Vice-Chancellor of the Cape Coast Technical University, Prof. Joshua Danso Owusu-Sekyere, has called for more funding for researchers in the country's technical universities.
He explained the move is to help the universities undertake innovations and breakthroughs that are hailed elsewhere across the globe.
Speaking at the launch of the University’s Design and Innovation Hub, Prof Owusu-Sekyere argued the country could see many innovations and breakthroughs in technology and innovations should the challenge of funding for research be tackled.
He is convinced the difference between Ghanaian researchers and their counterparts elsewhere is funding.
“Funding is required because that is the limiting factor. The brain of the white man is no different from the black man but it’s only that the white man has gone ahead of us. We can catch up; we can overtake them when we provide adequate funding,” he stated.
The Vice-Chancellor stressed there are more capable hearts and minds in the various universities undertaking researches but their researches could be hugely impactful if they received funding.
“We know the principles and the materials required for fabricating devices and so once we have the funding we will be able to have the materials required to build the needed devices for national development,” he emphasized.
Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Cape Coast Technical University, Dr. Kwame Anane Fenin, called for partnerships and funding to bring out the various technological innovations out of the researchers.
“What is needed are grants and collaborations with external partners. We already have one with the Energy Commission. Our main focus is to get the partners onboard to bring these innovations to bear,” he maintained.
The Cape Coast Technical University says, it's carving a niche for itself to become the renewable energy hub in the country.
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