Source: tntnewspapergh.com
Mr. Hackman Owusu Agyemang, an astute politician cum businessman, has surprised members of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) community by donating GH¢250,000 to the KNUST-Alumni Endowment Fund.
The 84-year-old renowned politician left KNUST in Kumasi about 60 years ago.
It was, therefore, not a surprise that many people, including the MC for the occasion, who doubles as a renowned Ghanaian media personality, Anita Akua Kyerewaa Kuma, proposed that the endowment fund be named after Hon. Hackman Owusu Agyemang.
Hon. Hackman Owusu Agyemang
Mr. Agyemang is a member of the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana and a former Minister of Water, Works and Housing, as well as a former minister of foreign affairs. Mr Agyemang was also Minister of Interior during Former President J.A.Kufuor’s administration.
In 1965,he stated work as Agricultural Economist at the Ministry of Agricultural.In 1970,Mr Agyemang moved to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome,Italy.
He left the UN FAO as Chief, Regional Bureau of Africa in Rome. He, also works and was in charge of many countries in the world, including the Suriname, Caribbean, and Southern Africa.
He is currently the Chairman of the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party and former board chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board.
The KNUST-Alumni homecoming was held on Friday, 1st August 2025, at the Great Hall of the university on the theme: “Celebrating our legacy, building our future together”.
Participants in a group photograph
The focus of the homecoming was how alumni-faculty-industry collaborations can be redesigned to improve the quality of our graduates and bring more resources to market faster with significant social impact.
Mr. Agyemang made a presentation on the topic: “The spirit of giving endowment fund/day of giving,etc.”
The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Jones Orleans, who spoke on the topic: “Harnessing Alumni Network for Institutional Growth”.
The University Council Chairman also spoke on the topic: “Optimising Alumni-Faculty-Industry Collaborations: What’s next”, among other speakers.
The homecoming ceremony afforded the alumni to socialise, network and dine together after many years of seeing one another aside from strategizing to mobilise funds into the endowment fund as a way of giving back to the university.
Besides, Mr Agyemang, Dr Ben Asante, the immediate-past Ghana Gas Chief Executive Officer (CEO), also donated GH¢100,000.
Other alumni members donated between GH¢20,000 and GH¢50,000 to support the endowment fund.
