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US Embassy denies University of Ghana team visa

The United States Embassy in Ghana has denied visas for the winning team of the regional stage of the Hult Prize competition from University of Ghana. This is the second consecutive time a team from UG has made it to the finals.

 

This however might not be possible as the United States Embassy in Ghana has denied visas for the winning team of the regional stage of the competition.

In an image of a letter allegedly from the "consular officer" of the Embassy, the team, "Team Anchor" was denied the request for a non-immigrant visa after being found "not able to demonstrate that [their] intended activities in the United States would be consistent with the classification of the nonimmigrant visa for which [they] applied".

Though the letter from the embassy stated that the decision was final and "cannot be appealed", a letter signed by the Dean of Student Affairs of University of Ghana addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seems to suggest otherwise.

In the letter signed by Dr. James Adomako, he indicated his support for an appeal for review of the denial by the embassy. The letter stated that the team had beat 50 other teams at the regional event in Dubai and were on course to the summer accelerator program in Boston from 27th June to 19th August 2016.

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The competition which was hosted last year in five different cities (London, Dubai, Shanghai, San Francisco and Boston) sees brilliant minds come together to solve some of the world’s pressing challenges.

The Hult Prize is a crowdsourcing platform for social good, named one of the top five ideas changing the world by President Bill Clinton and TIME Magazine.

In partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative, the innovative crowdsourcing platform identifies and launches disruptive and catalytic social ventures that aim to solve the planets most pressing challenges.

The global finals of the award scheme for the 2016 and 8th edition would be held in New York from 23rd September to 30th September 2016 where each team would present their idea to Bill Clinton and stand the chance of winning a US $1 million grant from the Clinton Global Initiative.

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