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Indian High Commissioner with the Vice-Chancellor

Indian High Commissioner Visits UCC

16 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, His Excellency Mr. Sugandh Rajaram, has paid a working visit to the University to strengthen the collaboration existing between the High Commission and UCC.

Collaboration

Speaking at a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, H. E. Mr. Rajaram expressed his preparedness to facilitate direct collaboration between UCC and Universities as well as other corporate organisations in India. 

Mr. Rajaram indicated that the Indian High Commission would continue to facilitate scholarship opportunities for Ghanaian students which according to him were limited in scope and a short-term measure. He noted that it was important to establish long-term collaborations that would contribute towards sharing of best practices, experiences, joint research, staff, and student exchanges. “Establishing direct linkages with Universities and organisations in India is the best way to derive maximum benefits for a long period of time,” he recommended.

Partnership

Responding, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Boampong recounted that the Indian High Commission has been a good partner over the years and has sponsored staff and students in the areas of ICT and Forensic Sciences.  He said UCC was now pursuing entrepreneurship agenda and, therefore, linkages with Universities and corporate organisations would be highly appreciated.

Prof. Boampong thanked the Indian High Commission in Ghana for the continuous support in diverse ways to the University.

Specialised ICT Programme

The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora F. Edu-Buandoh, said the University through a special arrangement with the Indian High Commission had rolled out a programme with some Universities to enhance the training of UCC students in specialised areas in ICT. She, however, indicated that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the programme came to halt. She informed the Indian High Commissioner that the University was looking forward to reactivation of the programme for the benefit of students.

Cyber Security and Digital Laboratory

The Head of the Department of Forensic Sciences, Dr. Richmond Afoakwa, commended the Indian High Commissioner for supporting most of the faculty and students to build their capacities at Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU), in India. He appealed to the Commissioner to assist the University to establish a Cyber Security and Digital Laboratory to enhance the training of students and serve as a strong backbone to Ghana’s agenda to digitise the economy and also fight cyber-crime. He assured that “the University is poised and ready to do what it can to contribute to the establishment of this facility.”

Donation

The Indian High Commissioner later donated a set of books to the Africana Section of the Sam Jonah Library of the University.

Present at the meeting were the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame; Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. Moses Jojo Eghan; Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, Prof. Justice Kwabena Sarfo, Dr. Benjamin Aboagye, Research Assistants, and beneficiaries of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Scholarships.

 
 

Managing Director of VCTF with UCC officials

UCC Engages Venture Capital Trust Fund for Collaboration

16 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The University has expressed interest to partner with Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) to pursue the entrepreneurship agenda of the University.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, to pursue the entrepreneurship agenda of the University.

The Vice-Chancellor during his investiture pledged to transform UCC into a world-class entrepreneurial university with a global competitive edge.

It is in this light that the Vice-Chancellor, the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC)  and a team from the Business and Entrepreneurship Development team have held a meeting with the General Manager of Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Ms. Hamdiya Ismaila, to discuss possible collaborations to realise this agenda.

Entrepreneurship Agenda

The Director of the DRIC, Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, explained that the engagement was to discuss how VCTF could provide support for the realisation of the entrepreneurship agenda.  He noted that the Vice-Chancellor had set up a committee to craft the Business and Entrepreneurship Development Team Policy for the University.  He stated that “Central to this particular initiative is our quest to partner with private and public organisations that are in allied fields, with the financial means to support the Vice-Chancellor’s vision”. 

Vice-Chancellor's Vision

Ms. Ismaila in her presentation expressed her enthusiasm about the Vice-Chancellor’s vision saying, “I have always felt the need to work with universities because innovation and entrepreneurship start from the universities. The employment situation in the country is just nothing to write home about and I’m happy that you have taken this initiative”.

About VCTF

Ms. Isamaila explained that VCTF was a creation of the Government of Ghana and was purposely set up by law in 2004 but started operating in 2006 to drive a viable capital trust industry. She indicated some activities and the achievements of VCTF included the creation of funds. She said that all Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) were eligible to join the fund. She noted that the Fund was willing to partner with UCC to develop ideas that could lead to the creation of businesses for its students and the University itself.

The General Manager of VCTF noted that there were several funds and projects available which the University could take advantage of to achieve its entrepreneurship agenda. She, therefore, urged the University to submit proposals on innovative ideas that could be funded by VCTF. 

Partnership

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong reiterated the University’s readiness to seek support in diverse areas to help students set up their own businesses after they complete their studies so that they could also create job opportunities for others. “We will soon be knocking on your doors with our proposals to fund some of the laudable projects we have outlined,” he stated.

