German State Parliament honours Former KNUST Publishing Studies

Dr Ralph Nyadu-Addo, a former head of the Department of Publishing Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been honoured by the German State Parliament for his significant contribution to the promotion of Ghana-German cooperation for more than two decades.

Dr Addo, who is a German-trained academic and researcher has for the past 24 years led Ghanaian businesses, entrepreneurs and students to connect and form synergies with the German business culture and academics.

His contribution has raised more than twenty million dollars for KNUST, supported especially student entrepreneurs and initiated several projects in the school.

Dr Nyadu-Addo has coordinated one impactful entrepreneurial training and empowerment program in Africa known as the Africa Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS) program.

The honour was presented by André Kuper, President of the German State Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia, during a visit by a delegation from KNUST, which included students and alumni from the Department of Publishing Studies in Düsseldorf.

Kuper emphasized the strong political and economic relations between North Rhine-Westphalia and Ghana, particularly highlighting the university cooperation that facilitates the exchange of science and study between the two regions.

“North Rhine-Westphalia and Ghana are partner countries and maintain close relations on a political and economic level. In particular, the cooperation between people in schools and universities promotes the exchange of science and study, which characterizes the partnership between the two countries”.

There has been an official partnership between North Rhine-Westphalia and Ghana since 2007.

The focus of the latest extension of this partnership is on university cooperation and migration management.

Following the discussion, the delegation exchanged views with former Minister of State Lutz Lienenkämper and other members of the State Parliament.