Ashesi’s 2018 career fair provided yet another opportunity for PHD Ghana to support, as a silver sponsor, with its CEO, Bright Ladzekpo, serving as a judge during the fair’s Elevator pitch, as well as Most Enterprising Business pitch competitions designed to test and enhance students’ skills in public speaking, personal grooming and business etiquette.

Winner of the elevator pitch, Jean Quarcoopome said “The Elevator Pitch competition seemed, to me, more testing because I was only given 60 seconds to give persuasive speech to spark in who I am and what I am about. So I invested the bulk of my efforts preparing for that competition. Essentially I thought of one of my best, most employable skills in my skill set, which is creativity and artistry, connected that skill to my future career in Brand Management.” 

At the end of the fair, PHD Ghana presented souvenirs that included the agency’s latest thought leadership book, ‘Merge – The closing gap between technology and us’, to winners of the two competitions.

Madam Abigail Welbeck, Associate Director of Career Services at Ashesi said “not only do we want to provide knowledge for the students in the classrooms but also we want to provide them with the experiences and skill sets that they need to become good candidates in the work place”.

About PHD Ghana

PHD Ghana is, currently, the fastest growing media agency in Ghana, according to the world’s leading research Company Evaluating the Media Agency Industry, RECMA. The agency has provided opportunities for students and graduates of African descent from colleges and universities in Ghana and UK to gain work experience in Ghana and learn from its experienced and dynamic team through summer internships, national service postings and employment as part of its talent development programme.

Its summer internship programme which runs for 6 to 8weeks has equipped students from a diverse range of the course backgrounds, including computer science, management information systems and marketing.

“We have always tapped Ashesi’s young talent right from the start of our operations in Ghana and are looking to extend this to our offices in Nigeria, Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire and South Africa in the years ahead as Ashesi’s student diversity continues to grow across the African continent.” said Bright Ladzekpo, PHD Ghana CEO.

PHD Ghana has access to a global live collaborative communications planning operating system, sophisticated research resources and advanced business intelligence tools to deliver the very best strategic expertise.