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University of Ghana launches UGA Network App to reconnect global alumni community
The University of Ghana has launched the UGA Network App, a new digital platform designed to reconnect its graduates and strengthen institutional ties with one of Africa’s largest alumni communities.
Speaking at the launch on May 28, 2026 at the West African Genetics Centre Auditorium on the University campus, Vice Chancellor Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo said the app addresses a long-standing gap in alumni engagement.
“For too long, the connection between our graduates and their alma mater has depended on chance,” she said.
Adding that “Not because the bond weakened, but because there was no official, trusted and simple mechanism to keep it alive.”
Prof. Amfo noted that since the university’s founding in 1948, it has shaped “life’s most meaningful moments” for many, from friendships and marriages to business ideas and careers.
She described the university as “a shared home, one that inspired pride, purpose, and a deep sense of belonging that does not diminish with distance or the passage of time.”
“The UGA Network App allows alumni to register, verify their status, and complete profiles within minutes. Users can search for fellow “Legonites” by year of graduation, college, or location, register for university events and reunions, participate in mentorship programs, and support university initiatives,” she added.
The Vice Chancellor said alumni are central to the university’s strategic priorities, including transformative student experience, impactful research, and resource mobilisation.
“Our alumni are our most powerful ambassadors. They validate, in the real world, the education this University provides,” she added.
Prof. Amfo called the app “a living platform” that will be refined based on user feedback.
She urged alumni to “scan the QR code, register on the platform, connect with one another, reconnect with the University, and become active participants in this renewed alumni movement.”
Director of the Institutional Advancement Directorate, Prof. Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah, said the launch marks a shift from fragmented, ad hoc alumni efforts by individual colleges and departments.
“With the launch of the UG Alumni Network App, we are laying the foundation for a more connected, more coordinated, more responsive, and more vibrant alumni ecosystem,” he said.
Prof. Abekah-Nkrumah noted that the platform was built in-house by the university’s Information Technology Directorate instead of procuring an off-the-shelf solution, “a path that reflects both prudence and confidence in our own institutional capacity.”
University leadership also acknowledged support from alumni associations in Ghana, North America, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and the Francophone community, as well as from GRASAG and the SRC. Appreciation was extended to Mr. Philip Haywood Dadzie, Chief Executive Officer of Nest Realty, for supporting the launch.
Also speaking at the event, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Tourism Development Company and Professor of Marketing at the University of Ghana Business School said the app is “very appropriate.
“In the 21st century you know where to find each other, that’s online. If we can get our community very well together and be able to get in touch with them, I think it is very appropriate for us to have this particular software,” he concluded.
The UGA Network App is the official alumni engagement platform of the University of Ghana, managed by the Institutional Advancement Directorate, in collaboration with the Information Technology Directorate.
Built on a verified and secure alumni database, the platform protects personal information while ensuring credibility and trust for users.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has announced the burial and funeral arrangements for her father, the late Apostle Professor Emeritus Engineer Kwadwo Safo Kantanka.
According to her, during a press conference today, the burial service for the late Founder and Leader of the Kristo Asafo Mission will take place on July 30, 2026, at Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region.
She invited church members, family members and sympathisers to join the family in paying their final respects to the late religious leader.
“The venue for the burial service of our late father is Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region,” she stated.
Mrs. Adwoa Safo announced that the funeral service will be held on July 31, 2026, at the Independence Square in Accra.
She called on members of the Kristo Asafo Church, friends, loved ones and all individuals who benefited from the late Apostle Safo’s support and charity works to attend the funeral service.
According to her, the late Apostle Safo had a special love and concern for persons living with disabilities, and many of them would want to honour his memory.
“My father was a great fan of the disabled in our society and they would all want to identify with him on that day,” she said.
Mrs. Adwoa Safo further disclosed that a thanksgiving service would be held in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region on August 8, because the late Apostle Safo was a proud son of the Region.
She, however, noted that the funeral committee is still finalising the venue for the thanksgiving service and that details would be communicated later.
Apostle Prof. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka was widely known for his contributions to engineering, technology and religious leadership in Ghana.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The atmosphere at the New Patriotic Party’s regional secretariat in Damongo shifted from formalities to conviction when NPP national chairman hopeful Awentami Paul Afoko walked into a meeting with regional executives, the Council of Elders, and party patrons.
For those gathered in the Savannah Regional capital, the engagement felt less like a routine consultation and more like a moment of closure and reset for the party.
Afoko’s interaction quickly moved beyond standard political rhetoric. It became a session of reconciliation and recommitment, with a sharp focus on returning the NPP to power in 2028.
Regional executives were blunt about why his return mattered. “You have become a symbol of unity for the NPP considering what you have gone through,” Raphael Mahama Akati, Savannah Regional Youth Organiser
told him.
Many in the room referenced Afoko’s path: serving as National Chairman from 2014 to 2015, stepping back from frontline politics, and now re-emerging with a structured plan. To them, that journey proves the party can weather internal storms and emerge stronger.
That message ran through the meeting as some indicated that they have been inspired to put certain things behind them.
Members described him as a yardstick for patience and resilience, pointing to his decision to stay connected to the party’s base even while out of the spotlight.
Afoko anchored his remarks on his “3R” agenda – Reunite, Rebuild, Recapture. He told the gathering that unity without a plan for power is empty.
He urged the region to strengthen polling station structures, improve voter data, and begin mobilization now instead of waiting for election year.
“The NPP’s strength is that we absorb setbacks and return to fight smarter,” Afoko said, adding “That’s how we can take back government in 2028, and it starts with discipline in regions like Savannah.”
He described the 2028 mission as non-negotiable: reclaim power from the NDC, restore confidence in party structures, and ensure no region feels sidelined.
The Damongo stop adds to Afoko’s ongoing tour of regional engagements as he consolidates support for the Mational Chairmanship race.
By: Jacob Aggrey
