awards
Recognitions, scholarships, and competitive distinctions.
Best Demo Award
Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF 2026)
The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA · September 2026 · for At-Scale, Real-World Physical AI for Precision Agriculture on the ARA Wireless Living Lab
Best Paper Award
11th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft 2025)
Budapest, Hungary · June 2025 · for AraRACH: Enhancing NextG Random Access Reliability in Programmable Wireless Living Labs
Best Demo Award
Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum (MERIF 2024)
Kansas City, MO, USA · September 2024 · for the ARA PAWR wireless living-lab demo
Best Paper Award
17th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds (WiNTECH 2023)
Madrid, Spain · October 2023 · for AraMIMO: Programmable TVWS mMIMO Living Lab for Rural Wireless
Scholarships & Distinctions
MERIF 2026 Travel Grant
Midscale Experimental Research Infrastructure Forum · Washington, DC · August 2026
Takano Scholarship
Iowa State University · May 2021
Valedictorian
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) · June 2019
Provost Award — Overall Best Student in Telecommunication Engineering
KNUST · Oct 2016 – Oct 2019 (multi-year)
Best Graduating Student in Telecommunication Engineering — Vodafone Ghana Prize
Vodafone Ghana · March 2019
Huawei ICT Competition — First Runner Up
Routing, Switching & Wireless LANs · Sandton, South Africa · February 2019
Huawei Certified Networking Associate (HCNA)
Huawei · December 2018
National Union of Ghana Students Award — Overall Best Engineering Student
KNUST · May 2018