The Business and Entrepreneurship Development Team shared their action plans which included festival of ideas, and Venture Challenge for student entrepreneurs to find feasible business ideas.

Present at the meeting were the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Onyame, Prof. Rosemond Boohene, Prof. Mohammed Anokye Adam, Prof. Daniel Agyapong, Dr. Gloria Agyapong all of the School of Business, Mr. Isaac Nketsiah and Mr. Benjamin Otsen of DRIC, and Ms. Nana-Anna Abakah-Cann of Directorate of Legal Consular and General Services (DLCGS).

Officials of Zenith Bank with the Vice-Chancellor

Delegation from Zenith Bank Calls on Vice-Chancellor

16 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

A delegation from Zenith Bank led by Mr. Philemon Adiase, has paid a courtesy to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong to congratulate him on his appointment.

Purpose

The spokesperson for the delegation, Mr. Francis Kwabena Arthur, noted that the visit was to introduce themselves to the Vice-Chancellor and his Management team and also deepen the collaboration between the University and his organisation. “We were sent by the Management of Zenith Bank headed by the Managing Director so we are here to say a very big welcome to the Vice-chancellor,” he explained.

Mr. Arthur who is also the Relationship Manager of the Cape Coast Branch of Zenith Bank indicated that there was a cordial relationship between UCC and Zenith Bank and therefore, they would continue to do their part to meet the financial and corporate goals of the University. He expressed the Bank’s readiness to assist the Vice-Chancellor to achieve his vision for the University. “As a branch and the Bank, we want to assure you of our support to roll out your agenda for UCC. We want to assist to make your administration a wonderful one,” he noted. 

Response

Welcoming the delegation, the Vice-Chancellor informed the delegation that his vision was to transform UCC as the hub of Entrepreneurial Education so that products of the University could create their own businesses and not only rely on the formal sector for employment. “In doing this, what we envisage is that the students will be trained in such a way that they have all the competencies to become entrepreneurs” he stressed.

Prof Boampong urged that the Bank to support the University’s entrepreneurial drive by contributing to the Entrepreneurship Development Fund which would provide assistance to students to set up their own businesses and provide employment to others. “I need the support of Zenith Bank to substantially contribute to this fund so that we can together create opportunities for our students,” he entreated
    
Present at the meeting were the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame; Ag. Director of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd).  Other members of Zenith Bank delegation were Mr. Afoakwa Nkrumah-Ababio and Mrs. Alberta Burndam.
 

The Registrar cutting the sod for the construction of the Lube Bay

Vanguard Assurance Funds Construction of Lube Bay for UCC

15 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

A sod-cutting ceremony has been performed for the construction of a Lube-Bay for the Transport Section of the University. 


The construction is being funded by Vanguard Assurance Company Limited at a cost of GH¢ 63, 000 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to the University.

Servicing of UCC Vehicles

In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor noted that the Lube Bay would go a long way to help service and maintain vehicles of the University. He indicated that the University was looking for partners to support in diverse ways to efficiently carry out its mandate. Prof. Boampong said the project was the first to be executed under his tenure as Vice-Chancellor “Vanguard Assurance has demonstrated that they are true partners and we encourage other organisations to also follow their example,” he noted.

On his part, the Registrar, Mr. Jeff Teye Emmanuel Onyame, commended Vanguard Assurance for the support and indicated the facility would be very beneficial to the Transport Section. He said the University was very proud to be associated with Vanguard Assurance and added that it was a sign of greater things ahead.
“We look forward to having many bigger projects on campus with the help of Vanguard,” he added. 

Giving Back to Society

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vanguard Assurance, Mr. Frederick Sackey, noted that his organisation believed in giving back to the society stating that “We have worked with UCC for a number of years, we believe it is time to show our love and commitment to them. Whatever profits we have made over the period, we also want to share with UCC.”  He assured that the gesture was the beginning of other projects and services the company was planning to execute to enhance the relationship between UCC and Vanguard Assurance.


Present at the ceremony were the Deputy Registrar, Directorate of Public Affairs, Major Kofi Baah-Bentum (rtd); Head of Distribution of Vanguard Assurance, Mr. Samuel Asuman; Head of UCC Transport Section, Mr. Frederick Baidoo and some staff of the Transport Section.

