The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the College of Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have had discussions about ways in which GRIDCo could play a stronger collaborative role in the training and support engineers trained by the college.
Prof Kwabena Britwum Nyarko, the Provost of the College of Engineering, engaged the Management team of GRIDCo, led by Chief Executive Ing Ebenezer Kofi Essienyi, with the support of the staff of the Kumasi Area staff.
Prof Nyarko pointed to four areas of interest where GRIDCo could impactfully support the College of Engineering.
These are the proposed construction of a proposed innovation building to be dubbed ‘GRIDCo Centre of Excellence, providing adjunct lecturers and an Accelerated Masters Programme’.
GRIDCo has already been supportive of KNUST’s Endowment Fund and continues to provide internship training for which Prof Nyarko and his team expressed appreciation to GRIDCo.
After discussions, the provost, together with the Dean of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof Abdul-Rahman Ahmed, provided the GRIDCo Management team with a tour of Levine Hall at the College for which support is required and a piece of land allocated to host the proposed GRIDCo Centre of Excellence.
The two groups also provided a guided tour of the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (R.A.I.L.)—a Centre focused on Artificial Intelligence development and training.
Led by Prof Jerry John Kponyo, Principal Investigator and Scientific Director, the objective of the RAIL Centre hopes to address the skills gap in AI within the subregion by training professionals on the practical use of and responsible application of AI to respond to challenges in various sectors within the subregion and beyond.
The College of Engineering has maintained a reputation for quality training for over half a century and has been at the forefront of preparing manpower to support the technological and engineering advancement of KNUST, Ghana, and beyond.