Dominion University College has introduced cutting edge programmes in responding to Ghana’s developmental challenges.
The university college, now under the leadership of Prof Nicholas N. N. Nsowah-Nuamah, would be going under dramatic changes to influence and seal the gap between academia and industry.
Prof Nsowah-Nuamah blamed the country’s ever-growing poverty rate on lack of technology-driven solutions in the Republic State of Ghana.
Delivering a speech on the occasion of his investiture as the President of Dominion University College in Accra, he listed a number of courses that the college will embark on to put Ghana on the technology map.
He said the college will soon enter into ventures for assembling of solar cars, solar wheelchairs, and servers and special types of desktop computers networking system.
The college, he said, is poised to develop and manufacture solar panels and produce portable solar energy devices to power electronic products in Ghana and Africa as a whole.
He added that the college would also be converting plastics and other waste materials into fuel.
“The centre focuses on developing innovative technology solutions to solve looming social and economic problems of communities and organisations in Ghana and the West African economies. Under this sector, we shall establish joint ventures with other innovators/inventors and/or entrepreneurs in renewable and alternative sources of energy,” he said.
He stated that the college would be part of the technology and innovative research hub with more emphasis on electrical/electronic engineering, computer engineering and renewable energy technology.
Prof Felix Nikoi Hammond, Chairman of Governing Council of the Dominion University College, was positive about the college’s new President as an illustrious academician who had served on many portfolios.
With him, Prof Hammond believes Dominion can rise to the task of raising the quality of higher education in Ghana.
