Insurance Group, Hollard Ghana, has awarded Gwendy Tetteh, the 2023 valedictorian from the University of Media, Arts, and Communication (UniMAC), with the Hollard Prize at the university’s first congregation held at the Dzorwulu Campus, Accra.

The Hollard Prize under the Hollard x Academia partnership with UniMAC seeks to reward top-performing students for winning in academics and personal development. The honoree Gwendy Tetteh received a cash prize, a citation, and a laptop for graduating with a distinction in Master of Arts, Public Relations.

The Head of Operations for Hollard Life, Dorothy Salifu, presented the award on the company's behalf during the brief ceremony in Accra.

Speaking on the essence of the award, Cynthia Ofori-Dwumfuo, Group Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Hollard Ghana, commended Gwendy Tetteh for chalking this fantastic milestone.

"Congratulations to Gwendy Tetteh for emerging as the best-graduating student at UniMAC. It is inspiring to see Gwendy, a working student, wife, and mum, effortlessly juggle work, raising a family, and her academics to top her cohort.

We are proud of her achievements and share in her joy. We cannot wait to celebrate her professional accomplishments in the future. We hope her story motivates more students, especially young women, to be success-driven.”

“As a responsible corporate citizen, we are elated to partner with the University of Media, Arts, and Communication to use our flagship Hollard x Academia platform to impact young Ghanaians positively. Given the significance of tertiary education in nation-building, it is crucial to drive students to pursue academic excellence. At Hollard, our purpose is to enable more people to create and secure a better future by being a catalyst for positive and enduring change. Therefore, we are confident that students from our partner universities will be well-equipped to succeed in the future", she added.

The University of Media, Arts, and Communication (UniMAC) is one of four schools benefiting from the Hollard X Academia scheme. Aside from the Hollard Prize, the other modules under Hollard X Academia are the Hollard Streetwise Finance engagement, thought leadership events, corporate events, and the Hollard scholar program.