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ASHESI INNOVATION EXPERIENCE 2014 LOG BOOK
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The difference between you now and you in ten years is the books you read and the
people you meet.
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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
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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
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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.
:H QLVKHG LQ WLPH WR WHVW LW RXWDQGLWZRUNHGDZOHVVO\Everybody in the group was very
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
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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
LQWR OHFWXUH KDOO IRU P\ UVWsession in entrepreneurship. In fact,
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.
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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
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