Bawumia celebrates Prempeh College for winning 2020 Robofest World Championship
- Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the robotic team from Prempeh College for winning the 2020 virtual Robofest World Championship
- He said this shows that Ghana has a lot of potential in this field and must be nurtured well to support our technological advancement
- The vice-president congratulated the team in a post on Instagram
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Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the robotic team from Prempeh College for winning the 2020 virtual Robofest World Championship.
The team, Mikogolf, one of the three from the school that were among the six representatives from Ghana, defeated stiff competition from 21 other contenders in the senior game GolfBowl.
This is the third time Prempeh College has emerged as winners of the competition, having won in 2013 and 2016, a victory that was previously won by the team from Opoku Ware Senior High School in 2018 and subsequently by Mamfe Methodist Girls' Senior High School in 2019.
Source: Instagram
Congratulating the robotic team from Prempeh College, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia wrote, ''Congratulations to @prempehcollege for winning the 2020 virtual Robofest World Championships.
''This feat was also achieved by Mamfe Methodist Girls' Senior High School in 2019 and shows that Ghana has a lot *of* potential in this field and must be nurtured well to support our technological advancement.''
The 2020 Robofest World Championship was held in October virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported a Ghanaian maths genius with the social media handle, Mubarak Sleek Shushu, has earned a master's degree in Mathematics from Ohio University in the United States of America.
He has celebrated his academic milestone in a series of posts on his social media platforms.
Taking to his Instagram page, Mubarak Sleek Shushu wrote, ''Masters in Mathematics, thanks to @ohio.university, all my professors, my students, colleagues, family, friends and the entire community. #ougrad2021.''
In other news, Ghanaian celebrity blogger, Ghkwaku, born Isaac Aidoo, has climaxed his birthday with a star-studded party at the forecourt of Zylofon Media.
The award-winning content creator clocked a new age on Thursday, April 29, and he took to his Instagram page to share photos along with a message to mark his day.
''Herh, today I weak with the messages. Herh, wow ❤️ May God Bless you guys too much for me ... Still my birthday,'' he posted.
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