UCC Security personnel listening to presentations

UCC Security Personnel Attend Training

15 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The Directorate of Legal Consular and General Services, in collaboration with Forensic Investigation for National Development (FIND Ghana), has held a three-day training workshop for security personnel of the University. 
    
The security personnel were trained on General Security, Emergency Medicine, Criminal Psychology, Substance Abuse, Crime Scene Management, and Bioterrorism.

Skills and Competence

In his address, the Chairman of Campus Security and Safety Committee, Dr. Akwasi Ayanful, noted that security on the University campus was not at its best hence, there was the need to enhance the skills and competences of the security guards. He entreated the security personnel to take the workshop seriously to acquire knowledge to carry out their duties efficiently.  
The Director of the Human Resource, Rev. Isaac Baafi Sarbeng, informed participants that the training was organised purposely for them to acquire knowledge and skills to perform their duties well. “We want you to exhibit very good conduct and be disciplined in your work,” he urged. 

Topics

The security personnel were taken through how to conduct themselves while on duty, values they were to exhibit, and law and security.  There were practical presentations on how to administer first aid in various situations such as shocks, bleeding, choking how to administer CPR.

Present at the programme was the Director of Legal Consular and General Services, Mrs. Alberta Y. Graham; the Chief Security, DCOP Patrick Adusei Sarpong (rtd);  the Project Director for Forensic Investigation for National Development (FIND Ghana), Mr. Abu Sulemana Mohammed and other facilitators from FIND Ghana.

 

Cape Coast, October 13, 2020: Management of the University of Cape Coast has learnt with dismay a news report alleging a robbery attack on students at the University Campus. The false report apparently emanated from a social media post accompanied by a video that has since been trending.

The facts of the case are that about 12 midnight on 12th October, 2020, the UCC security patrol team led by Mr. Gershon Serwornu received a call of an alleged robbery attack on students at the S.K. Agyepong Lecture Theatre. The team responded and moved to the purported scene of the attack. Upon their arrival, they found the place locked. The security man on duty was at post and when questioned he did not appear to know anything about the attack.


The patrol team was still with him when they heard shouts from the direction of the C.A. Ackah Lecture Theatre (CAALT) about 200 metres from their location. They quickly moved there and were told by some students that they heard shouts of armed robbery attack and took to their heels.
The Police were invited and they responded. No robbers were found at the scene and no weapons were retrieved. No casualties were recorded. From the above it appears the whole thing might have been a prank.


We take this opportunity to assure all and sundry that there has not been any robbery attack on UCC Campus and that life is normal. We wish to assure parents that the safety and security of students and staff is paramount to Management and that we will continue to provide conducive and serene environment for academic work at all times. 
We would also like to warn students to desist from such acts of mischief and that severe disciplinary action would be taken against offenders.


Maj. Kofi Baah-Bentum (Rtd) Psc APR
DEPUTY REGISTRAR (DPA)
 

 

09 Oct, 2020

Centre for Coastal Management

Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR)

Call for Applications to One-Week Professional Courses

  1. Geographic Information Systems (Introductory and Intermediate Courses)
  2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management
  3. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Coastal Areas
  4. Fisheries Management

Background

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is partnering with the World Bank under the current phase of the Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) Impact III Programme to promote coastal resilience within the West and Central African sub-regions. By the establishment of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) at the Centre for Coastal Management, UCC seeks to support the development of technical and scientific capacity of young African professionals to advance integrated solutions in addressing coastal degradation through short- to long-term professional and academic training programmes. The primary focus of the ACECoR is capacity building for the advancement of sustainable use and management of marine and coastal assets in the partner countries. This is expected to be achieved in collaboration with academia, research institutions and industry, through local and international partnerships.

ACECoR Short Courses

Under the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) programme, the Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana, is organizing short courses to strengthen the capacity of government institutions and professionals who are dealing with myriad challenges in coastal areas of Africa with a focus on West and Central Africa. The short courses have been carefully thought out and structured to equip coastal managers with the fundamentals as well as in-depth knowledge for a more integrated approach in the planning and execution of coastal programmes for sustainable development and management of coastal areas.

Interested candidates are invited to apply for any of the five (5) courses currently being run at the Centre. All applications are to be submitted online at the Centre’s website at least two-weeks before commencement of the course.

