AIT Deepens Africa’s Tech Talents, Graduates Eighth Batch of Ph.Ds

The Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), a technology-focused private university has further helped to increase Africa’s rising number of scholars in technology related fields as the university graduated its eighth batch of Ph. Ds during its recently held 16th Graduation Ceremony at the University’s Knowledge City Campus (KCC), Kokomlemle, Accra.

This brings the total number of Ph.Ds graduated at AIT since 2016 to 49 in the fields of Engineering, Business Administration, Education, and Information Technology.

According to a statement released by the university, “This achievement marks not only an AIT history but also a history in the annals of private university education in this country. This event also saw the graduation of 219 Bachelor’s and 33 Master’s degree holders from both the campus-based undergraduate programs as well as to the Open University undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It was also witnessed with the deployment of current technology that facilitated the organization of a virtual graduation experience specifically for majority of the students using the Google Meet platform.”

Founded to close the technology research and manpower gaps across the African continent, AIT is ranked at the top as a private university in Ghana by the Ghana Tertiary Awards and still holds since 2018, the coveted Best in TechnologyFocused University - Ghana Award by Global Business Insight of the United Kingdom.

The Chairman of AIT Board of Trustees, Professor Edward Ayensu, in his address to the congregation, said: “All indicators point to the fact that AIT as a university with its high-powered and academically distinguished Board of Trustees are meeting several envisaged milestones as a young and growing dynamic institution which is showing all the encouraging signs of becoming a world-class university.”