Promoting Africa
Team Acrobot from West Africa Ghana took first place in the Senior Game Division at the Robofest World Championships, held Saturday May 18 at Lawrence Technological University, in Southfield, Michigan. Team Acrobot from the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation Team Acro-Bot, nine girls from the Methodist Girls’ High School in the Eastern Region of Ghana, were…
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On April 24, the Ghanaian Government, in partnership with American company Zipline, launched in the city of Omenako, the world’s largest medical drone delivery service. The new service will use drones to make on-demand, emergency deliveries of 148 different vaccines, blood products, and life-saving medications. Already hundreds of drones have started delivering life-saving vaccines, blood…
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"American actor and martial artist, Michael Jai White, has been enstooled as " Ohene" (king) of Akwamu in Ghana. He now holds the traditional title of "Nana Akoto III, Odopon" (The Tree with Strong Roots That Does Not Fear The Storm). On his Instagram page, the actor posted the video of him being enstooled, and…
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Shortly before Christmas, Ghanaian-German actor Boris Kodjoe announced that he would be storming Ghana with some of the world’s biggest black celebrities. Well, he did it, and seeing their pictures on social media, proves they had a blast. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrlQ5qMAsBd/?utm_source=ig_embed "The "Full Circle Festival" event was established by the Ghanaian Government to honour Ghanaian ancestry by…
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Today, we're introducing Ghanaian-American engineer and fiber optics inventor, Dr. Thomas Mensah. He is know as the brain behind "the Silicon Valley of Ghana", a center that promotes innovation in technology in Ghana. Dr. Thomas Mensah Born in 1950 in Kumasi, Ghana, Mensah is regarded as one ofthe leading figures in the invention of optical fiber.He holds a PhD in Chemical…
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Ghanaian-Canadian author Esi Edugyan has won the Giller Prize again! Victoria-based author Esi Edugyan was announced last week as the winner of the $100,000 prize for her novel Washington Black. This is the second time Edugyan wins the prestigious Giller literary award. In 2011, she received the prize for her novel Half-Blood Blues. This new winning makes Edugyan the third author…
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The protection of the environment is a major issue that is more and more in the spotlight. African artists and those of the diaspora, are neither silent, nor insensitive to this problem. Indeed, there is no count of the number of exhibitions and works aimed at raising awareness and mobilization. Some artists are not limited…
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