The Pan Africa Chemistry Network in Ghana
The Pan Africa Chemistry Network (PACN) has four Hubs across Africa, helping to coordinate the work we do for chemical sciences across the continent. Our Ghanaian Hub, based primarily at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), acts as a focal point for our local activity in this country.
The hub is also run in partnership with Cape Coast University.
I am just so excited and most grateful to the Royal Society of Chemistry and GSK, the installation of the solar power back up means the equipment is now running 24/7. Really good for science in Africa.
Highlights from our work in Ghana:
- Two very successful training workshops, in which close to 40 participants gained specialist GC-MS knowledge. These courses, in partnership with GSK, are now annual, flagship events for analytical chemistry in Ghana.
- Facilitating the international conference on materials chemistry – 'Renewable and sustainable energy from the African hot sun: Can materials chemistry help to deliver?'. The conference attracted speakers and participants from the UK, Denmark, South Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana.
- The installation of a new solar powered inverter at KNUST, providing a stable power supply to support the analytical science lab’s equipment.
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RSC Representative in Ghana
Find out more about the International Representative for Ghana. In countries where there are not enough volunteers to form a committee we have International Representatives who act as a point of contact in their country.