Ghanaian-American Who Was Involved With The Development Of Fiber Optic Technology Passes Away

Wongel Zelalem reports on Dr. Thomas Owusu Mensah, a Ghanaian-American chemical engineer who made significant contributions to the development of fiber optic technology passing away.

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  • @williamhanson4154
    @williamhanson4154Ай бұрын

    I know him very well when he was in High school in Cape Coast, Ghana. The high schools in Ghana during Nkurumah's time were great. Almost, all of them were boarding schools and people get to know other Ghanaians from other regions. That is the reason Ghana is peaceful because we all become one family. The education system were very competitive. There were good scientists and after the February 24th coup many of them left the country to America and other western countries. Too young to go. Rest in peace and we will meet again in the future.

  • @snoewatamel9953
    @snoewatamel9953Ай бұрын

    Thomas Mensah was a Dr and simply an Afrikan. Not a American Ghanaian. If he had been a criminal the media would have referred to him as a Ghanaian. The ancestors had welcomed you home Sir. Thank younger your teachings.

  • @danmenz79

    @danmenz79

    Ай бұрын

    Don't even have to be a criminal, be a simple person, and you will be placed as such.

  • @NevilleStephenson-ms9zs
    @NevilleStephenson-ms9zsАй бұрын

    He was an amazing and brilliant man. I was happy to have met him in 2019 during year of return

  • @sarahashun1180
    @sarahashun1180Ай бұрын

    😢Why isn’t this being reported around the world on mainstream media.

  • @user-rr1rw3ig1r

    @user-rr1rw3ig1r

    Ай бұрын

    Ask & ask again & again. Just a single was said about his death,,,,,,,was not well for about 3 days and passed away,,,,. JUST LIKE THAT.

  • @claudinelola3894

    @claudinelola3894

    Ай бұрын

    @@user-rr1rw3ig1r,he died from natural death ?

  • @allenbarrow4904
    @allenbarrow4904Ай бұрын

    I hoped that he trained and mentor young men / women while back home in Ghana. Children are the future and helping them grow and focus is the key!!! RIP THOMAS MENSAH!!!

  • @normanmclean6039

    @normanmclean6039

    Ай бұрын

    Condolences to your family and friends, rest in POW Ra with the ANKHSESTORS

  • @davidnoye99

    @davidnoye99

    Ай бұрын

    In the middle of 2000, I worked with him, so all is not lost. May the man of great motivation and inspiration soul rest in perfect peace.

  • @patriciasuttle2740

    @patriciasuttle2740

    Ай бұрын

    🙏🏿

  • @Megaliberator-mt4dc

    @Megaliberator-mt4dc

    Ай бұрын

    He came back to Ghana with the intention of working with the government on this field but guess what? He was simply ignored

  • @mjc9388

    @mjc9388

    Ай бұрын

    Yes he did Bawumia would capably take over and the rest would be history

  • @nizzotheartist
    @nizzotheartistАй бұрын

    We need more great men like this. RIP, brother.

  • @ronnieitaquab1008

    @ronnieitaquab1008

    Ай бұрын

    Yes we need everything the colonial powers don't want you to have your absolutely correct

  • @dt9233

    @dt9233

    Ай бұрын

    We sure do! He will be truly missed.

  • @davidnarh1805
    @davidnarh1805Ай бұрын

    RIP Doctor Thomas 🙏🏿

  • @damonreeves
    @damonreevesАй бұрын

    Rest in Eternal Power Dr.Thomas Thank You For Sharing your Brilliance 💜🙏🏽

  • @darlenex8669
    @darlenex8669Ай бұрын

    We have so many great inventors among our people that have been kept hidden from us, but no more. It’s up to us to celebrate, acknowledge and remember always these black innovators. Family, this is one of the reasons why they do not what us to know our history. It’s been our creativity and the ideas born from us that has given so much to the world. If you don’t mind me saying, you should have his name within the title of this message to us. We need to start making a list of all the inventors who contributed so much to society. Rest in Peace but never forgotten. B1✊🏿

  • @bernardowens7417
    @bernardowens7417Ай бұрын

    Thank you for your contribution to civilization also I have studied fiber optics back in the 80s.

