Professor Frances Thelma Kwabea Owusu-Daaku, a retired Professor of Social Pharmacy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has been recognised for her contribution to pharmacy education, professional leadership, women’s empowerment and mentorship.

Linda Ayesu, a former President of the KNUST Media and Communication Students Association, has been elected Press and Information Secretary of the 24th administration of the University Students Association of Ghana (USAG).

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) in collaboration with the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI), is pushing for the development of a nationally owned food composition database to provide reliable data on foods grown and consumed in Ghana.

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, have won the 2026 Pan-African AI Summit Hack-AI-Thon with an artificial intelligence-powered solution that could help cocoa farmers turn discarded cocoa pod husks into an additional source of income.

Livestock-crop integration offers the highest economic returns among five climate-smart agriculture (CSA) interventions practised by smallholder farmers in northern Ghana, a KNUST study has found.

Matilda Dibloni Kokar, the immediate past Local NUGS President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has been elected the 24th President of the University Students’ Association of Ghana (USAG).

Mr Isaac Gyeku, Chief Executive Officer of Multinec Enterprise, has donated 100 new chairs to the KNUST University Hospital (UHS-KNUST) to support its annual student health screening exercise. The donation is expected to improve seating arrangements and support the smooth conduct of the exercise, which provides health screening services to students.

Two senior administrators of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) Mrs. Theodora Oduro and Ms. Susana Asamoah, Esq., have been promoted to the rank of Deputy Registrar, marking significant milestones in careers spanning university administration, student support, development planning and institutional governance.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has hosted a training workshop on low-cost air quality sensors as part of efforts to strengthen air quality monitoring and data-driven environmental decision-making in Ghana and the West African sub-region.

Radiation protection training for health professionals must be backed by assessments and long-term follow-up to ensure that knowledge gained translates into safer practices in health facilities, experts have said.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) Nutrition and Sustainable Agri-food Collaborative, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (Nkabom Collaborative), has launched its Blended Partner University (BPU) Entrepreneurship Training Programme at Takoradi Technical University (TTU).

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Nutrition and Sustainable Agri-food Collaborative, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation (Nkabom Collaborative), has concluded the first cohort of its Community-Based Entrepreneurship Training (CBET) in Sekondi in the Western Region.

Professor Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko, Provost of the College of Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), has been appointed Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) and Twellium Industrial Company Ltd have begun discussions on a strategic partnership to strengthen industry-academia collaboration in research, student training, staff development and graduate employment.

By the time Jason Antwi-Agyei walked back into KNUST Junior High School, he was no longer the pupil who once sat among the students dreaming of becoming a quiz contestant. He returned as a champion.

Team Terracyren has won the EARTH Studio Student Design Competition organised by the Department of Architecture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.