Impact Week Ghana 2023

The unique spirit of Impact Week, with a mix of entrepreneurship and social innovation, coupled with intercultural exchange, is a memorable experience for all participants.

  • When: From November 8-16, 2023
  • Where: at the “Heritage Christian College” in Amasaman (near the capital Accra) 

How does the Impact Week work?

In the first week, we will train a new group of junior Design Thinking coaches by taking them through a three-day "train-the-coach" phase.

 

In the practical phase in the 2nd week, the newly trained junior coaches will directly apply their new design thinking skills while being guided by experienced senior coaches and help students find innovative solutions to local challenges.

What are the focus areas (tracks) for challenges?*

Each participating team will work on one focus area. The students can choose their focus area in the application process and get matched accordingly. Then it is up to them to own the challenge and create an innovative idea to tackle it – always keeping the Design Thinking methodology at heart.

Challenges: 

  •  Entrepreneurial Skills, 
  • Female Empowerment,
  • Youth Unemployment,
  • Agriculture,
  • Digitalization in Education,
  • Health,
  • Transportation  

What's in it for the participants?

Upon completion of the program, you will be a trained Design Thinking Junior Coach who has already applied the methodology and become a multiplier of the methodology in your professional and private life. You'll gain key skills through Design Thinking, such as innovation, customer focus, and implementation orientation.

 

In addition, Impact Week promotes local entrepreneurship and social innovation and enables local universities to apply design thinking themselves and run their own Impact Weeks.

Impact Week Ghana in Numbers

  • 140 Students
  • 10 Volunteers
  • 1 Senior Trainee
  • 19 International Junior Coaches
  • 23 local Junior Coaches

Timeline

  • August 15 Junior Design Thinking Coach Application ends
  •  September 16 Hybrid all-hands meeting of all participants
  •   November 06 Travel to Accra
  • November 08-10 “train-the-coach” session: Our Junior Coaches get a professional Design Thinking training
  •  November 13-16 4-day Design Thinking Challenge with local students
  • November 16: End of Impact Week Ghana 2023

 

Success stories

  • Read about the Liberation Hub here
  • Read about Timothy's success story here

Do you have further questions?

Contact the organizing team for Impact Week Ghana 2023: