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10 weeks of LONG!! -Guest post by Maame
Maame, our long-term strategist, comments on what she describes as a LONG adventure, her commitment to the environment, and her journey to finding long-term solutions! Thinking ahead of issues is not as fun as thinking with the issues in real-time. … Continue reading
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Tagged ashesi, berekuso, community, environmental awareness, final stretch, hill, long term solutions, maame, strategies, Zoomlion
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iSTEP 2012 in the news!
Check it out here http://www.modernghana.com/news/409016/1/ashesi-university-college-collaborates-with-carneg.html ”Ashesi believes strongly in environmental sustainability. As the university expands its infrastructure and enrolls more students, it realizes the importance of being pro-active about monitoring its impact on the environment and surrounding communities. This includes managing resources … Continue reading
Invitation to iSTEP 2012 Final Presentation
Dear Ashesi community, This is our final week of iSTEP 2012. You are hereby cordially invited to their final presentation of outcomes of the water and waste projects. Day: Wednesday 1 August 2012 Time: 2pm Venue: TBA Refreshments will be … Continue reading
iSTEP visit to the U.S. Embassy
Earlier today, the entire iSTEP team, with advisors Ayorkor Korsah, Nathan Amanquah and Astrid Larssen visited with the U.S. Embassy in Accra. Most of us took the Ashesi shuttle bus from Berekuso to the city. At the embassy we had … Continue reading
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Tagged accra, AGO policies, ashesi, ghana, indian food, istep, lunch, Osu, traci, u.s. embassy, USAID
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Updated strategy for the Waste monitoring project
We are more than half way through the project and here are the three key focus areas we will prioritize for rest of the project: (based on initial data collection and analysis, discussion with stakeholders)
Posted in Dissemination, Project, Waste Monitoring and Management
Tagged ashesi, cmu, environment, garbage bins, ghana, Innovation, istep, Project manager, recap, scott andes, techbridgeworld, waste, waste audit
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Three Travel Essentials (in Accra or any other destination)
I’d say that I am a traveler. Not a tourist. So you usually will not see me walking around with a camera, safari hat and cargo shorts when I am visiting a new place. Mostly. Since Accra is very close … Continue reading
FRIDAY FIVE
1. Sonia leads the waste project focus group to continue the needs assessment: 2. Ashesi graduates its 2012 class tomorrow! 3. We learned more about the PREval Framework and what it means for our needs assessment. 4. We had a … Continue reading
iSTEP and Soccer
-A guest post by Diana- The idea of a group photo came up because I was writing an article for the Ashesi website to acknowledge Ashesi alumni companies that sponsored the Ashesi iSTEP interns, and a photo was needed to … Continue reading
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Tagged ashesi, how soccer explains team success, how to take great group photos, interns, istep, soccer, team shots
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Does dot = @ in the business world?
A guest post from Selase: Part of my role on the iSTEP 2012 team is to research on water level sensors for the water management project. One time, I e-mailed a company (name withheld) in the US enquiring about their … Continue reading
Posted in Software Development, Water Monitoring
Tagged ashesi, customer service, ghana, independent research, LS05, selase, water level sensors, west africa
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