KNUST Beats Ivy League Universities To Win Global Packaging Award Competition In Thailand
- A team of KNUST students beat competition from Ivy League students to win the Global Packaging Award for 2024
- The team, comprising two females and a male, won gold, silver and bronze medals in three categories
- The 2024 edition of the competition was held in Thailand, and it was under the auspices of the WPO
The KNUST has been crowned winner of the 2024 Global Packaging Award competition.
The team representing KNUST saw off tough competition from students from Ivy League universities to win the coveted award.
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For the stellar performance, the KNUST team received a gold medal for Best Food Packaging, a silver medal for Sustainable Packaging and a bronze medal for Food Preservation Packaging.
Held in Thailand this year, the Global Packaging Award competition is an initiative of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO).
The competition was set up to highlight and amplify students' talents and creativity in the field of packaging.
In a post sighted on @VOICE_of_KNUST's X page, the team that represented KNUST in this year's competition comprised a male and two females.
The trio posed with the medals in a lovely photo spotted by YEN.com.gh on the said X post.
Schoolmates congratulate them
Some students of KNUST congratulated their colleagues for their remarkable achievement, which has brought honour to the school.
@NancyAmpon53905 said:
"Wow, congratulations to the team."
@Packaging_knust also said:
"They also won the overall best innovative design gold, making it a total of four awards."
@Mansion360 commented:
"Just 4 years of introducing this program. They did well."
@BakariSaaka also commented:
"My 2 ladies and I did our best."
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In a related YEN.com.gh publication, Elizabeth Codjoe, a former student of KNUST, made Ghana and the school proud by winning a coveted award at the Technological University of Dublin, Ireland.
The KNUST alumna emerged as the overall winner in the Product Most Likely to Succeed category of the competition.
She impressed judges with her innovative creations, ultimately leading her to victory at the end of the prestigious competition.
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