ENGINEERING, ART & ARCHITECTURE

John Sarpong: Chairman and CEO of Africast Global Media, which holds interests in television, radio and internet properties; as well as President of Southline Industries which he founded in 1996 as an aerospace technical design, certification and project management company serving the air transport, corporate and special mission military aircraft industry. His Southline Industries has completed projects for Gulfstream Aerospace, Raytheon Corporation (two projects for the Korean Air Force, and the Japan Maritime Safety Agency), and Sikorsky Helicopter (two projects for the Turkish Navy and U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters). He created the non-profit Africast Foundation which outfits Schoolweb computer labs for rural schools in Africa. He is a founding board member of the African Public Broadcasting Trust, a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force, a co-founder of the Africa Digital Diaspora Network, and a member of the Africa Advisory Committee of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.

Derek Appiah: British Telecom Project Manager who was responsible for launching the BT broadband in the whole of mainland UK

Professor F. Ohene Akuffo: Former Dean of the KNUST School of Engineering who is recognized internationally as a renewable energy expert; his research interests have been focused, since 1974, on renewable energy, particularly solar, and development issues. He has directed several international development projects including the CN $1.2 million CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) funded cooperation project on Renewable Energy, which was implemented jointly by the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and KNUST (1992 – 1999).

Stanley Owusu: Regional Engineer, Electricity Corporation of Ghana

Robert Mensah-Biney: Mineral and Chemical industry research scientist, who has special expertise is in gold-silver process metallurgy. He is experienced in uranium process development, beneficiation of industrial minerals, general hydrometallurgical processing for the recovery of minerals, harzadous waste treatment and management including soil remediation and recovery of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. He owns the patent in USA for the use of aqueous biphase extraction for the processing of ultrafine particles.

Kofi Owusu: Software Engineer and Consultant for Telecommunications firms in the Washington DC Area

Mr. Eric Agyemang: Senior Systems Engineer with Bell Atlantic (a giant telecom corporation) in Silver Spring Maryland, USA and a Principal Consultant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration of the US Dept of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Dr.-Ing Kodom Baffoe: a civil engineer with DeTe Immobilien (Daughter company of German Telekom, responsible for building and maintanance of about 35,000 buildings and structures in Germany.

Ing. Robert Baffour-Awuah: Ghana telecomminucation Co. Ltd, Accra

Dr. Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei (AGA): Professional Electrical Engineer & Researcher in Telecommunications & Computer Networks

Kofi Asamoa-Baah: Senior Programmer & Application Developer for Fortune 500 Companies, including Bellsouth, AT&T, Georgia Power. Professor of Computer Information Systems. Executive Director: UnicompUSA, Inc

Ing. Robert Baffour-Awuah: Head/ Network Maintenance and Operations/Middle Sector (Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions) and Regional Manager Ashanti Region - Ghana Telecom

Nicholas G. Manu: Network Analyst for Siemens Corporation, also Founder and CEO of Maboat Systems

Kwadwo Anyane-Yeboa : Director, Ghana Information and Communications Technology Directorate (GICTeD). GICTeD, which was launched at the Kofi Annan Centre of Exellence, Accra, Ghana on 21 July 2005, is expected to identify and promote the development of innovative technologies, standards, guidelines, and practices, among government agencies within the national and local governments, and the private sector, to enable Ghana become a technology-driven, knowledge- and value-based economy.

William Kwamena-Poh: celebrated master artist whose works have graced the walls of T.V. sitcoms, corporate and private collections. His work has been used as set decorations for television shows such as "The Cosby Show"(NBC), "Baby Talk"(ABC), "Roc Live"(FOX), "Martin"(FOX), "In The House"(NBC), "South Central"(FOX), "Moesha"(WB) and "Living Single"(FOX). His work was recently used in the promotion of the new Chevy SSR, a combination sports car/truck that Chevy is introduced last year. Two of his images were also used in redecorating an apartment on the HGTV (Home & Garden Televsion) show A Date With Design.

Isaac Kwarteng: former Chief Engineer of Ghana Highway Authority; currently working for Illinois Department of Transportation, Hydraulics Engineering Section, Schaumburg, Chicago, Illinois.

Harry "Hacajaka" Agyemang: renowned artist who received the Samara Award of Innovation and Excellence in the year 2000 for his immense contribution to the art of Africa.

Last Updated on November 5, 2006

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