West African Universities urged to introduce climate information systems in curricula
Universities in Western Africa have been urged to redesign their curricula with special focus on climate information systems and smart agricultural production techniques. This is to help raise the needed awareness of climate change and its related challenges among the youth and help train them effectively to find appropriate strategies to address such problems in […]
Kennedy Agyapong sets eyes on Suame magazine, plans to industrialise it
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong A Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency and a key contender in the NPP flagbearer contest, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has declared his intentions to industrialise the popular machination shop in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Suame Magazine. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Kessben, the number-slotted candidate in the flagbearer […]
KNUST Campus now safe for all students – Vice Chancellor assures Alumni
Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson, the Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has revealed that the university has taken measures to tighten security in and around the University to protect the lives of students and property. She said Management of KNUST, in addressing the security concerns on campus, had installed […]
Mahama cautions EC to desist from any attempt to manipulate 2024 polls
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The flagbearer of Ghana’s largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and a former President of Ghana, Mr. John Dramani Mahama has cautioned Ghana’s electoral management body to desist from any attempt to manipulate 2024 polls. According to him, the NDC will resist any attempt by the Electoral Commission (EC) to […]
KNUST TEWU threatens to disrupt academic activities
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) chapter of the Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has accused the management of the University of refusing to recognize them on the University Council and other committees as TEWU-Ghana after they decided to part ways with Trades Union Congress (TUC) about […]
KNUST to recycle plastic wastes for industrial purposes
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), is set to mobilise and recycle the plastic waste of Ayeduase, a community within the University for industrial purposes. The University has therefore donated 50 customised waste bins categorised into organic and plastic wastes to the community. Professor Elis Owusu Dabo, the Pro Vice-Chancellor, KNUST, at […]
KNUST adjudged world’s best University in provision of quality education
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, has been adjudged the best University in the world for the provision of quality education of the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG Four. The ranking was announced in the 2023 edition of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings published on Thursday, June 1, 2023. The Times Higher […]
KNUST Provost raises alarm over shortcomings of facilities management
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu Provost of the College of Built Environment of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, Professor John Tia Bugri, has raised an alarm about the recent increasing cases of building collapse in the country with the loss of human lives and injuries as a result. He called for a closer […]
KNUST MPhil Engineering Students Visit GRIDCo’s Power Simulation Centre
Some Post Graduate Electrical Engineering students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have undertaken a familiarisation tour of GRIDCo’s Power Simulation Centre at the Anwomaso Substation in Kumasi. The Centre hosts critical training items such as mini transformers, voltage management equipment, etc. The M. Phil students were led by Prof. Emmanuel […]
June 3 disaster likely to recur if measures are not put in place – Professor
By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu The Head of the Centre for Settlement Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Divine Ahadzie, has projected a possible recurrence of the twin flood and fire disaster around the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange that claimed the lives of more than 125 lives in Accra in 2015, if […]
