The School of Agriculture at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has launched its 50th Anniversary Celebration with a call on government and stakeholders to prioritise agriculture as a strategic tool for national development.
The event, themed “Sustaining Ghana’s Agriculture: 50 Years and Beyond,” brought together a cross-section of dignitaries including government officials, faculty, alumni, students, security agencies, and farmers.
The Executive Secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), Prof. Patrick Okori, has led a level three-member delegation on a five-day working visit to the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
The purpose of the visit was to strengthen collaboration and ensure the successful implementation of the Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Growth and Development (TAGDev 2.0) programme in Ghana.
An alumnus of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr. Evans Oppong, has pledged to establish annual scholarship opportunities for deserving students of the University.
Dr. Oppong, a United Nations ambassador and founder of the City of Faith Ministry, made the announcement during a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Johnson Nyarko Boampong, at his office.
The Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council for the University of Cape Coast at a ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Accra.
The reconstituted Council is chaired by Justice William Anaam Atuguba, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. Members of the Council are: Vice- Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong; Dr. Abdul Nasser Alidu and Ms. Shika Acolatse (Government Nominees).
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Gulu University (Uganda), Egerton University (Kenya), Africa University (Zimbabwe), University of Free State (South Africa), Malawi University of Science and Technology (Malawi), University of Eldoret (Kenya), Uganda Martyrs University (Uganda), University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), University of Bamenda (Cameroon), National University of Agriculture (Benin), and Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (Morocco
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Governing Council at its Special Meeting held on Thursday,19th December, 2024, appointed Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto, as the new Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University with effect from 1st January, 2025.
Prof. Aheto, who takes over from Prof. Rosemond Aboagyewaa Boohene, is a professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Ocean Studies.
He is currently the Director of Centre for Coastal Management/ Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR).
