Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa - Panel Discussion

Date: 
Thursday, June 30, 2022 - 16:00
Venue: 
Cedi Conference Centre

 

Members of the University community are hereby reminded to attend the High-Level panel discussion chaired by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo to commemorate the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa as follows: 

 

Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022 

Time: 4:00 p.m. 

Venue: Cedi Conference Centre

You may also click here to join online

Theme: Ghana Asks: Legon Answers” with specific focus on the challenge of managing plastic. 

 

The event, which involves panel discussions and interactive sessions, will feature the following accomplished academics and industrialists:   

Professor Ivan Addae Mensah 

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, and former Vice-Chancellor, UG                

 

Professor Agyeman-Badu Akosa 

Professor of Pathology, UG and former Director General, Ghana Health Service      

  

Professor Kofi Sefa-Dedeh 

Emeritus Professor of Food Technology Engineering, and former Dean, School of Engineering Sciences, UG  

            

Dr. Fatima Denton, 

Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA)           

  

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, 

Professor of Surgery, UG and former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology 

  

Professor Bandele Oyewole 

Secretary General, Association of African Universities 

 

Please find attached a softcopy of the event brochure 

 

All are cordially invited 

 

 

BACKGROUND  

The Organization of Africa Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU) in 1987 passed a resolution for the celebration of the Day of Scientific Renaissance of Africa (DSRA) on 30th June each year. The core objective of the celebration is to remind African governments and people about the critical roles played by Science and Technology in national development. This is also done in remembrance of the continent’s great contribution to the rise and development of modern Science and Technology.  

 

For further information about DSRA, kindly contact the Planning and Implementation Committee through its Chairman, Professor George Obeng Adjei, at GAdjei@ug.edu.gh.or via email UG_DSRA2022@ug.edu.gh