{"id":16540,"date":"2026-09-03T16:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/proposed-damongo-university-to-focus-on-science-technology-ai-and-robotics\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:25:04","slug":"proposed-damongo-university-to-focus-on-science-technology-ai-and-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/proposed-damongo-university-to-focus-on-science-technology-ai-and-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Damongo University to focus on science, technology, AI and robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that the proposed University of Science and Technology in Damongo will focus on emerging fields including artificial intelligence, robotics and digital sciences.<\/p>\n<p>He said the project forms part of the government\u2019s broader plan to expand access to quality tertiary education and develop the human capital needed to drive Ghana\u2019s economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Haruna Iddrisu disclosed this after engaging the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Cong Song, on the proposed university on Wednesday, September 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Damongo University is envisaged as a centre of excellence in Science and Technology, Robotics, Digital Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, and other emerging disciplines,&quot; he wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Education Minister, the government secured a US$30 million grant from the Chinese government last year to commence the project.<\/p>\n<p>He said the university would not be limited to the construction of physical infrastructure but would be developed as a centre for advanced scientific and technological education.<\/p>\n<p>The institution is expected to train young people in disciplines that can support Ghana\u2019s technological advancement and contribute to the transformation of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Haruna Iddrisu said the project is also linked to President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s vision of establishing universities in regions that currently do not have one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Damongo University project forms part of a broader vision of His Excellency President Mahama to establish universities in regions that currently do not have one,&quot; said the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>He said the initiative is intended to expand educational opportunities for young people, develop critical human capital and promote balanced national development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that the proposed University of Science and Technology in Damongo will focus on emerging fields including artificial intelligence, robotics and digital sciences.<br \/>\nHe said the project forms part of the government\u2019s broader plan to expand access to quality tertiary education and develop the human capital needed to drive Ghana\u2019s economic transformation.<br \/>\nHaruna Iddrisu disclosed this after engaging the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Cong Song, on the proposed university on Wednesday, September 2.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Damongo University is envisaged as a centre of excellence in Science and Technology, Robotics, Digital Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, and other emerging disciplines,&#8221; he wrote in a social media post.<br \/>\nAccording to the Education Minister, the government secured a US$30 million grant from the Chinese government last year to commence the project.<br \/>\nHe said the university would not be limited to the construction of physical infrastructu..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,28,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-technology","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16584,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540\/revisions\/16584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}