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A journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited, Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe, and an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has won the 2025 International Federation of Agriculture Journalists (IFAJ) Star Prize for Rural Culture.

The IFAJ Star Prize on Rural Culture recognizes the best agricultural reporting of the year on topics of Rural Culture.

Samson Darrah, an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi and second-year Bioengineering PhD student at the University of Washington (UW), has achieved three major recognitions in October 2025 for his outstanding academic and research excellence.

Dr. Benjamin Kissi Sasu, an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, and former Speaker of the 10th SRC Parliament, has received the Fleming Star Award for his exceptional leadership and contribution to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) control in Ghana.

Nana Boakye Dankwah Yiadom, a journalist with Luv FM, a subsidiary of the Multimedia Group, and an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has been selected as a Fellow for the 2025/2026 Africa Extractives Media Fellowship (AEMF).

A distinguished alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Mr. Leslie Nkansa Osei-Bonsu, has been nominated as the new Mamponghene, succeeding the late Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, who passed away in April 2025 at the age of 86.

“AkoFresh,” an agritech startup founded by Mathias Charles Yabe, an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has officially launched a solar-powered cooling tricycle under the Cold Chain for Horticulture Project, funded by the Netherlands Embassy in Accra.

Latifa Teiya Fuseini, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has been named the Overall Best Graduating Student at the Ghana School of Law following her call to the Bar in 2025.

Clinton Yeboah, a journalist with Luv FM and alumnus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has been named a finalist for the 2025 West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA).

Frank Owusu, a Ghanaian aquapreneur and graduate of the Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management at KNUST, has been named one of four finalists for the prestigious 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) mourns the passing of Squadron Leader Peter Bafemi Anala, a proud alumnus whose life embodied discipline, intellect, and national service.