A new cohort of bright and ambitious Ghanaian students has started their academic year with the support of Brighter Investment funding. These students, enrolled at our three Ghanaian partner universities (University of Mines and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Ghana), are now preparing to be future leaders in fields ranging from mining engineering to biological sciences.
 

Income inequality is a worldwide problem present in both developing and developed countries such as The United States where 20% of the national income is earned by the top 1% of its population. We live in a world where 50% of the population earns less than 10% of the total income produced in the world. This disproportionate distribution of wealth causes some of the biggest problems in the world such as poverty, unemployment, political instability and violence.

ellingly, this year’s Survey on the Global Agenda 2015 revealed education and skills development as the biggest challenge facing Africa in 2015, followed by building sustainable governance systems and the delivery of hard infrastructure. Almost every stakeholder group ranked education as the most important issue; respondents also suggested that business is the stakeholder that will be most affected by Africa’s educational challenges.

About to begin your university education and curious what you can expect to earn with your degree? Interested to learn how much your students earn with what they learn at your university? Find our research results for 2014 entry level Ghanaian salary levels below.