The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Gulu University (Uganda), Egerton University (Kenya), Africa University (Zimbabwe), University of Free State (South Africa), Malawi University of Science and Technology (Malawi), University of Eldoret (Kenya), Uganda Martyrs University (Uganda), University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), University of Bamenda (Cameroon), National University of Agriculture (Benin), and Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (Morocco

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Governing Council at its Special Meeting held on Thursday,19th December, 2024, appointed Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto, as the new Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University with effect from 1st January, 2025.

Prof. Aheto, who takes over from Prof. Rosemond Aboagyewaa Boohene, is a professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Ocean Studies.

He is currently the Director of Centre for Coastal Management/ Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR).

Ahead of Ghana's December Presidential and Parliamentary elections, some faculty members of the Department of Peace Studies of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have authored a book titled, “Political Vigilante Groups” in Ghana.

The faculty members include Dr. Kaderi Noagah Bukari (UCC), Dr. Sabina Appiah-Boateng (UCC), Dr. Patrick Osei-Kufuor (UCC), Aneliese Bernard (Elva), Aaron Atimpe (Elva), Prof. Stephen Bugu Kendie (UCC), Prof. Francis Enu-Kwesi (UCC), Mr. Richard Ametefe (UCC) and Mr. Prince Amfo Wiafe (UCC)