In a historic achievement, fourteen students from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have been selected for the prestigious 2025 Millennium Fellowship — a global student leadership programme jointly organized by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and the Millennium Campus Network (MCN). This marks UEW’s first-ever representation in one of the world’s most competitive fellowships, spotlighting the university’s growing influence in nurturing young leaders for sustainable global change.
The selection of the UEW cohort comes amid a record-breaking global competition that attracted over 60,000 applications from more than 7,500 campuses across 160 countries. Only 4,000 students from 290 campuses were chosen, representing a highly selective 7% acceptance rate.
Drawn from diverse academic disciplines across UEW’s campuses, the fourteen fellows will undertake community-impact projects tackling issues such as inclusive education, gender empowerment, environmental sustainability, public health, and disability advocacy. Their initiatives aim to address pressing social challenges in Ghana while advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Among the selected fellows are Evans Adu (Proper Ear Care and Hearing Loss Prevention Awareness), Simon Agator (Quality Education for All), Reuben M. Makabu (The Green Advocacy Project), Habakkuk Kofi Agyakwa (Promoting Inclusive Education for All and Reducing Stigma for Persons with Disabilities), Belinda Halahala (Girlchild Empowerment Network), Esther Mintah (Creating Awareness on the Impacts of Child Labour), and Benjamin Korley Martey (Deaf Access Initiative).
The others include Doris Hammond (Dignity and Independence Project), Emmanuel Boateng (Academic Research Awareness), Fredrick Boateng Acheampong (Empowering Children to Pursue Education), Sakinatu Alhassan (Empowering Women and Children with Disabilities Through Awareness Creation), Peter Oppong (Environmental Sustainability Through Waste Management), Mathew Kankwanam (Education for All), and Emmanuel Koram Okyere (Pollution and Waste Management).
The cohort is led by Campus Directors Mr. Evans Adu (Department of Special Education) and Mr. Simon Agator (Department of Procurement and Supply Chain Management), under the mentorship of Dr. Emmanuel K. Acheampong, Head of the Department of Special Education, who serves as the campus advisor. Over the four-month fellowship, running from August to November 2025, the fellows will receive intensive training in leadership, project design, monitoring and evaluation, teamwork, and fundraising.
The Millennium Fellowship connects students to a global network of changemakers dedicated to social innovation and sustainable impact. Upon completion, fellows will submit detailed impact reports to UNAI and MCN, showcasing measurable progress toward the SDGs.
UEW’s success in securing a place among the global fellows underscores the institution’s commitment to producing transformative leaders who blend academic excellence with civic responsibility. It reaffirms UEW’s mission of driving national and global development through education, innovation, and leadership.