Courses and dates for 2020/2021 are as follows:

Course Date
Regular Stream
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Introductory Course (L1) 16th - 20th Nov, 2020
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Intermediate Course (L2) 23th - 27th Nov, 2020
Online Stream
Integrated Coastal Zone Management 25th Jan - 5th Feb, 2021
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Coastal Areas 15th -26th Feb, 2021
Fisheries Management 22nd Feb - 5th Mar, 2021

Course fees for regular stream courses

The fee for each short course is as follows:

Local Ghanaian participants

Non-residential (Package 1): GHS 850.00 (Includes tuition and all training materials)

Non-residential (Package 2): GHS 1,175.00 (Includes tuition and all training materials and meals – lunch and snacks)

Residential: GHS 1,775.00 (Includes tuition and all training materials, accommodation and meals – lunch and snacks)

International participants

US $ 1,000.00 (includes airport pick up, accommodation, tuition, training materials, lunch, and snack breaks)

Please note that the fee does not include visa fees, ground transport (except airport pick up), airfare, travel insurance, or food/lodging before or after the training dates. For local Ghanaian participants, travel to and from Cape Coast is the responsibility of the participant.

Payment should be made to the account details below:

Account Name: Centre for Coastal Management

Bank: Zenith Bank Ghana Limited

Branch: University of Cape Coast

Account Number: 0006011407382

Course fees for online stream courses

A subsidised fee of US $ 100.00 is charged for online courses. All applicants will be required to pay this fee online using the online payment sytem.

Sponsorship

The Centre will offer limited funding support for personnel from the following government agencies for the 2020 batch of Geographic Information Systems short courses: Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Fisheries Commission, Marine Police and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other relevant state institutions, NGOs and private partners.

Important note: Females and youth from these institutions are particularly encouraged to apply.

Online registration

All applications to participate in the CCM Short Courses must be submitted online at ccm.ucc.edu.gh. You are kindly requested to apply online before the following deadlines:

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Introductory Course (L1): 9th November, 2020

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Intermediate Course (L2): 9th November, 2020

Integrated Coastal Zone Management: 11th January, 2021

Fisheries Management: 11th January, 2021

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Coastal Areas of Ghana: 11th January, 2021

Apply online: Centre for Coastal Management

For more information, contact us at ccm@ucc.edu.gh or call 0332092654

Researchers of the LUCSUS Project

DRIC Partners Lund University to Implement 2 Million Euro Grant on SDGs

08 Oct, 2020 By louis Mensah

The Director of the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy, Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Sweden have been jointly awarded SEK 20 million (which is approximately 2 million Euros) for a new research project.
    
The project titled: Mobilizing farmer organisations for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: Collaborative comparative analysis of rural social movement building and outcomes in Ghana, Uganda, and Zimbabwe is aimed at mobilising farmer organisations for sustainable agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. The project is one of eleven new research projects, with a focus on Agenda 2030, which is to be funded in one of the biggest targeted calls ever of the Swedish Research Council (FORMAS). 

Background

In October 2019, Prof. Armah was invited together with 14 other participants to respond to the FORMAS Call for proposal for collaborative research on farmer organization and mobilization for sustainable and equitable agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. The PI (Dr. Ellinor Isgren) and Co-PI (Dr. Chad Boda), researchers at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), together with Prof Armah (Co-PI) and some representatives from small-scale farmer associations within Ghana, Uganda, and Zimbabwe met in Nairobi to draft the proposal in October 2019. 

About the FORMAS Call

The FORMAS Call aims to create research that is highly relevant to the UN’s global sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Agenda 2030. It is expected that the research offers new perspectives on the SDGs by either highlighting key synergies or conflicts between different goals or by applying humanistic or social science perspectives that could benefit the field of sustainability. Again, the call sought to encourage researchers to both tackle significant scientific challenges and take action to enable their research results to be used to guide society, directly or indirectly, towards realising the SDGs.

 

Collaborators 

On the academic side, the project involves collaboration with the University of Cape Coast (Ghana), Lira University (Uganda), and Sam Moyo Institute of Agrarian Studies. On the civil society side, the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers Forum in Uganda, and Zimbabwe Small-Scale Organic Farmers Forum will be involved. 
 
Connection of the project to the realisation of the SDGs

Ultimately, the project seeks to generate knowledge that is practically useful for civil society mobilisation around agricultural development, which has an important role to play in making sustainable development realisable. In these countries, as in much of the world, agriculture relates to multiple SDGs – most obviously Zero Hunger but also No Poverty, Life on Land, Climate Change, Gender Equality, and many others – if not all. There is a lot of existing knowledge already about what types of policies and interventions will make agricultural development more sustainable and inclusive. And yet, in many places, both environmental issues and the needs of resource-poor smallholders remain low on the political agenda.


Credit: Isaac Nketsiah

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