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From chalkboard drawing of Ms Word to real computers [Inspire Africa]

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One year ago, Richard Akoto Appiah, a secondary school teacher in Ghana came to limelight after a post of him teaching students Information Communication Technology ICT by drawing the Microsoft word software on a chalkboard went viral.

The 33 year old works at the Betenase junior high, one of the eight Junior High Schools located at Sekyeredumase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Until 2018, none of the schools had computers, a critical component for ICT.

This would later change.

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