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Inventor of fibre optics technology Dr. Thomas Mensah dead

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  • Kofi Mensah 1 month ago

    Correction: Dr Mensah DID NOT invent the fibre optics, but rather was part of a research time that deployed fibre optics to boost the speed of internet.

    Fiber Optics was invented in 1954 by Harold Hopkins and Narinder Sing ...
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  • ST GHFUO: GH LEADERS ARE NOT ENLIGHTENED 1 month ago

    THEY EMPLOYED HIM AND GAVE HIM LOTS OF MONEY N THEN MILKED HIM FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE AND AFTER FIRED HIM. NOW, HIS KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN PLATFORMED GLOBALLY. HE HAS NOW BEEN RENDERED USELESS. SO HE GOES BACK TO GH.

  • Elephant Farmer 1 month ago

    RIP. He worked for Stanford University in California? Journalist didn't do a great job. American African like Kofi Annan and the like. They left Ghana because of the leaders. Lack of human rights.

  • Yes 1 month ago

    He did not contribute to the growth of Ghana in any way during his hey days. He spend all his youthful career in USA and returned to Ghana when he turned over 60 years and was less useful to the American society.

    Let the A ...
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  • Bitter truth#1 1 month ago

    Yes, I totally agree with u..as much as he had a vision, he wasted all his youthful age in the USA..Ghana as a country didn’t benefit much from his knowledge..we need to celebrate those teachers and nurses in our villages s ...
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  • Nyankpala 1 month ago

    Whether he worked in Ghana or not, are the people of Ghana not benefiting from the research he conducted with others in the US? Could he have done so if he had stayed and worked in Ghana? We should be glad that there are Ghan ...
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  • Eben Vadis 1 month ago

    May is soul rest in perfect peace. The man contributed his part to the establishment of Ghana Silicone Valley and is among the greatest Ghanaians from diaspora. He have a unique character like salt, it’s presence never felt ...
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  • You need to enjoy life! 1 month ago

    Those work work work should learn to live. Just 5 comments in here after 24hrs for such a great brain. Me starting on April 1st, am gonna relax and spend more time with family and friends, pick up some sporting activity and v ...
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  • Galayie 1 month ago

    They kill him after helping them oh mama Africa.(lead scientist Silicon Valley)RIP Dr.

  • Uncle Pee 1 month ago

    Rest In Peace, Dr. Mensah. The world appreciates your contributions to make it a better place.

  • The Don 1 month ago

    May his soul RIP. But what did he ever do for Mother Ghsna?

  • Ghanaba 1 month ago

    Sorry y to say he did not invert fiber optics. Ghanaians always have a funny way of laying claims to something they are not part of and also twisting history.

  • nana1 1 month ago

    Ghana web didn't see his good works until his death.If not this sad news I even don't know this man. We have a lot of Ghanaian prominent personalities who have contributed the growth of the word and Ghana but we don't know th ...
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  • Dzidefo Afram 1 month ago

    Resf well great man. You've indeed contributed so much to improve our lives

  • Afro Moses 1 month ago

    Because of corruption and unpatriotic Ghana leaders don’t see the importance of technologists and their lasting impacts on society and their legacies to continue.As Ghanaian ms inventors demanding help from our imbeciles le ...
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