D: LAB THE FELLOWS WORKSHOP WINNERS LAUNCH

Updated: Mar 22, 2022

On Thursday, 17th February 2022 the Ashesi Design Lab organized a fellow’s workshop in partnership with Ashesi Entrepreneurship Centre. The workshop was aimed at helping students, faculty and staff better conceptualize ideas for funding and project management support from the D: Lab. Participants were led through design thinking frameworks such as journey maps, empathy maps and business model canvas to prepare them for support.

The participants were all students from Ashesi University.

Below are some of the participants and the corresponding projects that they worked on;

NAME	PROGRAM OF STUDY	NAME OF PROJECT	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT	NAME OF COLLEAGUES
Godwin Abugatwin Abugbilla	Management Information System	BREAD BAKING PROJECT	A bread baking project in the community to help improve the quality of health among the students and the parents.	Christian Narh Fielgbor , Jamon Sampson
Miriam Naa Yeye Appiah	Business Administration	Printing shop	a business that will deal in printing, photocopying, designing, and printing of shirts, and others	Meshack Nkansah Appiah
Julius Wambua	Business Administration	CryptoVerse	An initiative to help recommend courses that include how to buy and hold cryptocurrency as long-term investments.
Daniel Tunyiko	Electrical and Electronics Engineering	Skills Bank Initiative (SBI)	The solution is to set up skill acquisition programs aimed at increasing entrepreneurship rates in the Upper West Region.
Philip Mburu Wanyoike	Computer Science	Crypto Wallet	Create an application that allows users to trade in cryptocurrency using local banks and mobile money.	Cynthia Anaba, Innocent Chikwanda
Daniel Nmecha	Computer science	Mugupp project	a project founded by three Nigerians with the purpose of conducting an online standardized test for students aspiring for university and college admissions.	Harrison Nwaogwugwu , Silas Ilemobayo
Cynthia Anaba	Business Administration	Uni Ghana	Build a single platform where students are guided in their decision-making process such as application and course selection.	Daniel Byiringiro , Philib Mburu , Palal Asare
Ngoh Amah	Computer Science	PP-Farming	To create a first-class pig and poultry farming avenue in Bamenda town that would supply Restaurants, Hotels, and other commercial hubs with healthy slices of pork and chicken meat.	Ngong Oliver Chiambah
Michael Osei	Management Information Systems	Lenslt initiative	The Lenslt initiative seeks to use photography as a tool to tickle the imagination and creativity of kids living in rural areas and slums.
Rachael Mugendi	Management Information Systems	Wama	Our project is an enterprise that provides convenience and versatility to the fashion industry	Kasonde Nanyangwe , Kenneth, Korah
Abdallah Salia	Business Administration	Project CLIMATIXS	An initiative that seeks to train farmers in collaboration with experts in regenerative agriculture.	Papa Ekow, Allen Kpentey, Cynthia Anaba, Sedinam Naki, Thomas King, Kofi Baakoh, Kelvin Carrington, Styve Orel, Maxwell Bosiako.
Innocent Chikwanda	Computer science	Chariot	The solution is operating a moving lab with portable computers in several rural areas or poor schools.
Dave Donbo	Computer Engineering	Kambuu project	The Kambuu project aims to solve the problem of intra-city transportation in Northern Ghana via the use of an innovative mobile software application.	Iddrisu Zaidan
Elaine Narh	Mechanical Engineering	Escape Ghana	Targeted at employee and student health care.

Efua Bentil	Business administration	Shower Bonnets	The project is to make bonnets of all sizes that protect the hair but this time not for sleeping but for showering.
Leeroy Magora	Electrical and Electronics Engineering	Bio stove	The creation of an affordable bio stove that is not dependent on wood.
Pascal Mathias	Business Administration	Regulated Light Bulb	A bulb whose light intensity can be regulated to a level preferred by the user. This will give the user total control over his or her lighting.
Gabriel Domininge Naa	Electrical and electronics engineering	IT Hub	To provide IT training to undeserved persons and communities.