UEW Alumnus Wins Top Innovator Award for Modernising Agriculture Education
Kow Aboagye-Ghunney, an alumnus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and a science teacher at West Africa Senior High School (WASS) has been honoured with a prestigious Young Innovator Award for his transformative work in modern agriculture education.
He received the top prize in the agriculture category at the 2025 awards ceremony organised by the Springboard Road Show Foundation under the Mastercard Foundation–supported Ghana Grows programme.
His achievement was further reinforced at the 41st National Farmers’ Day celebration, where he was named Best Innovative Farmer for the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly. Both recognitions highlight his leadership in climate-smart agriculture, youth empowerment and practical science education.
Aboagye-Ghunney has earned national attention for bridging the gap between theory and practice. At WASS, he established a school farm that uses modern technology to teach students climate-resilient farming methods, agribusiness skills and sustainable food production. “Our goal is to make agriculture appealing and relevant to young people. We are showing students that farming is now driven by technology, data and innovation,” he said after receiving the award.
A 2016 Biology Education graduate of UEW, Aboagye-Ghunney has consistently applied his solid pedagogical training to improve learning outcomes. Through mentoring, creative teaching methods and after-school support, he has helped boost WASSCE performance and earned the school’s Best Teacher Award in both 2023 and 2024.
Beyond the classroom, he leads several community-focused initiatives. His school farm serves as a training hub for students and local farmers, offering hands-on experience in climate-smart agriculture. Under his Ghunney Foods brand, he supports home gardeners and farmers with seedlings and farm produce. He also champions environmental stewardship, leading plastic waste segregation and recycling activities on campus.
As a STEM coach, he guided students to develop a biodigester that converts waste into clean energy—a project that gained national recognition at the 2024 STEMnovation Competition. His broader vision is to build a fully green school model: reducing waste, recycling plastic, generating biogas for cooking and electricity and using biodigester effluents as manure for the school farm. This approach demonstrates a functional circular economy in an educational setting.
Kow Aboagye-Ghunney’s accomplishments show how innovative teaching and community engagement can transform agriculture education. His work proves that the classroom can be a powerful space for developing practical solutions to real-world challenges.
