Miss Susan Tsotso Mills, a 2014/2015 graduate in Computer Science from the University of Ghana, has been adjudged the best graduating student under the Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Ghana's annual awards programme for computer science students.
She was awarded for her outstanding achievements and performance within the period.
She will be given a brand new laptop and a chance to work with CWG should she so desire.
As a captain of the school’s basketball team, Miss Mills had to combine academia with sporting, which she did to the admiration of all.
She is currently a teaching assistant at the Computer Science Department.
After receiving the award, Miss Mills thanked her parents and teachers for helping her get the best education.
She also thanked CWG for recognising her effects and rewarding them accordingly.
“I was not expecting this award. I learnt a lot but I was also very active in basketball for both the school and my hall. It was difficult combining both academia and sports but I sailed through. I will like to thank God, my parents, lecturers and CWG,” she said.
Miss Mills sees her future in software development. As her project, she is working on an application that will simplify the scoring and record keeping system of the school’s basketball league.
The award
CWG, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, has, for almost half a decade now, been presenting the ‘CWG Ghana Limited Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Computer Science’ at the University of Ghana.
The award is to encourage academic excellence among students in the department.
Mrs Harriet Yartey, the Country Manager of CWG Ghana, who presented the award, said “we nurture excellence within our system and are very particular about doing whatever we do to the best standard of excellence, the first time and at all times. The premium we place on high quality workforce explains our emphasis on quality education,” she added.
She said CWG Ghana’s CSR programmes to date have been very effective because the company does not just empower people and let them off.
"We equip them; give them up-close mentoring and follow through after to ensure that they reach the desired maturity in the end," she explained.
CWG’s CSR programme has been ongoing since 2013. The policy drive is built on two pillars; education and intellectual development.
This choice, she said, is rooted in the company’s belief that the best way to create a technologically driven society is through the support and reward for technological expertise.
In the medium to long term, CWG is looking to extend this gesture to computer science students from other universities in the country in the coming years. The award is replicated in all the locations where the company operates in Africa namely Nigeria, Uganda and Cameroun.