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2nd Tertiary Business Sense Challenge launch tomorrow;19 Universities set to participate


Nineteen tertiary institutions are taking part in the second edition of the Graphic Business Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) which will be launched tomorrow at the TV3 Executive Theatre at Kanda in Accra.

The institutions are drawn from both public and private tertiary institutions in the country and will battle it out to take the title from the University of Cape Coast, who emerged winner of the first edition held last year..
The institutions are University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Accra Technical University (ATU), Radford University, AIT and All Nations University.

The rest are the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Central University, Kumasi Technical University, Ghana Technology University College and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Bluecrest University and the University for Development Studies (UDS), Wisconsin International University College (WIUC), African University College of Communications (AUCC), Methodist University and the Ho Technical University have also confirmed their participation in the second edition of the contest.
The main competition will be held from Monday, February 24, 2020 to Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the TV3 Executive Theatre at Kanda, and is on the theme: “Developing Business Minds — The Hot Seat.”


Event launch

The Minister of Business Development, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, will grace the launch as the special guest of honour.
The launch will also give the opportunity for the organisers to provide an overview of the TBSC, rules and prizes.

The competing universities will also have the opportunity to ballot for their slots at the launch.

The Ministry of Business Development and other corporate institutions are sponsoring the 2020 TBSC.
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), The Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG), and The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG) are providing the technical support for the contest.

The corporate sponsors include Accra Brewery Ltd (ABL), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Pwc). YFM and Media General, operators of TV3, are the media partners for the competition.

Opportunity is still available for other corporate organisations that are interested in sponsoring the competition.

Maiden edition

The GCGL came up with the TBSC last year to increase the knowledge base of students and improve the practicality of what they study in school.

The maiden edition brought together students from tertiary business schools all over the country to test their knowledge in various aspects of business courses.

It also focused on business schools interested in showcasing the quality of their faculties, tuition centres and facilities, knowledge capacity of their students and quality of their output.


UDS School of Business and Law placed 3rd in the first Edition.

At the end of the Contest

UG legon : 39 points
UDS.        : 41 points

UDS won the Contest and booked the 3rd Position whilst UG booked the 4th Position  after they lost the contest .

#GraphicBusinessCompetition2019.


Source: graphic.com.gh

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