{"id":50245,"date":"2023-03-27T21:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T21:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T21:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T21:27:17","slug":"graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A leading Ghanaian banker, Nana Dwemoh Benneh, the Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has urged graduates of the University of Ghana to take advantage of the benefits of digital tools to establish themselves as entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Dwemoh Benneh made these comments at the 75<sup>th<\/sup> congregation ceremony of the College of Education where he was the guest speaker. The ceremony saw the graduation of 11,711 students drawn from the constituent schools of the college namely School of Continuing and Distance Education, School of Information and Communication Studies and the School of Education and Leadership.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-927958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Provost of the College of Education Prof. Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe in his opening remarks noted that the graduating class had students from over 50 other countries amongst the cohort, once more cementing the University of Ghana\u2019s place as the premier University in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In her remarks read for her by the Pro Vice\u2013Chancellor Prof. Felix A. Asante, the Vice\u2013Chancellor of the University noted some key successes chalked by the University for the year under review. Key highlights here included the Vice\u2013Chancellor\u2019s Student Digitization Initiative to allow for synchronous and asynchronous virtual learning.\u00a0 She also noted that the University of Ghana had taken pride of place in Ghana as the top-ranked school in the Webometrics\/ Alper Doger school rankings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-927957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-with-the-graduates-and-dignitaries-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In her speech prior to confirming the conferment of degrees on the presented candidates, the chancellor of the University Mrs. Mary Chinery\u2013Hesse, represented by Ms. Doris Kisiwa Ansah and Mrs. Yvette Adounvo Atekpe, members of the University Council congratulated management for continuing efforts to ensure that the university returns to full and normal operations post the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>She also commended management for innovative efforts to resource the university and also to ensure the best management practices including being the first university in Ghana to institute a gender policy statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-927955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-24-at-14.52.19.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Nana Dwemoh Benneh, the CEO of the Universal Merchant Bank in his speech reiterated his pride in being an alumnus of the University, graduating some 23 years ago. He painted a vivid picture of a contrast between the world he graduated into and the world of today. He noted that the key differentiator was how much digital tools had transformed the world, especially the world of work.<\/p>\n<p>He noted for instance that unlike in 1996, his year of graduation, new music albums could top the chart without a CD or a cassette being produced. He used this example to establish the point that the world we find ourselves in the age of the digital entrepreneur and admonished graduating students to follow the examples of other successful entrepreneurs in and out of Ghana and seek to establish their own enterprises. \u201cOpportunities exist for the diligent who apply themselves to exploiting the digital world and creating different kinds of work relevant to the emerging society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-927954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-with-the-graduates-and-dignitaries-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The College of Education is made up of the following schools: School of Information and Communication Studies, School of Education and Leadership and the School of Continuing and Distance Education and is one of the colleges of the University of Ghana. The university of Ghana was founded in 1948 as a university college of the Gold Coast. This year\u2019s congregation marks the 75<sup>th<\/sup> congregation of the university.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-927953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-with-the-graduates-and-dignitaries-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leading Ghanaian banker, Nana Dwemoh Benneh, the Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has urged graduates of the University of Ghana to take advantage of the benefits of digital tools to establish themselves as entrepreneurs. Nana Dwemoh Benneh made these comments at the 75th congregation ceremony of the College of Education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A leading Ghanaian banker, Nana Dwemoh Benneh, the Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has urged graduates of the University of Ghana to take advantage of the benefits of digital tools to establish themselves as entrepreneurs. Nana Dwemoh Benneh made these comments at the 75th congregation ceremony of the College of Education [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-27T21:27:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/\",\"name\":\"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-27T21:27:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-27T21:27:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1066},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"A leading Ghanaian banker, Nana Dwemoh Benneh, the Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has urged graduates of the University of Ghana to take advantage of the benefits of digital tools to establish themselves as entrepreneurs. Nana Dwemoh Benneh made these comments at the 75th congregation ceremony of the College of Education [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-03-27T21:27:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1066,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/","name":"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-03-27T21:27:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-27T21:27:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nana-Dwemoh-Benneh-CEO-of-the-Universal-Merchant-Bank-delivering-his-address-at-the-75th-congregation-ceremony-of-the-College-of-Education-at-the-University-of-Ghana-1.jpeg","width":1600,"height":1066},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/graduates-urged-to-take-advantage-of-digital-tools-to-win-in-age-of-the-entrepreneur\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Graduates urged to take advantage of digital tools to win in age of the entrepreneur"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}