Photos: Catholic University Wins 3rd Edition Of ‘Duapa Challenge’ By British Council
Representatives from the Catholic University College of Ghana put up
the most convincing pitch to win the 3rd edition of the ‘Duapa
Challenge’ – beating University of Ghana, Ashesi University, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, , Ghana Institute of
Management and Public Administration.
Tagged the ‘The Campus Duel’, Catholic University impressed the three (3) judges for the event, Mrs. Comfort Ocran, Jessie Agyapong and Amma Lartey - surpassing the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, which placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.
For their prize, Catholic University took home an amount of Ghc10, 000 as seed funding for their project of providing skills to inmates at the prisons in Ghana.
The ‘Duapa Challenge’, as part of the British Council’s contributions to the social enterprise ecosystem, is a social innovation competition which seeks to promote economic growth, private sector development and youth employment through enterprise.
Tagged the ‘The Campus Duel’, Catholic University impressed the three (3) judges for the event, Mrs. Comfort Ocran, Jessie Agyapong and Amma Lartey - surpassing the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, which placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.
For their prize, Catholic University took home an amount of Ghc10, 000 as seed funding for their project of providing skills to inmates at the prisons in Ghana.
The ‘Duapa Challenge’, as part of the British Council’s contributions to the social enterprise ecosystem, is a social innovation competition which seeks to promote economic growth, private sector development and youth employment through enterprise.
The 3rd edition was primarily focused on student ventures, exploring innovative social enterprise ideas that can be supported to viable businesses.
There were grand performances from the likes of Adomaa, a former winner of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) ‘Unsung’ and Drew of ‘MTN Hitmaker’ fame.
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