From toilet attendant to Vice Chancellor: Meet the man who wants to build Ghana’s MIT

The University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) is having its first Vice Chancellor, who is also an alumnus of the school in 2026. 48-year-old Professor of Geomatic Engineering, Bernard Kumi Boateng, first came to UMAT in 2001 as a student of Geomatic Engineering.

By Clara Seshie