A
centre of technology has been activated at the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST) as an innovative hub for students with ideas to
solve socio-economic problems.
The
TechHub serves as the foremost mobile and web laboratory in Ghana where
students are trained as ICT developers and future socially responsible
entrepreneurs in the high-tech industry.
Vodafone
Ghana furnished the physical infrastructure of the hub and provided the
equipment including servers, computers, smartphones and other devices covering
a wide range of user platforms.
Commercial
Director, Nii Boye Adjei, says the company recognizes the enabling power of
technology, hence its preparedness to support education through innovation and
technology.
He
is optimistic the TechHub “will be a blossoming platform for students,
industry, experts, professors and businesses to meet, design, test and launch
commercially viable mobile web applications that will solve business problems
and empower businesses to deliver great services in Ghana”.
The
TechHub is an initiative nurtured by the mFriday group of KNUST students, as a
partnership between industry and academia to promote innovation and student
entrepreneurship.
Co-Founder
of mFriday, Pierre Brunache Jnr. is hoping to raise a $1million start-up fund before
end of the 2012.
“If
we get five start-ups a year and each start-up could employ up to 20 people,
that is 100 people directly employed by the start-ups and those will be jobs
created by students whilst in school”, he told Luv Fm.
Pro
Vice-Chancellor of the KNUST, Prof. Peter Donkor, believes the next generation
of ICT gurus is being created with the establishment of the TechHub and pledged
the commitment of the university to work with industry to advance national
development.
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