The University for Development Studies (UDS) is proud to announce that Prof. Ibrahim Osman Adam has been awarded a $35,000 grant from the Google Award for Inclusion Research (AIR) program. He is one of several global recipients and among the four to receive it in Africa this year. This grant will support his research project on ‘Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools in Ghanaian Higher Education for Advancing Computing Education’
In an official communication from Google, Prof. Ibrahim Osman was commended for his exceptional proposal and selected to receive this award along with other scholars globally to further the cause of computing education and inclusivity. This was after a thorough review process involving several teams of Google engineers and researchers. This award will be instrumental in Prof. Ibrahim Osman's research on the digital divide and enhancing digital skills among computing students in higher education in Northern Ghana.
Ibrahim Osman is an Associate Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Business Analytics and Management Information Systems (BAMIS). He is also currently the Dean of the UDS School of Business. Over the years his research has focused on how to understand the nexuses in the ICT4D value chain (ICT readiness, access, use, impact) in different aspects of business and society. His expertise in the Information Systems discipline positions him as a distinguished figure and well-suited to spearhead this project.
Prof. Ibrahim Osman is excited to embark on this research journey, and he anticipates that the outcomes of this project will significantly contribute to narrowing the digital divide by enhancing the acquisition of digital skills and fostering inclusivity in the computing educational landscape.
The University community wishes to congratulate Prof. Ibrahim Osman for being a recipient of the 2023 Google Award for Inclusion Research Programme and wishes him the best in his research endeavours.
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FOAFCS), located at the Nyankpala Campus, is the premier faculty of the University for Development Studies (UDS), having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture.
