The first Ghana Graduates Conference (GGC 2009) took place at the University of Ghana Business School. GGC 2009 featured 12 presentations from graduates from the University of Ghana. The presentations covered research projects on topics in finance, accounting, computer science, statistics, and marketing. The scholars gave a 10-minute presentation on their research topics highlighting the purpose, methodology, findings, implications to research, policy and practice and the orginality of the research. Contstructuve feedback from the chairs and attendees covered how to improve theoretical and practical rigour and future research directions. Selected abstracts of the presentations can be read here. The scholars were also advised on graduate opportunities in Ghana, Europe and North America and how to access scholarship oppotunities. It was also emphasized that research project supervisors had to be more thorough with their supervision to enable scholars improve the quality of their final of final dissertation presented. The chairs also resolved to provide mentoring programmes for students who have potential commercial product or more practical contribution from their dissertation.
The conference was chaired by Richard Boateng (Director of Research, International Center for IT and Development, USA), Robert Hinson (Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Marketing, UGBS) and John Effah (Lecturer, Department of Operations and Management Information Systems, UGBS).
The affiliated partners include The International Center for Information Technology and Development, USA (www.icitd.com); Softbase, Ghana; Conversations on Technology, Business and Society, (ctbus.biz); Professional African Women with Class and Style, (ewuraba.com); and other academic and private institutions worldwide.
This initiative is a Pearl Richards Concept managed by The Pearl Richards Foundation, Ghana.
