“The journey has not been without huge obstacles, including the traditional definition of who a woman should be, societal demands on what a woman should do, family requirements of what a woman should have, and intimidations from class/schoolmates amidst name calling like ‘witch’, ‘obaa dendene’, ‘bayie’, etc”.
Source: Kwasi Debrah, Contributor2020-12-16
Meet Ghanaian female engineer who designed and built gari processing machine
Deborah Opandoh s love for food, mathematics, and physics led her to pursue a degree in Agricultural Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2007.
That flair has its roots two steps backwards when she would come top in a WAEC-organised Mathematics competition for all Junior High Schools in the Western Region.
After serving as a teaching and research assistant upon completion of her bachelor’s degree, Deborah Opandoh decided to taste a master’s degree in Food and Post-harvest engineering at the same University.