UPSA partners Multimedia Group to boost student entrepreneurship and business leadership in Ghana

UPSA has announced a new partnership with Multimedia Group Limited aimed at helping students with entrepreneurship, innovation and business leadership.

The partnership was revealed during a meeting between the management of UPSA and Multimedia Group ahead of the university’s upcoming Ghana Business Leaders Conclave.

The event is expected to serve as a platform to attract investment support for young business owners while encouraging discussions on business leadership and sustainability in Ghana.

Speaking during the meeting, Professor Mawutor said the conclave would focus on key issues including succession planning, dispute resolution and bringing traditional leadership into business development.

“The Ghana Business Conclave Leadership Programme, which we want to hold every year, will be a top-quality programme for business leaders in the country,” he stated.

He added that the university also wants to help grow Ghanaian businesses through research and academic writing around business practices.

“As a university and within academia, we are helping by developing literature and research around some of these business practices,” he said.

Professor Mawutor stressed the need for businesses to survive beyond their founders, noting that succession planning remains a big problem for many Ghanaian businesses.

“There should be a point of change beyond the founders of these businesses. Businesses should not collapse when their founders are gone. That is the main idea behind this conclave,” he explained.

He also highlighted UPSA’s support for student entrepreneurship, revealing that a group of Level 300 students who started a company in their second year recently got a contract worth more than GH¢200,000 to make jerseys for the university’s mini-gathering games.

“It tells you we want them to create jobs,” he said.

According to him, the partnership with Multimedia Group would help share such student success stories with more people and attract support for young businesses.

The Ghana Business Leaders Conclave is set for Friday, May 15 at 4pm as part of activities marking UPSA’s 60th anniversary celebration, which runs from August 2025 through 2026.

The event is expected to be attended by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Chief Operating Officer of Multimedia Group Limited, Ken Ansah, praised University of Professional, Studies (UPSA) for its progress and promised the company’s support for the initiative.

“When you see institutions that are serious about change, you have no choice but to support them,” he said.

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