  • @kofidoonquah7581
    @kofidoonquah7581Ай бұрын

    Sad he passed but very respected. Thank for the inspiration and contributions 👍🏿

  • @akin9868
    @akin9868Ай бұрын

    Thank you, Baba Thomas!

  • @oluoduyebo5043
    @oluoduyebo5043Ай бұрын

    A Great Man with a remarkable legacy. Such a tragic and horrific loss. I pray the Lord Almighty comforts, blesses and compensates his family, because of this sudden departure. We honour you Sir!

  • @globallogistic255
    @globallogistic255Ай бұрын

    Rip young king..

  • @perrygibson8419
    @perrygibson8419Ай бұрын

    74 is too young. Hmm....

  • @isaacsgeorge1775

    @isaacsgeorge1775

    Ай бұрын

    74 is a full life.

  • @aboaboyahciciniko7132

    @aboaboyahciciniko7132

    Ай бұрын

    If you get 22 in Ghana you have to thank your God, Poverty galore

  • @perrygibson8419

    @perrygibson8419

    Ай бұрын

    @@aboaboyahciciniko7132 that's another issue, like you said poverty. Was poverty his issue?

  • @aboaboyahciciniko7132

    @aboaboyahciciniko7132

    Ай бұрын

    @@perrygibson8419 my comment is not for him is for Ghana

  • @manotto3939

    @manotto3939

    Ай бұрын

    @@aboaboyahciciniko7132 😅🤣😂

  • @zephaniarutlokwana2891
    @zephaniarutlokwana2891Ай бұрын

    Dr Menser should be carefully studied by many young African scholars all his ideas including his scientific lifestyle. He is ours we should be claiming him and by all means produce many of his class in the future for Africa's development

  • @atesuapharaoh4164

    @atesuapharaoh4164

    Ай бұрын

    C A Diop long gone which many Afrikans engaged in his hard work? We still get dumbo Danquah/Busia oriented figures in power messing Nkrumah Ghana today

  • @TJ-th9hw
    @TJ-th9hw17 күн бұрын

    An Outstanding citizen! R.I.P Dr. Mensah! Peace be unto his family.

  • @user-fj9uc4om6t
    @user-fj9uc4om6tАй бұрын

    Thank you Doctor Thomas for your contributions to the world. Rest in peace my Dadda (RIP).

  • @kevinpoole4323
    @kevinpoole432321 күн бұрын

    Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to Ghana His Family and the World 🌎.

  • @juliabee7762
    @juliabee7762Ай бұрын

    Omg! My deepest condolences to the people of Ghana and Africa. May his soul rest in peace.

  • @user-lw4kw4te9n
    @user-lw4kw4te9nАй бұрын

    A great soul but will not be foregotten. RIP Doc.

  • @dorkuchotanihu9589
    @dorkuchotanihu9589Ай бұрын

    We GHANAIANS as well as AFRICANS we have God at long last we have also got A BLACK man who have also help the world , MAY HE REST IN PEACE.

  • @sam-kx3ty
    @sam-kx3tyАй бұрын

    Lovely man, may he Rest In Peace.

  • @ov9879
    @ov9879Ай бұрын

    May our great brother RIP! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @kevinpoole4323
    @kevinpoole432321 күн бұрын

    Dr Mensah a Great Gentleman Outstanding Leadership ,Focus on The Silicon Concepts and Semiconductors. It takes 7 Gallons of water to make one chip.

  • @watchit16
    @watchit16Ай бұрын

    May his soul rest in peace🙏

  • @thekorsh4230
    @thekorsh4230Ай бұрын

    Rip brother thanks for your contribution in this world

  • @georgeharris9873
    @georgeharris9873Ай бұрын

    Condolences to his family. Rest in Power Dr. Mensah.

