQHVVmodel canvases. At night, we watched

some Be Bold! videos, and later on had

some coaching sessions. In all, it was a

pretty tiring but awesome day.

By: Jude Ansah & Tuatuo Ofori-Atta

opportunities which enable the

creation of goods and services for

exchange. We also learnt about

opportunity recognition, which we

learnt was identifying desires in the

market place and creating ideas to

satisfy those said desires.

There was also a brainstorming

ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT: DAY TWO

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Today, we woke up all energized

and fresh to an amazing day three

of entrepreneurship. The day

started with a talk from Mrs. Ruth

Kwakwa (the Dean of Students

Affairs). She gave this talk which

made us realize that we are not

only about education but also there

is another side to us that most of us

barely make good use ofour

curiosityand a university like

Ashesi helps young people bring

out this other side.

After that inspiring talk, we got

back to our classrooms to setup for

our informal peer evaluation. As we

went round asking people to

explain their project to us, we

realized that many of us had come

up with very great ideas, which

when implemented would solve the

problems most of us are facing.

One of the ideas which we found

interesting was the mobile hospital

and the mobile game truck. Such an

idea doesn't exist anyway in our

society. At least they will reduce the

distances people would have to

walk to game centres and hospitals.

And these facilities will easily be

accessible to the people.

Personally, we think this session

was very helpful since our friends

gave feedback which was very

helpful for the improvement of our

business plan.

Next, was the ethical considerations

in business with Mercy, our

facilitator. We really enjoyed this

session because of the arguments

people brought up and their

opinions about ethics. I vividly

UHPHPEHU WKDW WKH UVW HWKLFDOdilemma we discussed in class,

someone said they were going to

shoot their close friend and take the

money. I mean how can you do

that? Your close friend?? Really??

Then again, everyone is entitled to

their own opinions and there is

nothing like a wrong answer as AIX

has taught us.

Finally, we had our feasibility

session with Victor, another

facilitator. It basically talked about

knowing whether the business idea

will work taking into consideration

the viability of the business idea, if it

ZLOOWLQWKHEXVLQHVVEXGJHWDQGLIthe company won't run into losses.

A lot goes into feasibility especially

for the customer. There was active

participation from us, the students.

There were a lot of group

discussions which run until 8:00 pm.

Then, we all left for our coaching

sessions. Our coaches, Ewurabena

and Emmanuel, made our session

very exciting which crowned the

amazing day that we had. We

discussed the rest of the ethical

dilemmas. And we were dismissed

to our rooms afterwards. What a

splendid day.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT: DAY FOUR

To begin the day, we had a lecture

on revenue models and business

negotiations after which we were

told that we had a surprise outing

which had been organized by the

entrepreneurship faculty. We were

going to Marina Park!!! We boarded

the bus and went through the

streets of Accra. I hadnt even heard

of the place before, BUT AS THEY

SAY, dont judge a book by its

cover. FINALLY, we arrived and it

was not exactly what I had

expected, but it was COOL. There

was a variety of games and fun

activities. Ranging from water slides

to horse rides, motor rides,

volleyball and boat rides. We really

had fun and took a lot of pictures. I

got rid of my fear of water and I

know most people did. After having

our snacks, we headed back to the

Ashesi campus and were very

exhausted. But we really had GOOD

FUN!!! We came back, ate dinner at

the cafeteria and went back for our

coaching sessions. We left very late

and went to bed. WE REALLY HAD

FUN GOOD FUN. That was how

Day 4 ended.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT: DAY THREE


sincere, my group was not ready for

the presentation. My tension rose,

but this was just the beginning, just

D VDPSOH RI KRZ RXU QDO GD\challenge will look like. Each group

KDG YH PLQXWHV WR SRUWUD\ WKHLUbusiness venture clearly to the rest

of the class, however unrealistic it

may seem. Yes, that was what we

did. But immediately we put an end

to our presentation, lots of

questions were asked about our

project, some of which we could not

answer. All in all, this was a great

experience that portrayed to us a

SLFWXUH RI KRZ RXU QDO GD\challenge will be like.

We hope that all groups consider

the questions that they were asked

and use them to improve on their

business plans and pitch it in the

best way as much as possible. We

wish all the groups success in their

QDOGD\FKDOOHQJHBy: Edward Ssebuliba, Tony Ryan Tetteh

ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT: DAY SIXWe woke up quite ecstatic because

we didn't have aerobics. Oh and

about that, Thelma had really

struggled to prepare for

yesterday's aerobics but guess

what she realised when she got

there Not a single soul was there,

and Thelma hon, we're honestly

sorry because it was unintentional.

As time elapsed, it dawned on us

that our time at Ashesi was coming

to an end. It was saddening, but

what on earth could we do to curb

this if not make ourselves happy.

The day started with us meeting as

a group before we were dispersed

LQWR RXU WZR FRKRUWV 7KH UVWsession was on ICT usage in

businesses led by Daniel Bonsu,

and the second was business

etiquette by Chelsea. It was

interesting to see how everyone

was eager to participate in the class

sessions since the famous beads

were on the line. * The sessions

were something else. The many

contributions and answering of

questions paid off in the end as

some students were selected to

have dinner with Elikem Kuenyehia.

As to whether their successes were

predetermined or not, we should

give them the credit.

As anticipated, Sena was crowned

the 'Gbaa' King Kong but the crown

was transferred to Prince because

he 'gbaaad' on the crown.

I'm sure everyone could spot the

fashionistas as they seemed to be

having too much fun, I guess, while

some of us were cracking our brains

in search of ideas. Well, I guess

they're just good at making

themselves happy.

I felt quite amazed when I realised

how hungry folks were when we

had to stay up late to complete our

projects. We had the privilege of

getting snacks as late as ten o'clock

and you should have seen how

people rushed for it like it was

nobody's business. The Prince

Charles' and Queen Elizabeth's also

modelled majestically and

pretended they really didn't care if

WKHVQDFNVJRWQLVKHGAt the witching hour, Kuukua and

Amanda's voices could be loudly

heard in lecture hall 216. As part of

their duty, they had been screaming

so loud in their bid to get us out if

the hall. We actually had delayed

our stay, but who really wants to get

away when they are at the climax of

success. If we're to be honest here,

no one will.

So let's just say the long and short

of it all was that our day ended, or

should I say, started after midnight.

Our experience yesterday was very

hectic in the entrepreneurship

class. Since the beginning of the

entrepreneurship class, we always

look forward to free time. But even

with free time youre so busy it

comes and goes very quickly.

Our day started with a Raising

Business Capital class for two

periods. We learnt how to make

money to start up a business or a

project. We had our second class

on Business Structure and Strategy

and our last was on Marketing.

It was all well, not until Sena, a

faculty member, told us that we

were to pitch our business ventures

to the rest of the class. To be

ENTREPRENEURSHIP REPORT: DAY FIVE

By: Stephanie Donkor, Dzidedi Senaya and Sophia Minkah-Premo

If anyone tells you you're a future leader, reject it. You're a leader now. Take the

initiative to do things.


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