The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA)–KNUST has celebrated its members who are retiring in the 2024/2025 academic year. The ceremony, held during the association’s general meeting, was filled with tributes, reflections, and tokens of appreciation.
The Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at KNUST, Prof. Nana Ewusi Mensah, has called on farmers and researchers to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to transform agriculture.
The Africa Health Collaborative at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has concluded a 10-day Sustainable Business Start-Ups (SBS) training programme aimed at equipping students with practical skills to turn ideas into viable enterprises.
Participants of the 10-day Tertiary Entrepreneurship Training (TET) in Agribusiness, organised by the Nutrition and Sustainable Agri-food Collaborative, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (Nkabom Collaborative), have described the programme as a transformative milestone in their entrepreneurial journey.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has awarded research grants totaling One Million, Five Hundred Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Five Ghana Cedis (GH₵1,500,935) to Twenty-Nine (29) academic staff members under its 10th cycle of the KNUST Research Fund (KReF).
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has held an exhibition to showcase the innovative projects developed by Scholars during the ongoing 2025 Summer Camp.
The Centre for Settlements Studies (CSS) at the Faculty of Built Environment has hosted the Project Manager of the Building Resilient Communities through Integrating Climate Adaptation with the SDGs in University Education and Research (BRIDGE) project, Mr. Florian Balmes, during a working visit to Kumasi.
The Principal Investigator for the Royal Society’s Climate and Biodiversity Project and Provost of the College of Science at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Leonard Amekudzi, has called for stronger collaboration among farmers, researchers, policymakers, and community members to protect Ghana’s food systems.
Frank Owusu, a Ghanaian aquapreneur and graduate of the Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management at KNUST, has been named one of four finalists for the prestigious 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Dr. Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, the Director of University Health Services and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has been elected President of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), Africa Region.
The Vice-Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof (Mrs.) Rita Akosua Dickson has led a distinguished delegation to the Manhyia Palace to pay solemn tribute to the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, as part of the ongoing Dɔte Yie observances.
From being the Department of Pharmacology’s first female lecturer to its first female head, Prof. (Mrs.) Cynthia Amaning Danquah has now become its first female professor of Pharmacology, marking a new chapter in the history of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.
Ebenezer Effah, a fifth-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been elected Chair of the Wild and Exotic Animals Network (WEAN) of the International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA).
Francis Azubuike, a first-year Master of Architecture student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been elected as President of the Commonwealth Students’ Association (CSA). Azubuike, a Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholar from Nigeria, secured a decisive 92% of the vote.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Basic School has emerged overall champion at the just-ended 8th University Basic School Association (UBaSSA) Games, winning an impressive 9 out of 13 trophies at the competition.
