Book chapter: Resilience of Disabled Entrepreneurs in Ghana’s Informal Sector Authors: Boafo Christopher, Irene Okanta, Utz Dornberger Appears in The Informal Business Sector in BRICS+ Countries – Sustainable Economic Development in the Global South (Routledge, 2026), Part III “Technology, Innovation and Informal Economy Transformation”. The chapter examines how entrepreneurs with
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has hosted the 2025 Intelligence for Innovation (IN4IN) Conference under the African Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS) Project, in collaboration with Leipzig University and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The conference, themed “The Role of University–Business
Leipzig University in Germany has reaffirmed plans to expand its academic partnership with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, with discussions focusing on widening collaboration beyond Publishing Studies and Business programmes to include Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy and Biosciences. The two institutions also explored opportunities for a
The African Centre for Career Enhancement & Skills Support (ACCESS) at Leipzig University joined the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to open the 2025 International Ideas Summer School and Trainer of Trainers Workshop, with participants drawn from Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tunisia, Rwanda, Kenya, and Germany. The event
The long-standing collaboration between Leipzig University and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, has received exceptional recognition: Dr. Ralph Nyadu-Addo, Senior Lecturer at KNUST’s Department of Publishing Studies, has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier.
Ms. Yahaya Iddi (Right) receiving the award | Photo Credit: WaxFarm One of the start-ups being nurtured through the AGEA Start-up Class 2025, WaxFarm, has achieved a key milestone by winning two major awards in recent days. On 15th October 2025, WaxFarm secured a €10,000 (GHS 125,000) grant under the Standard
Between May and October 2025, Leipzig University’s SEPT Competence Centre hosted Dr. Phyllis Swanzy-Krah from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, as one of three postdoctoral researchers selected under the ACCESS 2.0 Postdoc Programme. Her stay in Leipzig was research-focused, centred on advancing her project: on “Team
The African Centre for Career Enhancement & Skills Support (ACCESS) at Leipzig University is inviting applications for the 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. The scheme offers four fellowships for early-career researchers from Africa to develop their expertise in employability research. Fellows will spend six months in Leipzig, gaining research and teaching
Participants in a group photo with Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger and trainers | Photo Credit: ACCESS The AGEA Start-up Class, an initiative to support African start-up projects from universities to develop innovative business models to make them market and investment-ready, was held in Leipzig from 03 – 13 September 2025.
As part of our mission to strengthen research on graduate employability, innovation, and promote academic cooperation across Africa and Europe, the ACCESS network is proud to showcase the research of our doctoral researchers and partner scholars. These publications address urgent themes of the Agenda 2030 – from graduate unemployment and