Ashesi D:Lab

We Have a New Website!

As you may have noticed, the D:Lab is looking a little different this year. To go with the restructure, we have created a new website to reflect the D:Lab brand and mission. The new site has information on the D:Lab, ways to get involved, and a new blog to stay up to date on exciting D:Lab updates. You can find the new site at https://ashesidlab.wixsite.com/website.

  See you there!

Blockchain technology gains interest in Ghana

By Robert Anane

Accra, May 17, GNA – The Blockchain technology, which is increasingly attracting the curiosity of startups, large corporations and governments, is also starting to gain interest in Ghana.

This came to light, when the Ashesi D: Lab, Blockchain Society Ghana, Kumasi Hive and Devless, delivered the Blockchain Hackathon 2018 program in Accra.

The programme, the first of its kind in…

The Ashesi Dlab conference was held on the 25th of April 2018. The DLAB conference is a platform created by the design lab to enable the various project leads to give updates and speak on the general successes and challenges they faced in the implementation of their projects.

The program was kicked of by Dr. Adomdza who spoke on the important role the D:lab plays in developing innovative young…

Content Series: Ideation Process

On 4th April 2017, Mary Lassey, class of 2021, a Business Administration student presented on the concept of ideation. Of course, if they are no ideas, design thinking process will be futile. Mary covered the methods of ideation in the design thinking process which are, brainstorming, Disney three rooms, triggered brain walking, semantic intuition, worst idea and the six thinking hats. Under the…

Last time on the content series, we gave you a breakdown on ethnographic research tools, their benefits as well as the pitfalls they entail. During this session, we had a presentation by Alexis Yeboah, a first year student majoring in Business Administration, on prototyping. Young Alexis spoke about prototyping as the manufacture of a scaled down version of the product that a company wishes to…

Wow!!! Who says it’s not enticing to be innovative? The Ashesi D: lab has done it again with the vertical farming project. Interning with Start-Up traction in 2017 as a freshman, Nutifafa Amedior, who is currently a second year CS major in Ashesi came across the idea of vertical farming through Carry Go Farms. Seeing them have bumper harvests with a relatively smaller piece of land, Nutifafa got…

Framing + Research Tools – Observations and Depth Interview

This week in the Content Series, The Design Lab had its session on Ethnographic Research Tools. This was led by Libehela Lydia Kabi, a first year student studying Business Administration here in Ashesi University College. She defines ethnography as the study of people and cultures which reflects the knowledge and the systems of meanings in the lives of those cultural groups. Research tools on the…

GCIC Summer Internship Program

The Ghana Climate Innovation Center in Collaboration with Ashesi D:Lab seek to recruit problem solvers, enterprising, competent, hardworking and focused students to take up internship positions within selected companies in the GCIC Incubator across Ghana. This is a one month paid summer internship opportunity starting 1st June to 30th June, 2018. Students will have an opportunity to contribute…

Content Series: Hydroponics Implementation (Crops without Soil)

On Wednesday, the 21st of March, the D:Lab hosted another educative content series presentation. We had a presentation by Stefan Ofosuhene on his team’s project “Hydroponics” the method of growing plants without soil. He mentioned the use of alternatives such as gravel to grow plants, with a view on how technology causes more harm than good for the environment. But with his team, he strives to…

Hydroponics: African Solution To Increasing Food Production.

It has been a major concern for several Africans that the continent that was once known as the food basket of the world is turning into a dependency log. The global issue in the efficiency of our farmers in producing enough food for the economy has placed the economy in danger. This level of inefficiency threatens the security of Africa’s food supply as the population keeps growing. The…

Ashesi D:Lab Hydroponics Farming

Ever wondered why the Netherland, though bereft of almost every resource long thought to be necessary for large-scale agriculture, still stands as the globe’s number two exporter of food as measured by value? Hydroponics may not account for all of it, but certainly one of them! What is Hydroponics and Why does it deserve any attention? In case you are not acquainted with the technology,…

How Paradigm shifts lead to Innovation

This week’s content series featured Kelvin Degbotse, a junior here at Ashesi. Kelvin is the founder and CEO of Obsessive Innovations, a company which works with award winning visionaries and to help them create innovative technology products and also empowers youthful talent to be innovative. He spoke about how paradigm shifts lead to innovation “Paradigm shifts refers to fundamental changes in…

IS GHANA READY FOR THE BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY?

With the new technology that has heated global conversations for over a year now, where can we put our developing nations? Are we truly ready for the changing world? How can we also take a grip of this newly produced technology to solve a problem of problems? On the 17th of February 2018, the Hackathon info-session was held at the premises of ISpace Foundation at Labone to discuss these important…

The Tuungane Cosmopolitan Garden is a response by two Ashesi students, Purity Musau and Margaret Odero, to the challenge set by the Office of Diversity and International Programs (O.D.I.P), asking for ideas to foster unity and promote diversity. This challenge is part of the O.D.I.P’s initiative to engage with students more to promote diversity. Tuungane entered the competition with their idea of…

Storyboarding as a Way of presenting new ideas in DT application

The Ashesi Dlab is back and this week it hosted the first content series of the semester. In continuing with last semester’s format, it was done in a YouTube style presentation. It took place on the 7th of February 2018. The presenter was Tamisha Segbefia. Tamisha is a freshman at Ashesi University College and a CS major. Over the past few months here at Ashesi, she has been very fascinated by…

ASHESI D:LAB MEETS MIT D:LAB.

The Ashesi Design Lab, on Saturday the 13th of January 2018, met up with partners from the MIT Design Lab to begin working on their collaborative project. They met at Kpone landfill to begin field research. Find below the project brief: Graduate and undergraduate students currently enrolled in MIT D:Lab’s fall class on Gender and Development: Accelerating Women’s Economic Prosperity will partner…