The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, recently hosted a delegation from AMREF International University, alongside representatives from the Africa Health Collaborative, for a learning visit aimed at strengthening collaboration in health innovation and entrepreneurship.

The visit focused on preparations by AMREF International University to establish a Health Innovation Hub, drawing insights from KNUST’s experience in innovation ecosystems and entrepreneurship programmes.

“We are here for a learning visit to understand what is happening around the Health Innovation Hub and health entrepreneurship programmes, as we prepare to roll out our own hub,” said Prof. Duncan Irungu, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at AMREF International University, during an engagement with KNUST’s International Programmes Office (IPO).

Prof. Irungu added that the visit also builds on an existing relationship between the institutions, offering opportunities to learn beyond health innovation. “It is an extension of friendship,” he said. “We are open to learning in areas beyond health entrepreneurship, not exclusively the hub.”

Welcoming the delegation, Prof. Edmund Ekuadzi, Dean of the International Programmes Office, underscored KNUST’s long-standing focus on entrepreneurship and innovation as drivers of technological advancement and youth employment.

“At KNUST, we are training people not only for the private market; we are training them for the global market,” Prof. Ekuadzi said, highlighting the university’s emphasis on equipping students with transferable skills.

He encouraged the AMREF team to explore formal collaborations where KNUST expertise could support the planned hub, noting the university’s openness to memoranda of understanding to share knowledge and services beyond public health.

Prof. Ekuadzi also invited the delegation to tour other university facilities that could inform future areas of partnership.

By: Belinda Danso | Photos: Emmanuel Offei