  • @barbaraakinbowale4456
    @barbaraakinbowale4456Ай бұрын

    My condolences to professor Mensa family and friends. He will be surely missed. So glad he returned to his home land to give back and share his great works wirh his people as well. 😢

  • @adriangrant5373
    @adriangrant5373Ай бұрын

    May he Rest In Peace An outstanding individual

  • @aboagyeboateng6433
    @aboagyeboateng6433Ай бұрын

    Im glad to have met him. Rest well Santa

  • @isaacsgeorge1775
    @isaacsgeorge1775Ай бұрын

    RIP DR. Thomas Owusu Mensah.

  • @davidadams6851
    @davidadams6851Ай бұрын

    Amen job well done🙏💯🙏

  • @Roestradd
    @Roestradd29 күн бұрын

    Rest in eternal perfect peace. Thanks for the advancement you left us with. 🙏🏾

  • @wallej2291
    @wallej2291Ай бұрын

    Great man

  • @adjeiboateng1671
    @adjeiboateng1671Ай бұрын

    It is such a shame. The continent never got to benefit from this man's talents. his best years were spent in the US. Unfortunately this is the story for so many of the continent's most gifted individuals.

  • @user-jt6sc3km5i

    @user-jt6sc3km5i

    Ай бұрын

    Africans are benefiting from his inventions. We are all able to instantly send pictures, videos to any part of the world because of him. So in essence we are all benefiting.

  • @Binahx86

    @Binahx86

    Ай бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @Binahx86

    @Binahx86

    Ай бұрын

    @@user-jt6sc3km5i Well they are calling him American, and he is from Ghana. Africans are not benefiting if the accolades of this great man's work got o the US. This is how the get to say "white people created everything", because they siphon the credits to themselves.

  • @kenerics7092

    @kenerics7092

    Ай бұрын

    @@Binahx86 we shall continue to stay in USA 🇺🇸 and use our gift and intelligence to help them always since African Leaders do not think outside the box for Africans but always enriching themselves with the resources they suppose to properly utilize for the benefit of entire continent. Long live America 🇺🇸💪

  • @fampiemesangare913
    @fampiemesangare913Ай бұрын

    wow a great African man is gone my condolences to his immediate family & our continent as whole

  • @Iamblessed778
    @Iamblessed778Ай бұрын

    RIP sir..❤❤❤❤❤

  • @zionlee3644
    @zionlee3644Ай бұрын

    Get his Book Everyone, (The Right Stuff Comes In Black Too)

  • @TheKitkateyes
    @TheKitkateyesАй бұрын

    RIP brother ❤

  • @user-fm2pz1sb7z
    @user-fm2pz1sb7zАй бұрын

    RIP, GENIUS DR. Mensah🙏 He will be in our hearts forever!

  • @niaelbryant2336
    @niaelbryant2336Ай бұрын

    Knowledge is power.

  • @khamiti
    @khamitiАй бұрын

    Gone ina great Mind...it's a sad day INDEED 😭

  • @realiwatisitz
    @realiwatisitzАй бұрын

    My condolences to his family and friends and community.

  • @bernardowens7417
    @bernardowens7417Ай бұрын

    It’s astonishing how signals can travel through the cladding of the fiber

  • @danielogana3972
    @danielogana3972Ай бұрын

    Poleni sana.

  • @joydivision2079
    @joydivision2079Ай бұрын

    RIP❤

  • @sremsaimichael8571
    @sremsaimichael8571Ай бұрын

    May his intelligent and brilliant soul rest in perfect peace and my condolences to all the family members and Ghana as a whole 🙏 ❤️ 💙

  • @vendelaakuasika3614
    @vendelaakuasika3614Ай бұрын

    Oh, this is sad news, Dr. T. Mensah has passed on too soon. He will be remembered for his great contributions. May His Beautiful Rest in Perfect Peace. 😭😥

  • @ninasnow1011
    @ninasnow1011Ай бұрын

    Hummmmm! We must take care of our visionaries.

  • @paulca3321
    @paulca3321Ай бұрын

    They took him out !!!

