On Thursday, January 16, 2025, a consortium of scientists from the United Kingdom, including Prof. Bryan M. Spears, an Aquatic Ecologist from the UK Centre for Ecology; Dr. Martin Blackwell, a Soil Scientist from Rothamsted Research; Arjun Vaswani, Administrative Officer at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Professor Philip Haygarth, a Soil and Water Scientist from Lancaster University; and Miss Adjoa Amponfi, an alumnus of KNUST and head of the West Africa Office for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, paid a courtesy call on Professor Daniel Duah, the Dean of the International Programmes Office at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
As part of their educational tour of Ghanaian universities and facilitated by Prof. Vincent Logah of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), the consortium visited a number of units at CANR to engage in fruitful discussions with faculty members under the leadership of the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture. Having made some strides in potential for partnerships, the team called on the Dean of IPO to explore future collaborations.
Professor Daniel Duah warmly welcomed the consortium and emphasized the importance of partnerships to KNUST. He affirmed that KNUST would be eager to collaborate with the UK institutions through the support of the West Africa Office, particularly in areas such as Student and Staff Mobility, as well as Joint Research initiatives.
Also present at the meeting were Miss Ernestine Oheneba Danso, the Collaborations and Partnerships Officer; Mr. Livingstone Agbenorxevi, the Assistant Collaborations and Partnerships Officer; and Mr. Samuel Sarpong, the Visibility and Communications Officer.
