Ghanaian students to access GlobalCampus website

Published in the Daily Graphic on 3/02/10, (spread)middle pg.

Story: Matilda Attram
A Foreign social entrepreneur, Mr Maurizio de Franciscis, has introduced a new online system in the country to help students realise and improve on their talents.
This was done in collaboration with the Association of International Students in Economics, Science and Commerce (AIESEC) Ghana, a student organisation that promotes leadership development among the youth.
The website, 'GlobalCampus', is an online system that would enable students to get connected to universities and organisations worldwide.
It is focused on helping individuals to improve upon their talents in every field.
It will also enable universities and organisations to know more about students during admission processes, as well as connects the needs of universities to students across the world.
At a press conference in Accra to formally introduce the system in Ghana, Mr Maurizio de Franciscis, who is the founder and Chief Executive Office of GlobalCampus, explained that the GlobalCampus was a free online system that enabled students to get easy access and connection to universities and organisations worldwide for education and scholarships.
He said the system was focused on bringing opportunities for higher education and further development to talented young people around the world.
Mr Franciscis pointed out that the GlobalCampus provided information on universities and scholarships to interested persons who had an account with the website around the world.
"Every year around the world, there are 300,000 million dollars of scholarships but find no one to apply due to lack of access to information," he said.
He indicated that there were universities and organisations around the world who needed foreign talented persons for admission and to work with, but could not have access to them due to the lack of information on programmes that would help connect to such people.
He stated that one could be a member of the system by creating an account through a personal profile on what one does and what one wanted to do to improve on his life, adding, "It is similar to facebook but this connects you to institutions and organisations around the world."
He further mentioned Rwanda, Egypt and Nigeria as some African countries who were already part of the system.
The Vice-President of Talent Management and Outgoing Exchange of AIESEC Ghana, Miss Abena Owiredu-Nkansah, said AIESEC Ghana collaborated with GlobalCampus to ease the pressure on graduates and undergraduates when searching for universities and other institutions to further their education around the world.
"We supported this initiative on the basis of AIESEC's goal to give leadership opportunities to the youth and promote cultural integration," she stated.