Stanbic Bank Ghana has donated 50 laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in support of the Vice-Chancellor’s ‘Support One Needy Student with One Laptop’ (SONSOL) initiative.
The gesture reflects the Bank’s unwavering commitment to driving Ghana’s growth by investing in the development of Human capital, particularly young people.
The presentation brings to 400, the total number of laptops donated by the bank to KNUST, since the initiative was introduced in 2020, directly supporting students in advancing their academic pursuits and bringing their aspirations closer to reality.
The contributions underscore Stanbic’s belief that empowering youth with the right tools and skills is essential to building a resilient and prosperous future.
Mr Kwamina Asomaning, Managing-Director, Stanbic Bank Ghana, disclosed that any good agenda in a country would happen when you have the right set of institutions, such as KNUST, that is focused on developing the human resource base of the country to become its very best, which falls squarely within the Bank’s purpose as a group, hence the donation.
He disclosed that the world had become a lot more digital and its transitioning requires a more digital interface, noting that as one thinks about growth, one has to think about how to equip the human resource to be able to deal with a world that is increasingly becoming more digital, based on the needs of its people.
To him, STEM education agenda fits in, for which Stanbic is privileged to be part of the SONSOL initiative.
Touching on the Obaasima initiative by the bank, the Managing-Director explained that it looks at providing better access to women as it relates to finance and business facilitation and service, as well recognise that women are quite a marginalised group when it comes to STEM education.
He disclosed that 40 of the 50 laptops donated will go to female students as a means of bridging the gap in STEM education, stressing that the Bank goes beyond just providing computers.
He noted that the provision of computers alone without making effort cannot bridge the gap between academia and industry, which ends up producing students who are not fit for the workplace. This, according to him, is the reason why his outfit has embarked on a number of initiatives to bring students over for internships, and thereafter their graduation, a few of them come and undertake their national service with Stanbic.
Receiving the donations, Prof. Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson, Vice-Chancellor, KNUST disclosed that Stanbic are always there to support, noting that Stanbic has been part of the successful journey of KNUST in churning, nourishing, and training the brains, the hearts, and the hands of these young people.
The VC commended Stanbic for the vision of supporting SONSO and noted that it is not just donating or giving tools to bridge the digital divide, which is “very cardinal” to KNUST, as a science and technology university, but for the support that these students receive, which changes the stories of students.
From Oswald P. Freiku, Kumasi
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