An upcoming study exploring new oral antivenoms could significantly change how snakebites are treated in rural Ghana, particularly in high-burden communities in the Upper West Region.
Dr. Delali Adzo Gawu is Ghana's first female homegrown PhD in Law and among KNUST's first PhD in Law graduates. Her research tackles one of Ghana’s most complex legal challenges: tax law complexity. “Tax laws are just of a different kind, quite difficult to understand, even for lawyers and experts,” says Dr. Gawu.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) and Germany’s RWTH Aachen University have held a wrap-up meeting for their three-year BRIDGE project on climate resilience, ahead of its conclusion on March 31, 2026.
Ernest Kobina Adusah, MFA Ceramics Student in the Department of Industrial Art at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has gained international recognition for his work within the modern art market.
Snakebite remains one of Ghana’s most neglected but preventable public health emergencies, despite causing significant deaths, disabilities, and long-term socioeconomic hardship, particularly in rural communities.
KNUST’s University Act, 2025 has established a strong financial accountability framework, anchoring financial management and oversight firmly in law. Key provisions include the establishment of an Internal Audit Unit, clearly defined borrowing powers, and mandatory reporting to the Auditor-General, the Minister of Education and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).
The 2025 KNUST Act has strengthened the University’s executive leadership structure by formally recognising the appointment of more than one Pro Vice-Chancellor and introducing defined tenure and succession arrangements for senior officers.
The European Patent Office (EPO) aims to strengthen relations between European and African technology transfer offices to promote innovation and technology transfer through the sharing of experience, knowledge and good practice. Through the PATLIB Knowledge Transfer to Africa (KT2A) initiative, the EPO has been fostering closer relationships between the two continents.
The Department of Community Health at the School of Medical Sciences has admitted seven new residents into the Community Health residency programme of the West African College of Physicians, continuing efforts to strengthen specialist training in public health and preventive medicine across the region.
KNUST’s newly launched Act, 2025 (Act 1157) has significantly expanded and reconstituted the University Council, introducing broader stakeholder representation and stronger governance safeguards.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, (KNUST) has launched its 10-year Corporate Strategic Plan, dubbed PLAN 2K35, positioning the University for a transition from excellence to eminence through innovation, interdisciplinary research, and strong institutional coordination.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has introduced explicit rights, ethics and equity provisions into its governing law under the University Act, 2025. The Act provides legal backing for anti-discrimination protections, sexual harassment safeguards, intellectual property rights, student governance and dispute resolution mechanisms.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has formally defined who constitutes the University community under its newly launched University Act, 2025 (Act 1157), marking a major shift in the institution’s legal and governance framework.
Management of the TEK Co-operative Credit Union has held an engagement with staff of the KNUST Obuasi Campus, outlining its financial products, membership requirements and benefits as part of efforts to expand participation within the university community.
Professor Jacob K. Agbenorhevi of the Department of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, has participated in a high-level Master’s Design Workshop and UNAI SDG2 Hub Planning Session hosted by EARTH University in Costa Rica.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Nutrition and Sustainable Agri-food Collaborative, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (Nkabom Collaborative), has begun intensive hands-on training for the first cohort of trainees enrolled in its Multi-Purpose Integrated Programme (MIP) for Community Youth in Agribusiness.
Gifty Amponsah Pokuaah Addae’s love for biology has always gone beyond textbooks. What began as an interest in the subject during senior high school has developed into a practical, skill-oriented academic journey at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST).
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, (KNUST) and the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Service are set to begin a strategic collaboration aimed at hosting a TVET Centre of Excellence through the TCC International Centre for Innovation, Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology Transfer, and Entrepreneurship (TCC-CIMET).
Elizabeth Boateng Fobi, a third-year Business Administration student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, says her industrial attachment at the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly has given her valuable practical exposure to human resource administration and management practices.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Career Services Centre has held a training session on CV writing and interview skills for final-year Computer Science, Geological Engineering and Geomatic Engineering students, as part of efforts to prepare them for the transition from academia into the job market.
The Nutrition and Sustainable Agri-food Collaborative at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (Nkabom Collaborative), has begun training the second cohort of facilitators under its Entrepreneurship Empowerment (A2Es) Training of Tutors (ToT) programme.
The College of Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) is forging a strategic partnership with Vivo Energy Ghana to support women in science and deepen industry–academia collaboration in the energy sector.
Seven senior members of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi have been inducted into the Ghana Young Academy (GhYA) during the Academy’s 9th induction ceremony. A total of 23 early- to mid-career researchers from across the country were inducted into the Academy, with seven of them representing KNUST.
The Confucius Institute at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Ghana and partner institutions, has awarded 71 students the Chinese Ambassador’s Scholarship during a ceremony that also marked celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New Year.
