AAOBA Organizes Bleoo Connect Career and Business Networking Event

The Accra Academy Old Boys’ Association (AAOBA) held its maiden career and business networking event under the theme, “Developing Careers, Building Businesses” on Saturday 28th July 2018 at the Accra Academy. The event dubbed “Bleoo Connect” took place at the K. G. Konuah hall and was organized to offer members of the Association an avenue for business networking and insights into career development with the goal of reducing the unemployment rate in the country and make indigenous Ghanaians businesses competitive in the global economy.

Mr. Gabriel Akpalu, the CEO of Solnetwork

Mr. Gabriel Akpalu, the CEO of Solnetwork, was invited by the association to deliver a talk on Human Resources and Careers.

Mr. Alex Mould (Bleoo ’78), a Financial and Energy Consultant


In his speech the Special Guest Speaker, Mr. Alex Mould (Bleoo ’78), a Financial and Energy Consultant, talked about career development and shared his past experiences as former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). Mr. Mould also engaged participants in a question and answer session and shared his insights on various topics such as investment, professional development and work ethics.




Entrepreneurs, break out session

A breakout session was organised as part of the event to give participants the opportunity to network by their industries. The groups that were formed where Health, Education, Entrepreneurs, Banking & Finance, as well as Computing and ICT. A CV clinic was also organised simultaneous during the break out session by Mr. Akpalu to educate participants on the types of CVs, how to write and update CVs to meet international and industry standards but to name a few. A representative of the various groups took turns to address the gathering and summarize their discussions and also share the experiences learnt from their group.

This maiden event which attracted several participants is intendent to be held periodically and will in future editions seek to prepare members who are final year students at the tertiary level with training and preparation for the world of work.

The PRO for AAOBA, Mr. Eddy Lawson, expressed gratitude to Taitapic Fruit Juice, Vizarsin ODT, Atlas Pharmacy Ltd, I-Promo, RouteGH, Cosmos Schools and Exigency Ghana Ltd for sponsoring the event.