Awards & Milestones

A record of awards, grants, community recognition, and meaningful milestones.

Winner — AI & Education Hackathon 2025

2025

Scholarly

1st place winner at the AI & Education Hackathon organized by Scholarly, building an AI-powered educational platform that outperformed 100+ competing teams.

Conference Presentation — Innovation For All Berlin 2025

2025

IFA Berlin, Germany

Presented 'Polymorphic Self-Modifying Transformers for Autonomous Medical Diagnosis' at Innovation For All (IFA) Berlin 2025.

Conference Presentation — iN4iN Leipzig 2025

2025

iN4iN Conference, Leipzig, Germany

Presented 'Obstamed: Smart Obstacle Detection Mobility Aid for the Visually Impaired' at the iN4iN Conference in Leipzig, Germany.

Best Student Entrepreneur of the Year

2024

KNUST College of Engineering

Recognized as Best Student Entrepreneur of the Year at KNUST for founding BUILD SCITECH and leading multiple student-driven innovation programs.

Microsoft Scholarship — $150,000 Azure Credits

2024

Microsoft

Awarded $150,000 in Microsoft Azure cloud credits to support AI and cloud research, enabling large-scale model training and cloud infrastructure development.

Pre-Seed Startup Grant — $8,000

2024

Startup Accelerator

Received $8,000 pre-seed grant for early-stage startup development, validating the business model and product roadmap for BUILD SCITECH.

Top 7 Project — Trestle x Inngen Hackathon

2024

Trestle & Inngen

Project selected in the Top 7 out of all submissions at the Trestle x Inngen Hackathon for innovative application of AI in a real-world context.

2x AGEA Travel Grants — 10,000 EUR

2023

African German Entrepreneurship Academy (AGEA)

Two-time participant in the AGEA Summer Program at Universitat Leipzig, Germany, receiving 10,000 EUR in travel and program grants for scientific entrepreneurship training.

1st Runner-up — Smart Green Business Competition

2023

Sept Competence Center, Universitat Leipzig

1st runner-up at the Smart Green Business Competition at University of Leipzig, Germany, pitching a sustainability-driven technology venture.