Dr. Patrick Kobina Arthur, PhD
@PAKARErst
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Research: Drug Discovery and Chemical Systems Biology. Teaching: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology. Enterprise: Medicinal Fermentation and API Synthesis.
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It's a delight to watch the farewell lecture of my biggest inspiration in Science, Prof. Ruedi Aebersold of the ETH Zurich. Thank you for the 6-month
research visit in 2011 and the many opportunities to learn from you. Life goes on.
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@tv3_ghana
This is an EPIC human rights issue.
What are those beating the drums for human rights doing about this?
Or human rights are preserved for some people?
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@Citi973
Everyone is claiming to be a saint and yet the rivers are red and the forests are being destroyed.
Everyone yes they are not at fault.
We must trust Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng over everyone else, even the President.
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@Motabhai012
@PopCrave
Speaking so calmly and gracefully makes the news even worse and incredibly sad.
In moments like this I hope that one we can deal with cancer in clear and decisive manner.
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The one year challenge is on. From learner to Professional in one year.
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Fellow Citizens,
Many us are irked by the gross failure of Akufo Addo. But before we hang our hopes on the once deposed leader for his failure. Let’s ask him why he didn’t complete the much demanded constitutional review initiated by Prof. Mills?
No lies.
Let’s find true HOPE.
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Here is to Dr. Ethel Juliet Serwaa Blessie
@EthelBless
, the summary of her important PhD work is out.
Large scale fungal fermentation offers prospects for new cancer medicines of the future [Article]
@jamesAdjaye
@EthelBless
@amarhvincent
@PAKARLab
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@Joy997FM
This is very disrespectful.
How can you describe Prof. Nana Jane Opoku Agyeman in such derogatory terms?
This lady is one of the high achievers of this land.
Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast.
This is very sad.
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People should learn science and stop weaponizing ignorance.
Enough of the vaccine trolls and conspiracies.
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Please check out my new piece on:
Developing Pandemic Resilience in Ghana: Ghana CDC and the Health Research Centres.
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@Serwaa_Amihere
Will you be happy if someone visited your house with these items ? Don't attempt to play down acts of violence. Match or no match is beside the point. Let's learn to ask important and valid questions.
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@steve_hanke
This should end all wars. We don’t need manufactured disasters. Nature has too many disasters than we can cope. Yet humans have found ways to top it with own manufactured disasters. Egregious!!
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This week I had the honor to host former, Emmanuel Acquah, BCMB student who is pursuing Crop Improvement and Plant Biotechnology projects at the graduate level at WACCI. To share his experiences with my year two Cell Biology class. To emphasize the broad…
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Good contest. Nice show by WASS. Excellent work by the Prime Time production team. Much respect.
@WACCBIP_UG
sponsorship.
@NSMQGhana
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Codeine dysregulates ribosome biogenesis in Escherichia coli with DNA double-strand breaks to chart path to new classes of antibiotics
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@thePOE_T
This is the face of corruption right there.
It’s not about national development where every citizen will benefit.
But rather grabbing power to squander the little resources of the nation on their friends and families.
What a SHAME!!??!
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@NAkufoAddo
The manner by which elected governments are quickly privatized for selfish gain ought to be outlawed. We cannot condemn coups and celebrate family and friends government. Right now in Ghana progress is held hostage by a finance minister who is the relative of the president.
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Out of the abundance of Science comes the abundance of our happiness. The liberty to succeed.
#WACCBIPResearchConference2018
@WACCBIP_UG
Legon
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Today I reached a new phase of realizing the power of working at interface of materials, organisms, methods, approaches and strategies. And I have been gradually learning why I have always been uneasy. Today it scaled to the next stage.
@PAKARLab
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Proud moment for me and my laboratory
Ms. Ethel Blessie talks about the discovery and development of novel antifungal compounds from marine endophytic fungi sources.
Ms. Blessie is a WACCBIP PhD fellow and she presents the first of four studies by our fellows in the final
#WRC2018
Fellows Session for Day 1.
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Live at national theatre for finals of national science and mathematics quiz competition. WACCBIP is providing a sponsorship package.
@NSMQGhana
#NSMQ2018
@WACCBIP_UG
@gordon_awandare
@msmosi
@AAS_AESA
@WorldBank
@wellcometrust
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@GermanAmbGhana
We need 4 tier research universities in Ghana too. Germany has hundreds of such universities not to mention the many elegant transport infrastructure projects.
