The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) invited AgriConnect to participate in its E-Learning Week 2024. On Tuesday 9th July, the AgriConnect Team led two learning sessions under the theme “AgriConnect… digitally empowering our youth to lead the modernization of agriculture in Ghana’.
AgriConnect took the opportunity to launch its 4-part podcast focused on Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship. This podcast forms part of the AgriConnect supplemental course on Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship. The Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship podcast is designed around the 4 modules of the course as follows:
- Module 1: Soil Preparation for Agribusiness Success
- Module 2: Planting Seeds of Success in Agribusiness
- Module 3: Crop Management for Agribusiness Success
- Module 4: Harvesting the Fruits of Agribusiness
The Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship course has been designed to provide students with the tools they need to succeed in the agribusiness sector and to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit.
The team also led two masterclasses: one in digital literacy and digital citizenship and the other in Artificial Intelligence. Both these masterclasses form part of the AgriConnect Digital Literacy Course. AgriConnect has begun introducing masterclasses – both face-to-face and online to better support students in meeting their course requirements under the AgriConnect Programme. AgriConnect recognizes that some students may be experiencing difficulties with undertaking the supplemental courses – some of them are overwhelmed by the course content, some of them have never really engaged in self-paced learning, and importantly they are still young and are undergraduate students.
Over 100 students attended the session. The AgriConnect Team worked with students to organize this day of activities ensuring that the day was organized to meet the needs of the students. Some early feedback from students suggested that the day was great and well appreciated with them sending the message ayeeko (“eye-yeh-koo”) —from the Twi dialect meaning “Well done” "Good Job" or “Congratulations” to the AgriConnect Team.
Enoch Tetteh, one of the student organizers of the E-Learning week had this to say: "Grateful to
have been a part of the AgriConnect Masterclass 1.0 at KNUST! Seeing passionate individuals come together to share knowledge and ideas was truly inspiring. Looking forward to the impact that will come from this connection!
The AgriConnect team firmly believes that engaging in sessions like this one at KNUST as well as having masterclasses will have several positive outcomes, including:
