Dr. Thomas O. Mensah, the first African to be inducted into the US National Academy of Inventors. A proud Kumasi boy.

He invented fibre optics and nanotechnology that help us to see images on social media the wires under the sea he was part of the creation.

He has 14 patents. He has won the Turner's Trumpet Award for Fiber Optics Innovation, Percy L. Julian Award, Golden Torch Award, William Grimes Award, Eminent Engineers Award and Kwame Nkrumah African Genius Award. 

A proud alumni of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. The most prestigious STEM university in West Africa.

Today if you can see images and videos of yourself and others on social media, if you can insult and even tag a certain group of people as “illiterates”, remember an Asante man made this possible . Thank you!

Piawwwwwwwww!!!

credit:  The Asante Nation.