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Since
@WACCBIP_UG
will not tell my
#WACCBIPhistory
for
#WACCBIPis10
I will state my milestones:
1.ACE Grant 95%
2.DELTAS Grant 60%
3.RSB Int. Accreditation 100%
4.NCHS Workshop 100%
5.Graduate Internship program (NSSplus) 100%
6.SHS outreach 100%
7.WRC2016 100%abstract review
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@UnivofGh
@UnivGh_VC
@aba_amfo
@NMIMR_UG
@univers1057fm
@WACCBIP_UG
This shows why ordering for research reagents should not become a nightmare. How was the team going to find the reagents with this world lockdown? We are saved by some earlier stocks of reagents in this situation. Procurement for research reagents should not take months!!
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Ghana Standards Authority in collaboration with GID acquires an LC-MS/MS to promote organic food certification.
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@obiMpenaAustine
These statements should be taken as treasonous or impeachable or both.
Which part of the constitution says that development policy should be based on voting patterns??
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This idea that AMR is due to misuse of antibiotics is only partially right and mainly wrong.
The bigger problem is what we classify as antibiotics over the past 70 yrs. All classes of antibiotics are single chemical agents which kill certain bacteria species with high lethality.
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@GabbyDarko
Your government has failed. No amount of fighting the media will change that. Your people have been extremely disappointing on many counts. AMERI, PDS, ZOOMLOIN, KELNIN GVG, GALAMSEY, etc. Deal with that dubious record. We campaigned for change in 2016 only for wolves to emerge.
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@garyalsmith
You got what you asked for? Life does not begin and end with the media. Be circumspect and measured. The overtones are too much.
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@WACCBIP_UG
@Official_PSGH
@gordon_awandare
@msmosi
Fruitful discussions with the Pharmaceutical society of Ghana. Industry-Academia collaboration. Moving science forward.
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We had a new friend visit us this afternoon. Legon campus is a beautiful garden within the bustling city of Accra. A nice haven for birds. We look forward to another visit soon.
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@SanguDelle
Those same people have a record of critical statements they made against the previous administration when they were in opposition.
Now they have lost their appetite for criticism?
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The role of serendipity in the pursuit of antimicrobials. A chance discovery of a fungus growing on a window frame outside researcher’s, Patrick Kobina Arthur, home in Ghana.
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Happy to welcome a team from
@WCAIRDundee
to
@UnivofGhana
Dept of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology and
@WACCBIP_UG
made of Prof. Ian Roberts, Prof Kevin Reads and Suze Farrell. Fruitful discussions.
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Architecture as brilliant as it is elegant. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
They get it!
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As we battle to the leaky autoclave. We made some strategic additions. Three more fermentation towers to provide a combined space for over 1500 culture bottles. That is 3000 litres of liquid at one time.
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How we got off the ground in 2009.
Glad we can finally get to share this paper.
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@JoyNewsOnTV
When a baby looks pink and then yellowish.
The clinicians diagnose the situation as pediatric jaundice. They then apply UV radiation therapy to clear the accumulated bilirubin and drugs to prevent it. They don’t recommend that the identify as YELLOW. No need to political with it.
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Prof. Keith Gull the chair of
@WACCBIP_UG
advisory board delivers he remarks. He stated that what the
@WACCBIP_UG
graduate education provides is the freedom to succeed.
#WACCBIPRC2018
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@WACCBIP_UG
making great progress engaging industries in Ghana. The future academia industry partnership will be great.
@Official_PSGH
job for making this happen.
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@gordon_awandare
@WACCBIP_UG
@NMIMR_UG
@UnivofGh
@TibaPartnership
@NetworkArtic
The branches mean that the Coronavirus is changing. What that means for public health remains to be determined.
@konkrumah
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NanoArt exhibition at the department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology - University of Ghana. Stop by this week and see the power German research.
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@BonneyRexford
@univers1057fm
@UnivofGh
@Ug_src
@VandalsUg
@CitiTVGH
@NUGSOfficial
@ug_lsu
@Okpo_mates
@Citi973
@Legon_Live
@LEGONBOAKYE
1. Rusticated twice from KNUST true or NOT?
2. A deferred student is a regular student?
3. Can a deferred student hold an SRC office?
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@ghonetv
Is that an achievement??
Such mediocrity.
What is important is progress and wealth of the nation and not who gets to be First Lady.
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@garyalsmith
What does "almost life-threatened" even mean? How about the dangers of false reportage? Attributing events to unconnected actors to cause mass hysteria, rampage, riots and deaths? For the peace of the nation stick to journalism and not rabble rousing drama!!!
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With more than twice the population of the USA but had similar levels of infections at one point but the EU used great leadership to change the course of COVID19 in record time. This is the danger inherent in democracy without guide rails. Elections can produce toxic outcomes.
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@Joy997FM
Failed leader.
Why didn’t you campaign for the constitutional review initiated by President Mills to be completed by Mahama.
You fail the nation and then turn around and to complain. What is wrong with these people?
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We are off the runway. This year's WACCBIP research conference 2018.
#WACCBIPRC2018
@WACCBIP_UG
. For 3 days of science.
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The third stop was at Phytoriker Pharmaceutical company Ltd. Dominated ladies across board. The understanding reached is existing.
@WACCBIP_UG
industry partnership is set to thrive.
@Official_PSGH
providing the needed boost.
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For me single lines of thought and experiments make me feel uneasy. This mission keeps me always and tired. But the results are beginning to tell the right story. It's been 13 years post-PhD and the story so far puts me at ease. Soon we shall share the details.
@PAKARLab
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Biochemistry became Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology which then gave birth to WACCBIP.
We’re in our shiny new Conference Hall, where we are holding a brief ceremony to mark this new chapter in our incredible WACCBIP story so far.
It’s a full house!
Dr. Jonathan Adjimani gives a brief talk on the history of the Department of Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology.
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ACE-Japan study tour start today. African Centres of Excellence seeking out collaboration with Japanese Universities and Companies.
@WACCBIP_UG
@the_ACEProject
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@Citi973
Religious organizations should be encouraged to create supplementary healthcare insurance schemes on collective basis to support members who fall into greater need.
The reliance on appeals usually depend on one’s influence and network. Help usually come up too little too late.
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@Joy997FM
Which minister has ever been arrested for expenditure of his or her ministry?
Shouldn’t evidence of corruption be found first?
Mafia at work. But we won’t sit down and watch this. This arrest is clear vendetta.
Can’t they commission investigations and then go to court first?
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Let's share some of the nature. Beautiful and tranquil to comfort those facing lockdowns. Better days are sure to come.
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Great time at the
@UniKent
at the
@GCRF_Kent
organize
#GCRFKent2019
with my collaborator
@ShepherdLabKent
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@BBCAfrica
Bank of Ghana didn’t lose, it cancelled the debt owed it by the nation.
It’s not that of a big deal.
The bigger problem will be keeping that debt leading to the total debt registering as unsustainable. Creating a buoyant economy is critical, even private banks cancel debts.
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Some 13% of applicants shortlisted.
Update: Following written exams by Ghanaian applicants and desk review of international applicants, we have shortlisted 65 for interviews which are currently underway. 5 Ghanaian plus 5 international students will be awarded
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@EthelBless
is the first PhD candidate to work in my
@PAKARLab
. It was an interesting journey. We braved all the odds, the equipment breakdown, frustrating delays in getting research supplies and then the killer 2015-2016 power cuts in Ghana. The gains will live forever.
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2024
We pray for a world where cooperation feels just as good as conquest.
We pray for a world where sharing feels just as good competition and domination.
We pray for a world where agreement feels just as good as violent conflict.
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Sweet dreams are made of these.
Anyone to help me afford these.
I have many molecules to look at.
Many of my molecules have never been seen before.
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There is my brother
@VAmarh
making us proud. Tackling one of humanity's greatest challenge
#AMR
with a new approach and a new target in the pursuit of next-generation of antibiotics
@PAKARLab
with support from
@wellcometrust
and
@AAS_AESA
@AASciences
An excellent show of some of the future African research leaders in one health at
#DELTASAfrica19
@MUIIPlus
@MakerereCHS
@TrypanoG
@MARCAD7
@WACCBIP_UG
...symbolizing a practical shift of the gravity of African research
@AAS_AESA
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@PulseGhana
Just convinced her she is going there for evangelism and then use 1 million dollars to provide luxury while she is there.
