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Mo Ibrahim Foundation partners AUCC to establish governance
module
Accra, Oct. 20, Ghanadot/GNA - The management of Mo Ibrahim
Foundation has approved 12,980 dollars grant for the
establishment of a media and governance module at the Journalism
and Media Department of African University College of
Communication (AUCC) in Accra.
The grant is to support AUCC to regularly and systematically
monitor performance of the media in Ghana and the West African
Sub-region.
Professor Absalom Mutere, Dean of Journalism and Communication
Studies Department of AUCC, disclosed this in a statement copied
to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Tuesday.
It said the grant was to assist the University to become a
centre of research and training in governance-related aspects of
communication and development in Africa and in addition,
increase awareness among the students on the role of the media
in governance.
Mr Kojo Yankah, President of AUCC, said the partnership was
unique to assist Ghana and the Sub-region to attain Millennium
Development Goal Eight.
He explained that it was in accord with AUCC's vision to become
Africa's best centre for Journalism, Communication, Information
Technology and Business Management to assist in the rapid growth
and development of the continent.
Mr Yankah signed the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of
AUCC while Mr Hadeel Ibrahim, Executive Director, signed for the
Foundation.
AUCC is affiliated to the University of Ghana, Legon and offers
degree and diploma programmes in Communication Studies and
Business Administration.
GNA
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