Ecobank Ghana has completed its three-year commitment to the Vice-Chancellor's "Support One Needy Student with One Laptop" (SONSOL) initiative at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

The bank donated the final batch of 100 HP laptops last week, in fulfilment of its pledge to supply 300 laptops to the university over three years.

Presenting the laptops at a short ceremony held in the KNUST Council Chamber, Michael Owusu-Acheaw, who represented the Managing Director of Ecobank, Abena Osei-Poku, said the bank considers education as one of the key focus areas of its corporate social responsibilities (CSR), hence the commitment in 2021, to donate 300 laptops to support the university’s SONSOL initiative.

He emphasised that: "It is no longer acceptable for students at any level of education to lack such basic equipment as laptops.

"We, therefore, started this journey with the main aim of providing support for your laudable project of equipping less privileged students with laptops to enhance learning and research.

"For us, this was an opportunity to invest in the nation’s younger generation, who, by virtue of their financial circumstances, cannot afford these essential gadgets."

He concluded that Ecobank has made a similar commitment at the University of Ghana, where the bank is also delivering 300 laptops as a contribution to the 1 Student 1 Laptop (1S1L) initiative by the Vice Chancellor. 

In accepting the donation, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, Vice-Chancellor of KNUST, expressed deep gratitude to Ecobank for its continued support.

She highlighted that the SONSOL project has already provided over 2,300 laptops worth approximately GHS23 million to eligible students.

“This initiative ensures that every brilliant but underprivileged student can access essential learning tools. This reinforces our commitment to nurture transformative leaders at KNUST.”

Professor Dickson took the opportunity to assure the Ecobank delegation that the laptops would reach their intended beneficiaries, which will further strengthen the university’s mission to provide equitable educational opportunities to all.

She also praised Ecobank’s long-standing partnership with KNUST and its broader good cause initiatives in Ghana and across Africa.

Present at the ceremony were Professor David Asamoah, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Professor John Jerry Kponyo, Dean of Quality Assurance, representing KNUST, while the Ecobank team included Alex Kofi Oppong, KNUST Branch Manager, Joseph Adjei, Relationship Manager, and Mrs. Shirley Osei Amankwah Agyei, Relationship Manager.