Telecel awards top female computer engineering graduate at University of Ghana

Telecel Ghana, a telecommunications company has acknowledged Kathleen Nicole Brown as the best graduating female student in computer engineering at the University of Ghana for the 2024/2025 academic year.
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‎The award was given during the university’s Vice-Chancellor’s Academic Awards ceremony that took place at the Great Hall. Ms Brown ended up as the recipient of the Telecel Ghana Prize after completing a demanding four-year programme in computer engineering.
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‎The yearly award, which was sponsored by Telecel Ghana for more than ten years, forms part of efforts to promote female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), especially in fields where women remain underrepresented.
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‎During the time she was speaking after receiving the award, Ms Brown stated the joy over her achievement and talked about the effort needed to required to excel academically.
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‎Ms Brown drew to attention that “I’m very excited because a lot of work went into this achievement over the last four years. I’m so grateful to God that it all paid off. What worked for me was having a good study plan, a good study group and performing well consistently in my academics.  I’m also grateful to Telecel for giving me the industry exposure and mentorship in the past year.”
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‎Ms Brown was part of the beneficiaries of Telecel’s Female Engineering Students Scholarship Programme (FESSP) in 2024. an initiative designed to support final-year female engineering students through tuition assistance, mentorship and professional exposure.  Marie-Pearl Yaa Nono Akoto, who is another beneficiary of the programme,  also was awarded at the ceremony as the best student in computer science.
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‎Telecel Ghana said the FESSP initiative is design to address problems that limit female participation in technical fields by providing financial support and connecting students to female engineers’ real life experience for mentorship and career guidance.

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