Abrewankor MA Basic School has won the 2026 University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Community Development Challenge (CDC) Awards, scoring 85 points in the school-based organic gardening competition. The school, located in Abrewankor, a farming community along the Koforidua-Somanya Road in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, received a tricycle, two cutlasses, two shovels and a...Read More

The Municipal Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for the Yilo and Manya Krobo Municipalities, Mr Alfred Akuffo Larbi, has urged newly admitted students of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya, Eastern Region, to respect consent, uphold the dignity and rights of others, and refrain from sexual...Read More

The University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya, Local Chapter of the Tertiary Education Workers’ Union (TEWU-GH) has launched an Asset Acquisition Scheme to improve members’ welfare and make essential assets more accessible through structured financing arrangements. The scheme covers a broad range of assets, including motorbikes, cargo and passenger tricycles, vehicles, laptops and...Read More

The Project Administrator of the Nkabom Collaborative-UESD and Registrar of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Mrs Mary Abena Agyepong, has urged members of the Collaborative to prioritise measurable impact and document beneficiaries’ success stories as the project enters its third year of implementation. She made the call at the closing ceremony of...Read More

The Nkabom Collaborative-UESD is shifting its focus from training young people to ensuring that they transition into employment, self-employment and sustainable enterprises, with a Year Three target of training 500 young people and supporting at least 200 into work. The Project Investigator (PI) and Vice-Chancellor of UESD, Prof. Nyarko-Sampson, said the target should serve as...Read More

Agricultural waste is often treated as something to be cleared from farms, discarded or burned. But for participants in the Cohort 2 Practical Compost Production Training organised by the Nkabom Collaborative-UESD, agro-waste is taking on a new meaning-as a resource with the potential to produce useful agricultural inputs, support new businesses and create additional income...Read More

The Nkabom Collaborative-UESD is shifting its focus in Year 3 from programme development and training participation to measurable youth employment, enterprise development and livelihood outcomes. The Project Investigator(PI) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Prof. Eric Nyarko-Sampson, announced this on Day Two of the three-day Year 2 Performance Evaluation and...Read More

The University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya, Eastern Region is set to send its first cohort of 12 MPhil and MSc students in Environmental Restoration Studies to the Technical University of Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany, for a six-month student exchange programme. The students, from the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, are expected to...Read More

The University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya, Eastern Region, has partnered with Maleka Farms Limited, based at Kadjena, Akuse, to establish a scholarship scheme to support the education and professional development of aquaculture students. Known as the Maleka Excellence Scholarship for Aquaculture Students (MESAS), the initiative is the result of collaboration between UESD’s...Read More

For young entrepreneurs who participated in the Nkabom Agro-Food Systems Business Fair at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), Somanya, Eastern Region, the exhibition was more than an opportunity to display products. It provided a platform to meet customers, explore business partnerships, engage regulators, and connect with potential investors and other support institutions....Read More