The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Prof. Christian Agyare, has led a delegation to the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA) for the first cooperation meeting between the two institutions.

Long before his portrait was selected for Ghana’s new GH¢100 banknote, Kofi Annan was a student at the institution now known as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST).

Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo, a Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has been inducted as a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) in recognition of his contributions to public health research, education, leadership and national development.

The Department of Pathology at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), in collaboration with the University of Leeds, UK, has held an inaugural conference on immunohistochemistry and pathology to strengthen diagnostic capacity and advance research into liver and gastrointestinal diseases.

The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Professor Christian Agyare, has reaffirmed the university’s commitment to strengthening collaboration among African institutions through the Intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme.

The Responsible Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL), in collaboration with the Gender Inclusion and Vulnerability (GIV) Office at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has brought researchers, technology developers and students with disabilities together to co-design assistive technologies tailored to individual accessibility needs.

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has urged the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), to develop affordable technologies to monitor mining activities and help address environmental threats.

Ibrahim Mahama, an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has been awarded the 2026 Arnold Bode Prize by the German city of Kassel. The €10,000 prize recognises his contributions to contemporary art and his efforts to create opportunities for artists and young people in Ghana.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), is exploring a partnership with SGH Warsaw School of Economics in Poland to support student and staff exchanges, internships, joint research and collaborative academic programmes.

University administrators must demonstrate their value through sound advice, effective management and practical reforms, says retiring KNUST Deputy Registrar Mr Anthony Adjapong, who argues that supporting an institution does not make their work subordinate or second class.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) is seeking to strengthen its collaboration with Alliance Française Kumasi to upgrade its French language laboratory, expand proficiency training and promote French language and culture among students and staff.

Dr. Esther Eghan, an alumna of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has won the 2026 Ayo Iyun Prize as the best Membership candidate in the Faculty of Internal Medicine at the West African College of Physicians (WACP). The award recognises her performance in the college’s postgraduate medical examinations. 

An artificial intelligence model developed through doctoral research at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has recorded validation errors below 9% in electricity demand forecasts, offering a potential tool for planning rural electrification where consumption records are limited.

First-year and continuing students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), have been urged to make deliberate choices about their studies, personal development and use of university opportunities. The advice came at the Student Chaplaincy Council’s welcome service for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Introducing artificial intelligence (AI) tools into African universities without corresponding improvements in teaching, institutional policies and access to resources could deepen existing inequalities, a study involving researchers from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has found.