The University of Cape Coast was represented by its students from the School of Business has lost to University for Development Studies placing second position at this year’s Tertiary Business Sense Challenge held in Accra.
UCC was among five other public universities namely, University of Education, Winneba (UEW), University for Development Studies (UDS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) that have managed to secure their slots after winning their respective contests at Stage 2 of the highly competitive contest.
Reacting to the results at end of today’s session held in Studio B of TV3 in Accra, the Dean of UCC Business School, Prof. John Gatsi thanked the UCC team, the faculty, students and alumni who supported the team. He also ceased the occasion to thank Dr Edward Amartefio and Dr Dominic Owusu who led the students to the competition.
“To our students and coaches in the final Graphic Business Challenge, we congratulate you for the resilience and mastery shown in all the rounds. We are still proud of your sterling performance in placing second to UDS”. – Prof. Gatsi said
The contest
The TBSC is an initiative of the Graphic Business aimed at developing the cognitive growth of business students to build successful business careers in the future.
It is being held on the theme: “Developing Business Minds – The Hot Seat.”
The maiden edition, held last year, brought together students from tertiary business schools to test their knowledge in various aspects of business courses.
The University of Cape Coast emerged winner of the maiden edition.
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) are providing the technical support for the contest.
The corporate sponsors include Accra Brewery Ltd (ABL), PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pwc), Glico Life Insurance, Twellium Industrial Company Limited and CompuGhana.
The media partners are YFM and Media General, operators of TV3.
By: Efo Korsi Senyo / awakenewsroom.com