The Rwanda High Commission in Ghana has paid a courtesy call on the leadership of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), to deepen bilateral relations and explore practical areas of collaboration between UPSA and higher education institutions in Rwanda.
The delegation, led by the High Commissioner of Rwanda to Ghana, Rosemary Mbabazi, and accompanied by Mr. Matthew Rwahigi, Executive Assistant to the High Commissioner, engaged in high-level discussions with the Vice-Chancellor of UPSA, Professor John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor, and members of the University Management.
At the heart of the discussions was a shared commitment to strengthening structured academic and student exchange programmes, advancing collaborative research, promoting skills and employability development, and enhancing community service initiatives aligned with Africa’s broader development priorities.
The engagement underscored shared values of leadership, innovation, volunteerism, and homegrown African solutions as critical pillars for producing future-ready graduates and building resilient, impactful African institutions.
The visit further reaffirmed UPSA’s commitment to advancing meaningful Pan-African partnerships that move beyond dialogue to actionable collaboration, delivering measurable benefits for students, faculty, institutions, and communities across the continent.
Ghana and Rwanda have, in recent years, demonstrated growing cooperation in the education sector through institutional partnerships. Dominion University, Ghana, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Kigali, Rwanda, to leverage their respective strengths and support institutional development.
Similarly, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has entered into an MoU with the University of Rwanda to undertake collaborative activities in digital development and energy innovation.
Under that agreement, the KNUST Engineering Education Project (KEEP), an Africa Centre of Excellence at KNUST, together with the African Centre of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACELoT) and the African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD) at the University of Rwanda, serve as the primary implementers.
The partnership framework includes joint research applications, mobility programmes for faculty and students, collaborative workshops and academic seminars, as well as the development of tailor-made professional development short courses.
The UPSA–Rwanda High Commission engagement therefore adds to a growing architecture of Ghana–Rwanda educational diplomacy, reinforcing the role of higher education as a strategic instrument in strengthening intra-African cooperation.
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