KNUST wins $3m Mastercard Foundation Prize for driving higher education transformation in Africa

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been named among five African universities selected as inaugural winners of the Mastercard Foundation’s Africa Higher Education for Transformation (AHEFT) Prize.

The AHEFT Prize is backed by a $500 million commitment from the Mastercard Foundation over its first decade, making it one of the largest higher education transformation initiatives in Africa.“This is the moment to reimagine what higher education institutions can do as engines of human capital development – not only as a place of learning, but as a direct route to work, to economic participation, and to a better future for young people across Africa,” Executive Director of Higher Education Initiatives at the Mastercard Foundation, Dr John Nkengasong, said.