University of Ghana Business School has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with University of South Africa Graduate School of Business Leadership to deepen leadership development and influence higher education in the sub region.
The three year partnership agreement is targeted at enhancing curriculum development, promoting academic exchanges and bringing together high level expertise to deliberate on improving higher education among two institutions.
Professor Naa Ayikailey Adamafio, Dean, International Programmes, University of Ghana said, the partnership is in fulfillment of the school’s strategic drive of transforming it into a world class educational centre.
“World class universities have major strategic partners of which to share information and academic exchanges that would help in its transformation prospects.
“University of Ghana Business School is on the path of transforming into a world class university, and its aims at becoming a model of higher education on the continent,” she remarked.
Professor Narend Baijnath, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of South Africa, observed that there is shortage of high quality leadership in governance, managerial and accountancy across the continent.
This calls for strategic alliance among educational institutions to mitigate the effect on both public and private sectors.
He explained that the partnership between the two institutions would seek to attain curriculum development that would greatly influence leadership on the continent.
“High caliber leaders would lead to better governance, while sustainable governance and would also receive collaboration leading to that good quality leadership that would impact on national development,” Prof. Baijnath remarked.
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