GRIDCo VISITS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KNUST

Ing Ebenezer Essienyi (seated on the left) and Prof. Mark Adom-Asamoah (seated in the middle) with the GRIDCo team.

The CEO of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Ing Ebenezer Essienyi and team paid a courtesy call on the Provost of College of Engineering, Prof. Mark Adom-Asamoah on 26th January, 2022. 

The Provost congratulated Ing Essienyi on his appointment as the CEO of GRIDCo and showed gratitude for the internship slots given to the College every year. He said in bridging the gap between industry and academia, internship is a core mandate of the College and appealed for more of such opportunities. He emphasised that, collaboration with industry is essential to the success of Engineering Education in Ghana and the sub region. 

He touched briefly on the Endowment Fund established by the College of Engineering to promote postgraduate Engineering Education in Ghana and solicited for the support of GRIDCo towards the fund.  

The GRIDCo team visited the KNUST Engineering Education Project (KEEP) building to inspect the facility having made an earlier commitment to the College to equip the Power Systems Lab upon its completion. The team inspected the building designs and the laboratory space.