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Group picture The three-day bootcamp equipped students with practical skills in climate-smart innovation, product development, and entrepreneurship, culminating in a Pitch Day where five winning schools each received US$1,000 in cash prizes. AfriVenture Lab has successfully hosted a three-day Climate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and Pitch Day, bringing together students from 13 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions across Ghana to dev

The UGBS Innovation and Incubation Hub, leading the Entrepreneurship Pillar of the Nkabom Collaborative at UG, successfully organized the Nkabom Venture Quest Bootcamp 2026 from 10th to 15th May 2026 at the University of Ghana. Formerly known as the Community Networking and Roadshow (CNR), the Nkabom Venture Quest Bootcamp continues to evolve as a transformative platform dedicated to empowering young people with entrepreneurial, leadership, and practical agrifood innovation s

The Health Systems Innovation Lab (HSIL) Hackathon 2026 – Ghana Edition brought together a dynamic community of innovators, healthcare professionals, and technologists for a transformative two-day experience dedicated to reimagining healthcare systems through artificial intelligence. As the world’s largest health systems-focused hackathon led globally by Harvard University, the HSIL initiative continues to inspire bold, scalable solutions to some of the most pressing challeng

Representatives from UGBS NEST participated in the TYLE Research Dissemination & Stakeholder Dialogue, organized by the University of Ghana Business School Innovation and Incubation Hub in collaboration with British Council Ghana. The event served as a platform to share key findings from research conducted by the UGBS team with stakeholders and ecosystem partners. It also created an important opportunity for dialogue on strengthening youth-led enterprise growth in Ghana throu

The University of Ghana Business School Innovation and Incubation Hub (UGBS NEST) continues to play a central role in advancing the Entrepreneurship Pillar of the Nkabom Collaborative at UG, delivering a series of strategic activities to empower young innovators and strengthen agribusiness entrepreneurship across Ghana. Over the past few months, UGBS NEST has hosted a range of capacity-building engagements to equip youth, trainers, and ecosystem stakeholders with the knowled

The UGBS Innovation and Incubation Hub has successfully delivered a three-day Residential Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop as part of the Entrepreneurship Pillar of the Nkabom Collaborative at the University of Ghana. The intensive training, held from 16th to 18th February 2026 at AH Hotel & Conference in Accra, marked a significant milestone in preparing institutional partners to implement the Community Networking & Roadshow (CNR) across Ghana. The workshop formed a cent

The 2025 Regional Innovation Synergies (RIS) Conference served as a landmark two-day event dedicated to fortifying Ghana’s innovation ecosystem under the guiding theme: “Aligning Partnerships for Innovation: Building Synergies in Agrifood, Climate Action, and Rural Technology Transfer for Job Creation”. The conference successfully convened a diverse audience of researchers, policymakers, rural and marginalized innovators, regulators, industry leaders, and young agripreneurs,

On the 12 of November, 2025, the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) Innovation and Incubation joined in the official commissioning of a new makerspace in Jaana, Tamale. This achievement is a key component of the BRIInG project, which is supported by The RISA Fund from the UK International Development. The event provided an opportunity to showcase the strong collaboration among the University of Ghana, the University for Development Studies (UDS), and Tropical AgriFood