IEEE Ghana Section History

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IEEE Ghana Section History
Established date 2008-09-05
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Geographic region Ghana
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Establishment

With the help of IEEE MGA, Board of Directors, Professor Gerhard Hancke and Professor Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei, the first meeting for the establishment of the IEEE Ghana Section was held in July 2007 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana. The establishment of the Section was eventually approved by the IEEE HQ on 5th September 2008.

Official website of the IEEE Ghana: http://ieeegh.org

Section Officers

Ghana Section Officers
Year Chair Vice chair Secretary Treasurer
2008 Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei
2009 Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei Charles Nartey Yayra De Souza Eleanor Adwoa Afful
2010 Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei Charles Nartey Yayra De Souza Eleanor Adwoa Afful
2011 Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei Charles Nartey Paul Danquah Eva Esther Ebenezer
2012 Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei George Eduful George Eduful Isaac Kweku Boakye
2013 Rajan John George Eduful Ernest Osei-Akoto Isaac Kweku Boakye
2014 Rajan John George Eduful Ernest Osei-Akoto Isaac Kweku Boakye
2015 George Eduful Isaac Kweku Boakye Joseph Cole Kingsford Atanga
2016 George Eduful Isaac Kweku Boakye Kingsford Atanga
2017 Eric Kuada Miriam Eduful Kofi Arhin Kingsford Atanga
2018 Eric Kuada Miriam Eduful Eva Esther Ebenezer Kingsford Atanga
2019 George Eduful Quist-Aphetsi Kester Miriam Eduful Eva Esther Ebenezer
2020 George Eduful Quist-Aphetsi Kester Miriam Eduful Ebenezer Minkah
2021 George Eduful Felix Akpagloh Franklin Kumassah Ebenezer Minkah

Technical Activities

  • 2017 IEEE PES PowerAfrica Conference with details at https://site.ieee.org/powerafrica/
  • ICAST Conference with details at http://ieeeicast.ghsociety.org/
  • AFRICON2019 Conference with details at http://africon2019.org/
  • IEEE - Pentecost University College Research Seminars
  • IEEE Tech-Talk on Blockchain Technologies by Dr. Mahendra Shrivas at Regional Maritime University(RMU), Accra
  • IEEE Tech-TalkSeries at Ashesi University by Dr. Narendra Kumar
  • Distinguish Lecture By Dr. David Pulfrey, FIEEE
  • IEEE Day & IEEE Ghana Section 10th Anniversary Celebration at Methodist University, Accra, Ghana
  • SMART GRID 2017 - FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS ECG, Project Office Engineering Conf. Rm. Accra, Ghana
  • IEEE Day on 3 October 2017 @KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
  • Workshop on Open Office Productivity Suite By Mr. Mahendra Shrivas at Academic City College, Accra
  • Three Day Workshop on Hardware and Networking By Mr. Mahendra Shrivas at Academic City College, Accra
  • Android Development Workshop By Mr. Mahendra Shrivas at Academic City College, Accra
  • Workshop on Cloud Computing By Mr. Mahendra Shrivas at Academic City College, Accra
  • IEEE Xtreme Programming Competition at BlueCrest College with details at http://accsb.ieeegh.org/events/EXTREME_COMPETITION_2016.html

IEEE Societies

Chapters under formation

  • Communications Chapter
  • Computer Chapter
  • Power & Energy Chapter


Student Branches

University SB Chair SB Counselor
BlueCrest University College (BCC) ... Dr. Mahendra Kumar Shrivas
Academic City University College (ACC) Dr. Navel Sharma Dr. Mahendra Kumar Shrivas
Pentecost University College (PUC) ... Prof. A. Gyasi-Agyei
Regional Maritime University (RMU) ... Mr Charles K. Nartey
Methodist University College (MUC) ... Mr Emmanuel Buabin
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Tech (KNUST) ... Dr K. O. Boateng

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