The Centre for Capacity Building and Innovation (CCBI) which operates under the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi offers a comprehensive approach to capacity building, training, consultancy, management of donor funds (USAID, USDA, DANIDA, NUFFIC, GEF, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, MasterCard etc), conduct multidisciplinary research and advisory services across all fields of national development. KNUST has both national and international reputation as one of the foremost Universities which understands revenue generation, fund management including disbursement of revolving funds, entrepreneurship development of the youth, development of strategic plan for raising counterpart funding for investment, project planning and management. The University through CCBI has excellent reputation for consultancy services, training and capacity building across all colleges, faculties and departments. The Centre through its Distance Learning platform has established teaching centres in ten out of sixteen regions of Ghana and has thorough appreciation of the major sectors of the Ghanaian economy, particularly in finance, revenue generation, entrepreneurship, engineering, humanities, agriculture, natural resources management and innovations.

CCBI has the technical expertise in business and strategic plan development, fund management, institutional reforms, rural and urban entrepreneurship development, proposal evaluation, group formation and partnerships, socio-economic baseline studies leading to the development of social, economic and policy interventions. The University has multidisciplinary staff with both local and international consultancy and fund management experience and their community engagement and business plan for big corporations, start-ups and small businesses through developmental research cannot be overemphasised.