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@Legon_Live
@univers1057fm_
@fatheranthoni
@provcasaug
@KNUST_Live
Will that earn dividends for students long after they have completed school? A levy is unfair. Monies paid should be converted into shares for students. Same day their children would be able to stay in that hostel and used the accrued money to settle their bill.
#DZINHWEKAN
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This Friday at the African Science Week event.
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@amoah_citizen
This is the question that breaks my heart about this country. I wrote an article to suggest a way forward. I can share with you.
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@thePOE_T
Which targeting mechanism will work in Ghana? This country that is rife with corruption at every corner?
The idea of targeting is not that big of a deal. The problem is how to ensure adherence.
Look at what happens to fertilizer subsidies to farmers, the thieves will smuggle.
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All these exciting new features will be powered by our deep understanding of phenotypic heterogeneity and dynamic evolution.
Chemical Systems Biology research
@PAKARLab
will drive many of the advances.
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The man who gave us the Polymerase Chain Reaction has called time. The strands have separated. Grateful for your genius and gift to humanity. Kary Mullis leaves his prints in the sands of time.
#PCRbyKaryMullis
#NobelPrize
#NobelPrizeChemistry
#NobelPrize1993
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@univers1057fm
@USEmbassyGhana
That is our hard work. The UTAG hard work being shipped off in industrial quantities.
Who speaks for the university teacher who is poorly paid and has to start afresh every year to train inexperienced students without the support of their experienced seniors to support.
@utag_ug
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This year's wild fires are a bit unusual. it started in Canada, the USA, Russia, Turkey and now parts of Greece. This is in 2021 alone.
In 2020 we watched Australia burn for weeks with huge loss of forests and wild life.
California has suffered many wi…
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@tv3_ghana
Focus on national issues Opanyin.
Leave the garbage talk to the scammers.
Unless you become the chairman of a national party with millions of citizens looking for leadership by a serious accident.
At least pretend to be serious about national issues for once.
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@Fredros_Inc
@BioMedCentral
@MalariaJournal
@MaedaBiotech
@paimadhu
@juliemakani
@deusishe
AAS Open Research
@AASOpenRes
try it. Ignore "prestige" of the high fees charging journal and focus on sharing research results to drive progress. Let's move on.
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Dad left us exactly today two years ago.
The painful loss feels just as real today as two years ago.
He was a orator of the original kind.
He will make an hour long speeches without scripts. His speeches were rich with quotes from Greek philosophers, En…
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Gratitude to the person who introduced me to marine endophytic fungi at the TU Braunschweig. I get to visit this gorgeous beach in Prampram, Accra regularly for samples and seawater.
@PAKARLab
#scienceinAfrica
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Extremely excited to meet Prof. Tom Blundell in Ghana. Legendary scientist with important contribution to industry. Astex Pharma and genius of fragment based screening and drug discovery. Great inspiration.
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This is what the private sector should do to develop the skills needed for industry. By investment and partnerships not whining about the lack of skills.
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Major boast to the WACCBIP project.
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#WACCBIPhistory
for
#WACCBIPis10
My milestones:
This mass spec was the second priority equipment to be purchased for the
@WACCBIP_UG
core facility. After the BD Flow Cytometer was purchased first every effort I made for the Mass Spec was thwarted. This is why I need justice.
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#AcademicBullying
, bullying is teenagers. We should call it Academic Grandstanding. Short cuts to prominence never pays and it’s not safe. Only Fraternal and Egalitarian Consensus works in Academia.
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In the matter research utilization in policy and practice. It becomes more possible and likely when the research is first translated into products. The research output in the form of literature on it's own will not cut it.
#PAKARLaboratories
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"Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will tend to die". Rachel Houghton's definition of a resilient partnership.
#GCRFKent2019
@GCRF_Kent
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There is something transcendental about iconic building. The evening of day 3 of the
#SOSID2019
@WCAIRDundee
and the
@DDU_Dundee
was spent at the new and the majestic
@VADundee
.
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In a laboratory with a young PI and limited resources, every new kit counts as a major milestone. For it gives us the ability to do more and work better than before.
Resource mobilization continues on daily basis as well as the creation of new ideas an…
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Ghana Must Pursue Industries of the Future: technology companies to power and drive the development agenda.
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Gratitude for the kind and wonderful gift from my students and members of my laboratory.
Turned 45 in style.
15 years working at the University.
Good growth and Great Prospects.
Next Year the gift pack will include a Bugatti veyron, a private yacht 🛥️…
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