KNUST scientist, Professor Nathaniel Owusu Boadi is calling on the government, industry leaders, and scientists to take bold steps toward using nanotechnology to solve Ghana’s energy challenges.
Delivering his professorial inaugural lecture, he laid out a roadmap for turning cutting-edge research into real-world energy solutions that are affordable, sustainable, and made in Africa.
The lecture, titled: “Toward Accessible Green Energy for All: Harnessing the Power of the Invisible Giants,” highlighted the promise of nanomaterials, extremely small materials engineered at the scale of atoms, as a powerful tool to transform how Ghana and the continent generate, store, and use energy.
Prof. Owusu Boadi emphasized that affordable alternatives to traditional silicon-based solar cells are within reach, thanks to advances in nanomaterials. These materials could drastically lower the cost of solar energy, making it more accessible, especially in underserved and off-grid communities.
