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The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has on the 28th of October, 2020 hosted a symposium to commemorate World Statistics Day and International Year of Women in Statistics and Data Science sponsored by International Statistical Institute. The symposium dubbed “Connecting the World with Data we can Trust” was held at the Allotey Auditorium, KNUST. Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, KNUST Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo, the Pro-Vice Chancellor in his welcome address, indicated that since the outbreak of COVID-19, the information received from world statisticians regarding the pandemic are science and data, hence, it is imperative for the world to rely on trusted and available data. In view of this, the theme of the symposium is appropriate. Professor Owusu-Dabo reminded participants of the Vice-Chancellor’s vision to increasing female researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics d...

Popular KNUST Student,  Samuel Aboagye A.K.A Double of the "Nana Ama Why" fame has resurfaced in the news again after he cried and begged one Nana Ama in an audio to accept him back, admitting that he made a mistake.  However, the estranged gentleman couldn't secure his position back as Nana Ama's boyfriend after many pleas from him proved futile. Mr. "Double" after the said incident got donations from companies such as Bel Beverages as well as consolation messages from several celebrities through their social media platforms, with others promising him of food items and better alternatives instead of traumatizing his mind.  Sammy is trending and buzzing social media once again, but this time not for a lost but he is rather looking for replacement for Nana Ama. He has been spotted seeking to join a popular dating show on TV3 call "Date Rush ". A video footage of Sammy at the audition has caused a stir on social media with many people reacting.  Watc...

Multiple times award winning writer cum spoken word artist, Mr. Enock Kofi Arkoh aka Afrika has once again released an apposite peom titled, "Excuse Me". The poem which is the first single of his upcoming poetry album, the "Titan" delineates the presumptuous notion of mankind.  With a sensuous male voice, and famed for his prowess as a wordsmith. The poem sees him dissects his own experiences of how people ignorantly create a standard and based their assertions of ones life on those standards as apt. Tackling everyday lifehacks such as motivational and uplifting. Afrika says " I did not come here to please you, I came here to please God. So why..  Why is it that everyday in every way you. try to create your own measuring cylinder to measure a life that's not yours, you bystander.. ".    Afrika has never been afraid to be outspoken, and poetry is a natural outlet of this multifacet spoken word artist. The artist last poem,  "Signs and Wonders"...

 The CANaRSA Trade and Technology (TRATECH) committee has officially unveiled the TRATECH-CANaRSA logo for all its official duties. The official logo which comes in a circular form is made up of several distinct elements. The slogan of the committee ( A New Innovative Era!! ) is embossed directly below the banner folded artistically in three parts around the base of the circle . These elements are apposite to the supreme objective of the committee.  CANaRSA-TRATECH involves the use of trade and technology to increase the overall agriculture production income. The technology also explores the use of various machines in post and pre-agricultural production to ease the work. Apps and softwares which would help students sell their produce easily are all  factored into the project. Speaking with the chairman of the CANaRSA-TRATECH committee, Master Shadow Enoch Detlef, he stated explicitly that the project as launched is to enable students of the college efficiently blen...

Popular student activist Salifu Zulifawu (Miss Zully) of  KNUST-Ghana has put together a pensive article for publication: Engineering is simply the application of science, mathematics and technology to address real life problems. In many parts of the world we classify as developed, engineers have a major role to play, they spent time identifying problems and finding solutions to them.  Ghana in our case has bad road network, poor sanitation, and all kind of situations which makes us consider our mother Ghana as under developed. There is a direct relation between what engineers do and what we see as development. Now the question is, don't we produce enough engineers?  We have three main universities that produce engineers in this country, we have KNUST, the university of Ghana and the university of mines and technology. What kind of education did these engineers receive? Were they trained to be able to solve our societal problems? That doesn’t connote my point that all our...

Women empowerment have always been an intriguing step to nation building in the 21st century. Several platforms have been proffered specially to throw women into the limelight despite the genre of our political ideology. Opinions about which political brackets stands tall when it comes to amplification of women remains questionable regardless of the diverse ways these political brackets attempted sugarcoating their works and steps taken so far.  A popular political enthusiast, Rosemond Obeng also known as the Peoples Mother stands from the view point that offering platforms that promote the well-being of women should be entrench in the fabric of our society, which she believes it is in lieu with this that the past year was declared a year of amplification. Pursuant to this, the explicit Peoples Mother Show will from time to time hatch programs and projects to push the women agenda. The "Interact with Peoples Mother show" is one of such as it is purposed to spread light on the...

The incumbent president of the Senior Staff Association of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (SSAK-KNUST), Mr. George Ansong has been re-elected as president of the association. SSAK-KNUST is a union that exists for the welfare of all senior staff of the university. Mr. George Abb xsnsong was elected to the presidential position for the second time on October 15, 2020, polls. Prior to his election, the Principal Technician had served as the president of Senior Staff Association, KNUST from February 2018 to date. The 2020 SSAK-KNUST elections saw 9 candidates contesting for 6 portfolios; The president, Vice-president, Main Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, and Women’s commission. Mr. Ansong garnered 372 votes (59.14%) votes against his close contender, a Principal ICT Assistant at the University Information Technology Services (UITS), KNUST, Mr. Francis Akabo who pulled 257 (40.86%) votes. Other winners for various positions include; VICE PRESIDENT Abraham...