The Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) joined the Yamoransa Community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region to commemorate the 2017 International Women's Day. The United Nations general theme for the International Women's Day was " Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030." A durbar held at Yamoransa to celebrate the day brought together scores of students and members of identifiable associations such as beauticians, bread sellers and kenkey sellers. Addressing participants on "Working Conditions in the Informal Economy," the Director of CEGRAD, Prof. Akua O. Britwum, said the United Nations as part of the commemoration of the day is calling for gender equality in the workplace by 2030. She noted that many women spend too many hours on household duties —cooking, cleaning, parenting- which affected them in their career development. She added that women look after younger siblings, older family members, deal with medical conditions in the family and manage the house. Prof. Britwum said unequal division of labour, unfair distribution of wealth and poor paid work, amongst others, were at the expense of hardworking women. She called for acknowledgment and protection for Women in the informal sector. The Director of CEGRAD urged women in the informal sector to save some of their proceeds and use it to pay their social security contributions so as to ensure income security in their old age. She encouraged parents to continue to invest in the education of their children, adding that it was the greatest asset that they could leave for their children. She touched on occupation health and safety, open market system, amongst others. In her address, the Director of Centre for National Culture (CNC), Madam Christiana Oparebea, who spoke on "Women in the Changing World of Work - opportunities for strengthening women enterprise in the informal economy," urged women in the informal sector to embrace technology to cope with the changing world of work. Madam Oparebea said competition in the world of work had become imperative for traders to market and package their wares, dress neatly and keep their environment clean to maintain and attract more customers. She called on the women to network in order to deepen the bond of fraternity and mutual support for one another. Madam Oparebea advised the students to disabuse their minds that vocational education was meant for less academically endowed students. She, therefore, encouraged parents to discard such notion and rather send their wards and children to such institutions. For his part, the Director of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance (DAPQA), Prof. Kofi Awusabo- Asare, who graced the function, congratulated Ghanaian women on the occasion of the International Women's Day. He urged students to take the study of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) seriously to improve the quality of their education pursuit. Prof. Awusabo-Asare urged women in the informal sector to patronise the ICT Centre in the Yamoransa community to help improve and enhance their capacity in today's world of work. Present at the programme were Nana Akwa II, the Chief of Kojokrom, and Mrs. Comfort Garbrah, the Assembly Woman of the Yamoransa Electoral Area, Dr. Genevieve Adukpo, the Coordinator of CEGRAD and other stakeholders in the Yamoransa Community.  

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has congratulated the University Basic School on winning the 2016 edition of the University Basic Schools Sports Associations (UBaSSA) Games held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. At the end of the competition, University of Cape Coast (UCC) Basic School won five trophies out of ten. It was against this backdrop that Prof. Ampiah lauded the team for their splendid performances. The Vice-Chancellor gave the congratulatory message at a function organised in honour of the Basic School Sports Team. He advised the pupils to take their studies seriously and also develop their skills in sports to enable them to attain brighter future in their endeavours. "As you train and do your sports, you must also study hard, so you excel physically and academically," he cautioned. The Vice-Chancellor encouraged them not to rest on their oars, but to win more laurels to uplift the image of their school, in particular, and the University, at large. He assured the Sports Team more goodies from the University, if they win the next edition of the UBaSSA competition, which will be held at the University of Mines and Technology. For her part, the Headmistress of the School, Mrs. Georgina Aglobitse, expressed gratitude to the management of the University for the gesture. She assured the Vice-Chancellor of the School's commitment to train hard to win the next UBaSSA Games. The annual UBaSSA Games are held to deepen ties and establish healthy support for one another through sports with the maiden edition taking place in 2014 at the University of Cape Coast. The 2016 edition saw participants from the basic schools of University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and University of Mines and Technology (UMAT). The UBaSSA Games covered activities such as soccer, athletics (100, 200, 400 and 4×100 meters) and field events (long jump and high jump) for all levels of the participating schools. UCC won five trophies as against three for KNUST, two for UG, while UMAT failed to win trophy at the event, which was held from 10th-13th July, 2016.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, has appealed to the Central Regional Fire Service Command to regularly conduct fire drill simulation for staff and students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on how to handle fire. The Vice-Chancellor made the appeal when he called on the Central Regional Fire Commander, Divisional Office One (DO 1) Fanny Simpson at Cape Coast. He noted that prevention was the most important aspect of fire safety and therefore, such exercise would equip staff and students with the skills to professionally deal with any eventuality like fire outbreak. Prof. Ampiah said GNFS was one of the key agents of development in the affairs of the University, as a result, his visit was to formally introduce himself as the Vice-Chancellor of UCC. For her part, DO 1 Fanny Simpson called on staff and students of UCC to see fire safety as a shared responsibility and that it was the duty of everyone to apply basic safety regulations to reduce its occurrence. She said most of the fires and other disasters, which occurred in the country, could have been avoided if people had adhered to basic safety regulations. The Regional Fire Officer appealed to management of the University to introduce fire related courses to enable personnel of the Service to upgrade their knowledge and skills. Accompanying the Vice-Chancellor were the Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan; Director of Academics, Mr. Jeff Onyame; Acting Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd); Assistant Registrar, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Mrs. Georgina Asi Owusu and Junior Assistant Registrar, Public Relations and Protocol Section, Mr. Felix Adu-Poku.

The Kwame Nkrumah Hall (KNH) has celebrated its 19 years with a call on the Hall to partner entrepreneurs so as to create wealth for the Hall. A former head of the Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology, Prof. Peter Kwapong, made the call at a durbar to mark the 19th anniversary of the Hall. The Week-long celebration was on the theme " Celebrating 19 Years of Excellence, Achievements and Way Forward". He said there were numerous opportunities to partner the private sector and create wealth and an enabling environment in the Hall. Prof. Kwapong, who is a former Hall Master of the Hall, advised students to be humble to their lecturers and guardians so they become responsible leaders in future. He called on students to be law-abiding and respectful to people in authority in order to command respect as future role models. Prof. Kwapong urged the Hall to surmount the challenges it was facing into opportunities. He praised the Hall Council and the Hall executives for their remarkable achievements. He charged the Hall not to compromise on its well acclaimed status as “hall of excellence”. For his part, the Hall Master, Mr. Adukpo, expressed gratitude to the staff and students of the Hall. He charged them to be guided by the Hall core values of discipline, hard work and accountability. He used the occasion to catalogue some of the projects of the Hall, including an ultramodern security gate at the main entrance of the Hall and a water treatment plant. He lauded the efforts of the sportsmen and women in the Hall. The Hall President, Mr. Peter Tetteh, expressed gratitude to the Hall Council for its support to the Hall executives. He extolled the remarkable achievements the Hall had chalked during his presidency. Mr. Tetteh called on students to take their studies seriously and work hard to take up positions of trust in society. The Director of Internal Audit, Mr. Emmanuel P. Owusu, who chaired the function, commended the cooperation between the Hall Council and the Hall executives.