Honourable Patricia Appiagyei, Member of Parliament for Asokwa and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation(MESTI), has said that government would launch the Ghana Innovation and Research Comercialisation Centre (GIRC Centre) which will serve as a linkage between research and industry in a few weeks time.
The College of Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) in collaboration with the Danish International Development Agency(DANIDA) Alumni has held a two-day science and technology seminar for young girls at the Ayeduase community.
The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) has renewed its affiliation with fourteen (14) private affiliated institutions through affiliation the signing of a Memoranda of Understanding(MoU) with the institutions.
An event aimed at bringing stakeholders in the construction industry together to share experiences, challenges and to chart a way forward has been launched by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Reverend Professor Charles Ansah.
The Centre for Business Development(CBD), of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) under the African-German Entrepreneurship Academy(AGEA) programme has organised a Trainer of Trainers(ToT) Workshop series for twenty Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) as part of this year’s local activities.
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is to establish a Research Chair in Petroleum Engineering at the College of Engineering (CoE) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
The World Bank has donated Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) to the Kumasi Business Incubator (KBI) Centre of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to sponsor young innovative students with business ideas. The money which came through the Ministry of Communications is to help the KBI Centre further its aim of supporting student entrepreneurs.
Professor Kelly Askew, the Director of the University of Michigan (U-M) African Studies Centre(ASC) has called on the Office of the Vice-Chancellor as part of her visit. Professor Askew was received by Reverend Professor Charles Ansah, the Pro Vice-Chancellor.
Staff of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology due to retire in the years 2020 to 2023 from the service of the University have attended a workshop organised by the Human Resource Division(HRD). The two-day workshop attended by all categories of staff namely Senior Members, Senior and Junior Staff was on the theme: “life Begins at Retirement”.
The Deputy Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr. Alen Askew has paid a visit to the Office of the Vice-Chancellor as part of a two-day familiarization visit to Kumasi. He was accompanied by Ms. Celeste Macaulay, the Political and Economic Research Officer, who is also the Coordinator for Australian Government Scholarships.
Mr. Kofi Adjei, an artist and a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Art of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has revealed that Cocoa is simply a culture, with its production linked to religion, education, economics, politics, social integration and nation building.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Business (KSB) has met with some members of the Association of Small Scale Industries (ASSI) in the Ashanti Region. The interaction was a follow-up to the outreach programme dubbed “KSB Market Attack Outreach” held by the KSB Students’ Association together with faculty at the Kumasi Central and Suame Markets.
