The KNUST Dimension

As one of Ghana's leading science and technology universities, KNUST brings strong academic expertise, interdisciplinary capacity, and a deep commitment to innovation to the UNIHUBS consortium. The university's strengths across engineering, science, business, arts, education, and technology make it an ideal environment for a project at the intersection of digital skills, entrepreneurship, and labour-market relevance. At KNUST, UNIHUBS is not merely a project; it is part of a broader transformation in how higher education responds to contemporary realities. Today's graduates need more than certificates. They need digital fluency, problem-solving abilities, entrepreneurial thinking, collaboration skills, and the confidence to navigate fast-changing professional environments. UNIHUBS helps KNUST embed these priorities more intentionally into the student experience. This positioning is also reflected in the university's staff profile for Prof. Harry Barton Essel, which notes that, as Principal Investigator for UNIHUBS Project Ghana, he is helping empower university students with digital literacy and employability skills for the evolving job market. The project also reflects KNUST's commitment to partnership-driven impact. Within the UNIHUBS network, KNUST collaborates with local and international institutions, including innovation ecosystem actors in Ghana, as well as universities and organisations in Kenya, Tanzania, Greece, and the Netherlands. This kind of transnational cooperation creates valuable opportunities for shared learning, joint innovation, and broader impact.