As the world marks World Food Day, Ghanaians are feeling the bite of rising food costs, even in the simplest meals once meant for the poor. "Kofi Brokeman", the beloved roasted plantain and groundnut combo has become a luxury for many who once depended on it as an affordable snack.
Peellnnova Limited Company, a student-founded startup from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi continues to make waves both locally and internationally with its innovative mosquito-repelling products made from fruit peel and wood waste.
A new national study led by Dr. Laud Anthony Basing from the Department of Medical Diagnostics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has revealed that many young Ghanaian women are unknowingly living with reproductive and sexually transmitted infections.
“AkoFresh,” an agritech startup founded by Mathias Charles Yabe, an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has officially launched a solar-powered cooling tricycle under the Cold Chain for Horticulture Project, funded by the Netherlands Embassy in Accra.
A distinguished alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Mr. Leslie Nkansa Osei-Bonsu, has been nominated as the new Mamponghene, succeeding the late Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, who passed away in April 2025 at the age of 86.
Latifa Teiya Fuseini, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has been named the Overall Best Graduating Student at the Ghana School of Law following her call to the Bar in 2025.
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has held the maiden edition of the Data Science and Insurance Risk Analytics Conference, aimed at transforming risk and resilience through predictive analytics.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Professor David Asamoah, has held discussions with the Ambassador of Japan to Ghana, His Excellency Hiroshi Yoshimoto, on strengthening academic and research collaboration between KNUST and leading Japanese universities.
The Department of Health Policy, Management, and Economics at the School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in partnership with Zipline Ghana, a leading drone delivery service operator, has awarded a total of Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000) to support two innovative student-led research projects.
The community of Obogu, a cocoa-growing town near Juaso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, is receiving psychological support after a road crash on July 28 claimed the lives of 16 young members of the Saviour Church returning from a church event in Accra.
Dr. Dr. Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, a Population Health and Demography expert and Senior Lecturer with the Sociology and Social Work department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been appointed Chair of the Governing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA), Ghana.
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has pledged a $10 million dedication fund to support the SMS @50 Legacy Project, a transformative initiative aimed at upgrading infrastructure and strengthening medical education at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Clinton Yeboah, a journalist with Luv FM and alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been named a finalist for the 2025 West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA).
Prof. (Mrs.) Esi Awuah, a distinguished faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been appointed as Ghana’s Ambassador to Switzerland.
Dr Emmanuel Ahene of the Department of Computer Science, KNUST, has been awarded a three-year research grant to lead pioneering work on secure and privacy-preserving Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the office of Naval Research, Science and Technology, USA.
