Accra, Feb. 19, GNA - The managing team of BarCamp Ghana, a branch of an international informal gathering to generate ideas for development through partnerships and networking, on Saturday announced its programme of events for the year 2011.

After the successes of Barcamp Kumasi, Barcamp Accra and Barcamp Takoradi, the national event Barcamp Ghana 2010 was held on the 18th of December, 2010 at the Ashesi University campus.. Barcamp Ghana was under the theme ‘’Create dreams, work smart and shape the future” and it attracted a lot of entrepreneurs, businessmen, students, amongst others.

Recap of Barcamp Takoradi 2010

Recap of the Maiden Event of Barcamp Accra

Recap of the Maiden Event of Barcamp Kumasi

Over 300 people interested in Ghana congregated on December 21st at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) premises to exchange ideas and learn from each other. BarCamp Ghana 09 was themed "Leadership for our times - cultivating change makers" and the event was centered around youth creating and making change and setting up themselves to lead, be innovate and entrepreneurial now. The event run from 9am past 7pm and was free for all attendees. Breakfast, lunch, and drinks were all provided at no cost to attendees.

Patrick Awuah is the Founder and President of Ashesi University. We at BarCamp are excited to have him as the keynote speaker for the second BarCamp Ghana event on December 21, 2009 at the
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST).

Patrick Awuah was educated at the Achimota School and left the shores of Ghana in the 80's to pursue his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College. He graduated in 1989 with majors in engineering and economics. He continued on to Microsoft, where he worked for many years and became a millionaire before he hit 30. He completed an MBA at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He used his connections and network built from these institutions to raise funds and resources to build a university in Ghana which he modelled after Swarthmore's liberal arts education. Ashesi (which means beginning in Twi) opened in late 2001 and has proceeded to graduate brilliant, entrepreneurial, hardworking students who are the cream of the crop and making waves in the various sectors they've entered.

Patrick Awuah and Ashesi University was awarded the Aspen Institute's McNulty Prize for 2009 worth $100,000. Judges choosing the McNulty Prize included Madeleine Albright, Bill Gates, and Olara Otunnu. He was also a finalist for the Microsoft Alumni Foundation's 2009 Integral Fellows.

One of the most popular breakout sessions at BarCamp Diaspora was the healthcare session. Participants at the July 25th event in DC discussed the problems facing Ghana's healthcare delivery and systems, how they differed from what they had seen in the US and how Ghana's could be improved. A lot of the attendees were medical school students or professionals in the health-care industry.

BarCamp Diaspora '09 (Investing our talent where it counts) took place on July 25 at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies. The event was a success and drew about 80 participants and had many more following proceedings through Twitter, Ustream and Facebook.

BarCamp Diaspora '09 (Investing our talent where it counts) took place on July 25 at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies. The event was a success and drew about 80 participants and had many more following proceedings through Twitter, Ustream and Facebook.

Shara Karasic, who was one of the attendees, interviewed Ashifi Gogo (the keynote speaker), Henry Barnor (one of the organizers) Melanie Dickson, and Freda Obeng-Ampofo (two of the attendees).

Interview with Melanie Dickson, attendee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtVloWzVhRQ