GetRooms was the 1st runner up at the just ended Blazing Trails Networking Finale organised by the British Council in collaboration with Barclays Bank on Tuesday, September 5th. Blazing Trails is a management, entrepreneurship and leadership development programme which provides stepping blocks for recent graduates to secure a dream job or for budding entrepreneurs to
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Uber launches in Kumasi – KNUST students taking full advantage
The city of Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city, can now enjoy the convenience of Uber rides. The ride sharing company launched in Kumasi on the 31st of August 2017. Students of KNUST have already started taking advantage of the service. Below are a few tweets It’s official! Uber is live in Kumasi! We spotted rapper @flowkingstone
Survey on Students and Hostels
We are conducting our annual survey to find out how students book rooms in hostels and what your main pain points are (because we really care about this). Your response is very necessary to enable us to serve you better. You can fill the form below or click here to fill it Loading…
Support 50 Needy but Brilliant Tertiary Students through COPE
Tertiary Education is a must for national development and it is in the vision of GetRooms to support needy but brilliant students. Citi FM, A radio station in Accra, Ghana has embarked on a fund raising project dubbed Citi Opportunity Project on Education (COPE) which is aimed at supporting 50 brilliant but needy students through their
KNUST graduating female medical student wins 13 awards
A graduating female medical student of the School of Medical Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) last Saturday set a record by sweeping 13 of the 15 awards on offer. Dr Fathia Karim broke the existing school’s record set by a male graduate, who won eight awards last year.Awards received
Ghana Tourism Authority closes down 21 facilities including hostels in Brong-Ahafo
The Brong-Ahafo Regional office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has stepped up measures to ensure that operators in the hospitality industry comply with regulations and minimum standards. The office has, therefore, set-up a task force made up of the Police and officials of the Authority, to undertake an eight-day enforcement exercise to check
All you need to know about staying in a homestel
Students in and around university campuses need accommodation facilities at affordable prices. This need has, in recent years, seen an upsurge in homestels around major universities in Ghana. The word homestel is a combination of two words, “home” and “hostel”, hence homestel. They are basically homes or rooms within a house that are rented out
KNUST Hall Week Celebrations limited to a week
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have limited all hall week celebrations to one week with effect from the 2017/2018 academic year. The vice dean of students of KNUST, Mr. William A. Garibah has said the period scheduled for mid-semester break/assessment of lecturers and courses of students on the 2017/2018 academic calendar
What to look out for when selecting a hostel for the academic year or semester – [Infographic]
Selecting a hostel can be a tough decision since they are very diverse depending on the area in which you are searching for a hostel. All things being equal, we have highlighted 5 basic things you should look out for before signing that tenancy agreement. Take a look and add your comments on any other factor
Government directs public universities to reverse fees
The Ministry of Education has directed all public universities to reverse their fees to that of the 2016/2017 academic year, until Parliament determines the new one 2017/2018 academic year in line with the Fees Act. Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, said, the new directive was to enable the public universities reopen on