The Council Chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Akyamfour Asafo Boakye Agyemang-Bonsu, has outlined a series of partnership initiatives aimed at positioning the university as a global innovation hub.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has admitted a total of 25,518 students, comprising 17,187 undergraduate and 8,331 postgraduate students for the 2026 academic year. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson, in her address, congratulated the freshers after a vigorous admission process.
The second edition of Kumasi Conversations challenged participants to confront difficult questions of cultural loss, identity, authority and reinvention, as scholars, students and creatives gathered to discuss the theme “Lost My Culture, Can I Borrow Yours?”
After months of funding turbulence that sent shockwaves through global health research, neglected tropical disease (NTD) programmes across Africa have faced difficult questions about continuity, capacity, and survival. Important studies were delayed, researchers were left in limbo, and long-standing community partnerships faced uncertainty.
Leadership of the KNUST E-Learning Centre has met with the Institute of Distance Learning to explore how computer-based examinations could be introduced for distance programmes. The meeting formed part of ongoing discussions on how the university can support assessments while safeguarding examination rules, as IDL prepares to roll out new academic programmes.
Eunice Amobea Adjei, a second-year Materials Engineering student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, (KNUST), admits that her journey into the world of engineering has been full of surprises. “Honestly, I had no idea about this programme until I started it,” she recalls.
Students of the MSc Health Entrepreneurship programme led by Africa Health Collaborative, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), have undertaken a two-day field trip aimed at bridging classroom learning with practice within Ghana’s evolving health ecosystem.
Academic ceremonies like congregations are designed to convey gravity, with formal processions, tightly managed protocol and speeches calibrated for history rather than humour.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has inaugurated its Gender Inclusion and Vulnerability (GIV) Office at the newly opened KNUST Library Mall, marking a step to strengthen the implementation of its Gender Policy.
Jacqueline Asubisa Awanzirigo is experiencing a hands-on process that blends classroom learning with real-world exposure, preparing students for the varied demands of Ghana’s health sector.
The Africa Health Collaborative at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has organised a training programme in business management and regulatory requirements for its grant awardees, aimed at strengthening their management capacity and operational readiness.
The Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Professor (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson has officially inaugurated the Chairperson and new members of Council of Convocation at the Council Chamber of the University.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has approved a four-day workshop to develop new examination items for English 157, the compulsory communication skills course taken by first year students. The workshop follows earlier discussions between the Department of English and the leadership of the KNUST E-Learning Centre on how to protect the integrity of the cours
The Office of Grants and Research (OGR) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has outlined a comprehensive strategic plan aimed at strengthening research governance, improving grants management and significantly increasing external funding across the University’s colleges.
A senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has joined an international cohort in India for advanced training in packaging automation and artificial intelligence, as the University deepens its engagement with Industry 4.0 skills.
During my usual scan of stories one of my favourite online news portals last weekend, one headline stopped me cold: “Two engineers killed in bulldozer accident at ‘Big Push’ project site in Ayensudo.”
Professor Daniel Adjei-Boateng, Dean of the Quality Assurance and Planning Office at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, has been elected West Africa Regional Director of the African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (WAS-AC).
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Business has begun discussions with the University’s E-Learning Centre to move some postgraduate weekend programmes online through a blended learning model.
The Career Services Centre of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi in partnership with the Faculty of Physical and Computational Sciences, has encouraged students to enroll in the IBM Skill Build Rollout Plan for 2026, a global skills development initiative sponsored by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, College of Engineering has held a career development seminar for young lecturers, as part of efforts to strengthen teaching quality, research output and professional advancement among early-career faculty.
The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Prof. Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson, has called on pharmacists to combine scientific excellence with compassion and ethical leadership in professional practice.
The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has organised a workshop for heads of department to deepen their understanding of graduate studies policies and administrative procedures.
Kwame Agyekum Osei Bekyi's learning at KNUST has been shaped less by childhood expectations and more by hands-on experience. Now a third-year Communication Design student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Bekyi says practical projects have played a central role in helping him understand his strengths and interests.
Samuel Obiri Yeboah, B.A. (’22), has been elected President of the National Union of Ghanaian Students (NUGS) UK Chapter. Mr. Obiri Yeboah, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English, is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in International Business Management at Coventry University.
At KNUST College of Engineering, Geomatic Engineering is shaping students whose motivations go far beyond the lecture room. From breaking gender barriers to resolving land disputes and securing a better future, some third-year Geomatic students shared how personal background and community needs influenced their academic choices.
When Janice Abena Asieduwaa chose to study Food Science and Technology, it was not simply about earning a degree. It was a decision shaped by curiosity about food, its chemistry, and how it can be preserved in a country where waste and spoilage remain everyday concerns.
