KNUST College of Health Sciences Hosts Delegation from Malawi’s Kamuzu University to Explore Academic Collaboration
The College of Health Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Monday, 10th November 2025, hosted a two-member delegation from the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) in Malawi as part of efforts to explore potential areas for academic and research collaboration between the two institutions.
The visiting team—Professor Arox Wadson Kamng’ona and Dr John Mponda—presented an overview of KUHeS, noting that although the university was formally established in 2019, its origins trace back to Malawi’s founding father, Hastings Kamuzu Banda. Banda, who trained and practised medicine in Kumasi in the 1950s before entering politics, remains a symbolic link between the two institutions.
Reflecting on this history, Dr John Mponda, a pharmacist and lecturer at KUHeS, remarked that their visit felt like “coming back to their roots,” given Banda’s early medical journey in Kumasi. He explained that KUHeS is particularly eager to build strong academic and research partnerships with KNUST. A priority area, he noted, is collaboration on the Bachelor’s programme in Herbal Medicine—a programme well-established at the KNUST Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He added that KUHeS is set to introduce a similar programme and hopes to leverage KNUST’s expertise and experience.
The Provost of the KNUST College of Health Sciences, Professor Christian Agyare, together with Deans and Heads of Department from the College, warmly received the delegation. In his remarks, Prof. Agyare outlined the academic structure of KNUST and the operations of the College of Health Sciences. He highlighted that the College currently runs 18 undergraduate and 68 postgraduate programmes, supported by two major research centres—the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) and the Global Water and Air Quality Centre (G-WAC).
Prof. Agyare expressed the College’s enthusiasm for mutually beneficial partnerships, stating that KNUST remains open to future engagements that strengthen academic excellence and research impact across Africa.
