Executive Head of Higher Education Institutions

  1. Current:
  • President, Dominion University since January 7, 2019

 

  1. Previous:

Executive Head of Higher Education Institutions

  • President, Regent University College of Science and Technology

(January 4, 2017 – January 3, 2019)

  • Foundation Vice Chancellor (Interim), Kumasi Technical University

(September 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)

  • Rector, Kumasi Polytechnic

(November 4, 2010  – August 31, 2016) 

  • I spearheaded and led the conversion of the Polytechnics in Ghana to Technical Universities in 2016.
  • Kumasi Polytechnic became the best Polytechnic in Ghana for a number of years
  • The Polytechnic was the 4th best higher education institution in Ghana in 2015 in terms of research and publication
  • The Polytechnic had more terminal degree (PhD) holders than there were in all the other nine Polytechnics combined
  • There were more Senior Lecturers in the Faculties than there were in all the other nine Polytechnics combined
  • There were more Associate Professors in the Faculties than there were in all the other nine Polytechnics combined
  • There were a number of completed and ongoing innovations, including the solar wheelchair, solar bags, conversion of plastic waste to petroleum products, assembling of electric cars, assembling of desktop computers, laptops and tablets
  • A 300-acre land was acquired for a new site for the Institution and a complete design of the Institution was
  • Another 200-qcre land was acquired to serve as the Entrepreneurship village to mimic the Silicon Valley of the USA.
  • A clinic and a modern gym were established
  • A USD500,000 grant was won on competitive basis from the Ministry of Energy to establish a Solar Technology Centre at the Entrepreneurship Village

Other achievements can be found in my End-of-Tenure report.