UCC News Today: UK’s KTP Program Manager Meets UCC’s Pro-Vice Chancellor to Discuss Agricultural Innovation Project
The Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rosemond Boohene, has received the Programme Manager of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), United Kingdom, Mr. Richard Lamp, who is on a working visit to the University.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Lamp said KTP had introduced the African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AAKTP) in Ghana to help address challenges in the Agriculture sector.
He told the Pro Vice-Chancellor that KTP promotes collaborations between higher education institutions and industrial partners, allowing them to develop solutions that promote innovation and increase competitiveness.
Against that backdrop, he was in the University to familiarise himself with the AAKTP project on campus.
Welcoming Mr. Lamp and his accompanying delegation to the University, Prof. Boohene expressed gratitude to Mr Lamp for the visit and said the Project would deepen the entrepreneurial drive of UCC.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor expressed her wish to further enhance relations between UCC and KTP.
The delegation accompanying the KTP Programme Manager included Mr. John Clayton, KTP Advisor, KTP Associate, Regina Nyorkeh, Co-Advisor of KTP, Dr. Charles L. C. Amuah.
The meeting was attended by the Prinicipal Investigator of KTP-UK project at UCC and Dr. Prof Ernest Teye, from the Department of Agricultural Engineering; the Director of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), Prof. David Teye Doku, and the Assistant Registrar at the Monitoring and Evaluation Office-UCC, Mr. Daniel Yeboah Mensah.
