The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole has called on banks in the country to provide flexible start-up capital for people who venture into aqua culture business to help alleviate poverty and also augment the protein needs of the country.

The Vice-Chancellor made this remark when he closed a five-day course designed to train people in the production of tilapia and aquaculture business at the Ainoo-Ansah Farms at Okyereko near Winneba in the Central Region.

A Kenyan Law Scholar, Prof. Patrick Loch Lumumba has stated that Africa is the only continent that is referred to by European and American commentators as Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone.

This according to him was because the former colonisers still see them as their territories. “These descriptions underline the unspoken truth that in the minds of the colonizers their erstwhile ‘fiefdoms’ are still their little backwater territories to be guided and cajoled as circumstances may justify”, he noted.

“Africa cannot grow until it deals with corrupt leaders and corruption. Corruption is one of the things that have held Africa back”.

A distinguished Kenyan Professor of Public Law, Prof. P. L. O. said this when he delivered the second of the three-day 11th Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture at the University. Prof. Lumumba said the first thing African leaders do on assumption of political power is primitive accumulation of wealth so much so that they do not even know where such property and wealth are.

“Africa cannot grow until it deals with corrupt leaders and corruption. Corruption is one of the things that have held Africa back”.

A distinguished Kenyan Professor of Public Law, Prof. P. L. O. said this when he delivered the second of the three-day 11th Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture at the University. Prof. Lumumba said the first thing African leaders do on assumption of political power is primitive accumulation of wealth so much so that they do not even know where such property and wealth are.

An eminent Professor of Public Law from Kenya, Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, says until the day Africa achieves political reawakening, the continent cannot not occupy its rightful place in the world.

“Africa will rise in her splendor: it will only do so if we can identify the right things and do them right, we can rise”.

An eminent Professor of Public Law from Kenya, Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, says until the day Africa achieves political reawakening, the continent cannot not occupy its rightful place in the world.

“Africa will rise in her splendor: it will only do so if we can identify the right things and do them right, we can rise”.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole has noted that the University of Cape Coast is committed to preparing productive citizens and future leaders who can serve the national and global community in diverse ways.

He noted that UCC would therefore, not renege on it’s standards of providing quality tertiary education to students.  “We nurture and challenge students to grow socially, physically, morally and intellectually. We offer you relevant quality education that makes you think critically and apply your knowledge to real life situation”, he said.

The Vice-Chancellor has underscored the crucial role the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has played in transforming his life.

He noted that the University has contributed to his success story in life adding that "It is this University that has made me what I am and who I am today".

Prof. Kuupole said this at the Choralfest organised by the Voices of Accountability in his honour and the 2016 retirees of the University.