Today more than ever, many businesses are being created at a very fast pace. However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), around 20% of new businesses fail in the first 2 years of existence. Cash flow problems and lack of planning and research are some of the most common reasons for this, but lack of knowledge is also a key factor. Here are 5 of the most prestigious International Business Schools in Ghana, if you’re planning on opening a business in the country.
Businesses are vital to the economies of all countries and they provide jobs as well as many other benefits. Adequate knowledge gained from studying is very important to steadying the tide of challenges that may come and also keeping up with profitable practices that ensure the longevity of the enterprise.
There are excellent universities in Ghana, however, the challenge of opening a successful business requires an even higher education. Without further ado, we present to you the 5 most exceptional Business Schools in Ghana.
5 International Business Schools in Ghana
The University of Ghana Business School
The University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) is the premier and largest business school in Ghana. It focuses on developing world-class human resources and capabilities to meet national development needs and global challenges, through quality teaching, learning, research and knowledge dissemination.
Formerly known as School of Administration, University of Ghana’s Business School is the undergraduate and postgraduate Business School of the University of Ghana in Accra.
UGBS is a member of reputable international networks of business schools such as AACSB – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, GNAM – Global Network for Advanced Management and AABS – Schools. The School has collaborations with leading business schools in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa in the areas of student/faculty exchanges, academic programmes, case studies, and research development.
The school offers various Undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes in its six academic departments – Departments of Accounting, Finance, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, Operations and Management Information Systems (OMIS), Organization and Human Resource Management (OHRM), Public Administration and Health Services Management (PAHSM).
Some of the Masters programmes including EMBA, MBA, MSc also run in a flexible mode (evenings, weekends and sandwich) to enable students pursue graduate studies while working.
Central Business School
Central University is one of Ghana’s foremost private universities. The University has a business unit called Central Business School which was established in 1997. After undergoing some changes, it evolved to be the Central Business School many wish to attend. Before being known as Central Business School, it was known as School of Business Management and Administration (SBMA).
Central Business School is widely acclaimed for flexible modes of teaching through its weekend and evening programme. Accounting, Banking & Finance, Human Resource Management, Management and Public Administration, Marketing, Agribusiness Management are the six departments in the Central Business School.
The programmes of the school have been built on local expertise but with a global outlook. This is to churn out middle-level managers as well as senior executives for the much-needed business, administrative and entrepreneurial roles,
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
GIMPA was established in 1961 as a joint Ghana Government/United Nations Special Fund Project. It was originally called the Institute of Public Administration, established to train public servants with administrative and professional competence to plan and administer national, regional and local services.
Over the years, GIMPA has become a public co-educational university that has spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and is made up of six schools and ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra, Ghana. Together with 200 state institutions, GIMPA successfully participated in a Public Sector Reform Programme under the auspices of the World Bank and became a self-financing institution as part of the National Institutional Reform Programme in 2001.
GIMPA offers bachelors, masters and executive master’s degree programs in business administration, law, entrepreneurship and public administration, development management, governance, leadership and technology.
Many Ghanaian parliamentarians and ministers of State have had at least a part of their education in GIMPA and that has contributed to its credibility and fame. GIMPA is located right next to the University of Ghana and actually in West Legon.
Accra Business School
Accra Business School is a prestigious Christian Business School accredited to offer globally recognized postgraduate, undergraduate and professional programmes in a scholarly environment for learning. The school is an affiliate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana and the Awards for Training and Higher Education, Norwich, UK.
ABS has in consultation with industry developed a suite of revolutionary business education programmes including MBA, MSc, PGDBA, BSc and professional qualifications that meet the training needs of the 21st Business Leader and the human capital needs of industry.
The school was founded in 2004 and has since undergone 3 name changes and the current name reflects its strategic role in the location and also the specificity of their function. This is reflective in their success and relevance in the industry as one of the leading private business schools in Accra.
Nobel International Business School
Nobel International Business School was founded in July 2014 by Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima. After over 25 years of experience in industry and academia with institutions like the Queensland University of Technology and University of Wollongong in Australia, City University of Hong Kong, Aston Business School in the UK and the China Europe International Business School (CIEBS), Shanghai and in Accra as the Founding Executive Director of CIEBS Africa campus, he concluded that the traditional model of education was unsuited to the working professional in Africa.
Meanwhile, NIBS is designed around you to account for the peculiar needs, problems and opportunities in the business education in Africa context. NIBS develops, educates and trains business professionals throughout their careers with a spectrum of programs as Doctoral and Executive education levels, MBA, EMBA, and other specialized Masters degree programs later in its development.
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