Ghana may not be on the list of countries with great scientific inventions but her children consistently become stalwarts in the fields of physics, math, space and medicine.
Here are some of the greatest achievements from Ghanaians around the world , and the people who made it possible.
1. Francis Kofi Ampenyi Allotey
Dr. Kofi Allotey is a respected mathematical physicist. He became a world authority and an instant fame with his work on Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy which established the principle widely known as the “Allotey Formalism” for which he received the Prince Philip Gold Medal Award in 1973. He was the first to introduce computer education into Ghana.
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2. Ave K. P. Kludze, Jr.
Ave Kludze became if not the first African, the first Ghanaian to ever command and control a Spacecraft in Orbit (controlling ERBS and TRMM Spacecraft, etc. for NASA from the ground). In 2004, Kludze and a group of NASA engineers developed the Extravehicular Activity Infrared (EVA IR) camera for space-walking astronauts.
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3. Nat Quansah
An ethnobotanist, Nat Quansah reintroduced the use of native plants as medicine to thousands of Malagasy people in an Ambodisakoana clinic he opened, educating the community about the need for forest conservation. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000, for his works on health care, cultural tradition and forest conservation, based in Ambodisakoana, Madagascar.
4. Nii Narku Quaynor
Nii Narku Quaynor is a scientist and engineer who has played an important role in the introduction and development of the Internet throughout Africa. On June 26, 2013 he was selected for induction into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society.
5. Menes Atipin Oheneba Owusu-Afriyie
Dr Owusu-Afriyie was a Principal Investigator for FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) phase 11 trials in the USA and a Reviewer for the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. He was a world-renowned research scientist, an academician and a teacher specializing in brain, breast and parathyroid imaging and has written extensively on these subjects in various international journals and periodicals.
If these geniuses and their achievements don’t inspire you, I don’t know what will. There might be a lot of things wrong with Ama Ghana, but we can always feel proud about our progress in science and medicine and the people who make that possible. There are, of course, countless others who have revolutionised our country since time immemorial, so please, feel free to go ahead and tell us about them. Remember, every field counts, whether it’s arts, science or a even something not discovered yet.
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