African Centre for Career Enhancement and Skill Support (ACCESS)
ACCESS is a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supported project under the Exceed Initiative with funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The project is being implemented by a consortium of 7 universities (6 African universities) coordinated by Leipzig University.
As part of activities for 2025, a 10-day Summer School will be hosted by the partner university, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, from 3rd to 12th November, 2025 in Kumasi, Ghana. As part of the Summer School there will be the iN4iN (Intelligence for Innovation) Africa Conference 2025. ACCESS, therefore, is inviting applications from interested postgraduate students (PhDs and masters) and
young faculty to participate in this Summer School in Ghana. The project will provide participants with flight to and from Ghana as well as accommodation.
Summary
๐๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ง, ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐ under the ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ: ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ
๐๏ธ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ – ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ผ๐. ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
๐ง๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ โ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlCmpOWbMMLR3nYZZXmnzM8U5W5GNlRyi1lhBRnMmqQDLGYQ/viewform
Summer School
The Summer School will explore issues around Sustainable Development Goal Eight (8). Specifically,
it will focus on the topic โDecent Work and Economic Growthโ. Many young adults are unemployed or
underemployed due lack of required skills sets to enter the job market. SMEs also create jobs most of which are informal. Hence, innovative ideas and projects are needed to improve upon the skill sets of the youth and also accelerate the development and formalization of SMEs in the global south.
Participants will be expected to present innovative ideas or projects on how the broad theme or any of the sub-themes can be achieved especially by countries in Africa.
Please see below the sub-themes. Innovative ideas or projects that provide practical insights of the
dynamics in the global employment market and employability skill sets are particularly welcome.
The Sub-themes are:
- Employable Skill Sets Development: The development of employable skill sets especially in the area
of digital skill sets that enhances youth employment. - Productivity: Raising productivity especially through SMEsโ innovation.
- Employment: Facilitating productive employment and decent work for all especially through the
formalization of SMEs. - Decent Work: This includes fair wages, safe working conditions, social protection (insurance), and
opportunities for personal development and social integration.
Participants will also have the opportunity to meet and network with other participants from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Ethiopia and Germany.
Due to the international nature of the participants, most parts of the Summer School will be held in English.
Who can apply?
- Postgraduate students (PhD, MPhil, MBA, MSc, MA etc) and young faculty.
- Academics and young researchers with innovative ideas or projects for addressing the theme or any of the sub-themes of the Summer School.
Documents required for Application
- Motivational letter (1 page): Your application (in English language) should show the innovativeness of your idea and how it addresses the focus of the Summer School Theme or any of the sub-themes.
- You are also encouraged to provide an idea sketch (visual representation) of your idea and possible contribution to the Summer Schoolโs goal.
- Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
- Evidence of student enrollment
Interested and eligible persons can apply through: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlCmpOWbMMLR3nYZZXmnzM8U5W5GNlRyi1lhBRnMmqQDLGYQ/viewform
Deadline: 31ST AUGUST, 2025
For more information about ACCESS, visit: www.access-centre.org
