Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy

Universities and research institutions across the country are being urged to develop intellectual property policies for their organisations and put in place deliberate strategies and action plans for implementing the policies developed.

An Assistant Research Fellow at the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy at the University of Cape Coast, Mr. Isaac Nketsiah indicated that this was the only way the universities and research institutions can remain relevant and be more agile and responsive to the challenges in 21st-century higher education institutions.

An Assistant Research Fellow at the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy at the University of Cape Coast has admonished universities and research institutions across the country to seriously consider intellectual property (IP) disclosures and protection as one of the criterion for academic progression.

The immediate past Director of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) of University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, has handed over the Directorate’s administration to the newly-appointed Director, Prof. David Teye Doku.   

Prof. Armah, who was appointed as Director in 2019 (after serving as deputy Director for three years), congratulated Prof. Doku on his appointment.

He was of the hope that the new director would work tirelessly to advance the cause of DRIC.

A Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Science, Prof. Federick Ato Armah, has identified mistrust among stakeholders in the mining industry as contributing to the scourge of illegal artisanal and small- scale mining in the country.