  • @zambiachannel1204
    @zambiachannel1204Ай бұрын

    My heartfelt condolences to his family & country over his demise. May his death inspire many young Africans or blacks to invent more things, which will help develop African & the world

  • @danmenz79
    @danmenz79Ай бұрын

    WE CELEBRATE OUR OWN AFTER THE FACT, OH MOTHER AFRICA 😢

  • @vlosa2439
    @vlosa2439Ай бұрын

    thank you for showcasing this inventor. im a little distracted by your eyebrows...... also don't forget about the living inventors to showcase like Earl S Bell that is currently contributing technology and has u.s. and south African patents.

  • @piusbayo7278
    @piusbayo7278Ай бұрын

    I agree

  • @nob.s.top5comparablesb370
    @nob.s.top5comparablesb370Ай бұрын

    🙏🏿🕯 May his soul rest in perfect Peace!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @Chainbreak2023
    @Chainbreak2023Ай бұрын

    He gave his best to America, then in his old age came to Ghana to settle and help to build the country, but it’s too late 🥲. We always give our best to the west and it always comes back to bite us when these western countries don’t like or appreciate us and kick us out when we are old and wrinkly!. May he rest in peace😢

  • @taumokhethi
    @taumokhethiАй бұрын

    May his soul rest in power 💔✊

  • @joeanamoawallace2220
    @joeanamoawallace2220Ай бұрын

    Rest In Perfekt Peace! Dear Santaclausian, Dr. Thomas Mensah. My condolence to all Friends and family.

  • @IsaacGbornor_gv
    @IsaacGbornor_gvАй бұрын

    Oh may his soul rest in peace, even his dream of the Railways in Ghana has not been finished and he is Gone , Sad

  • @ericnana9879

    @ericnana9879

    Ай бұрын

    Hmmm...not sure if he was eliminated to suit their negative agendas. 74 is far below comparing his vision and mental strength

  • @dadogolpeando9510
    @dadogolpeando9510Ай бұрын

    To Doctor Thomas Owusu immediate family and friends please accept I sincerest condolences. I, hope and pray Rest In Eternal Peace In Heaven (Zion) next to The Almighty The Most High to Dr. Thomas Owusu Mensah

  • @pattiamoh1136

    @pattiamoh1136

    Ай бұрын

    R I p brothet

  • @montannamontanna4408
    @montannamontanna4408Ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @charmadompreh7855
    @charmadompreh7855Ай бұрын

    He will be missed.

  • @queenmiracle3689
    @queenmiracle3689Ай бұрын

    I miss my friend

  • @emmanuelnkrumah6891
    @emmanuelnkrumah6891Ай бұрын

    Hopefully there was no foul play in his death since he just came back from the States to help Ghana

  • @JcAcdc-bp9po
    @JcAcdc-bp9poАй бұрын

    Rest in Peace. African must unite and Take Action, the Puppet of the West is Not their Duty to serve and devolope Africa.

  • @morenikemafoh8106
    @morenikemafoh8106Ай бұрын

    MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE

  • @bernardosa6690
    @bernardosa6690Ай бұрын

    Yes,we can We will make Africa great again if all Africans genius come back to Africa and our Dictators go abroad

  • @NoraUG123
    @NoraUG123Ай бұрын

    Can African head of state allowed or system for Africans? Only not for the western world? The benefit is for the Africans if we train our children the😊 western way then we are training our children for the western world work ethic. let’s train our children practical more of them born practically so academically it’s not for us only. Africa needs to do more for its peoples. Let not let our continent be a continent of service providers. Let’s do better

  • @professordrsirengineernana2814
    @professordrsirengineernana2814Ай бұрын

    Rest in perfect peace scientist.

  • @genehammond7239
    @genehammond7239Ай бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @reparations9910
    @reparations9910Ай бұрын

    ❤️💛💚

  • @afiaalkebulanfood528
    @afiaalkebulanfood528Ай бұрын

    A student can leave school in Ghana after studying computer but never touch a computer, how is this possible. This is total madness. We have million of genius hear in Ghana and the rest of Africa but they never get the chance to shine because we are stuck in theory. Wake up African. One love Africa

  • @zionlee3644

    @zionlee3644

    Ай бұрын

    That's why H. E. Nana Addo Piloted a program for 1 laptop per child!!

  • @richardowusu6577

    @richardowusu6577

    Ай бұрын

    @@zionlee3644 what happened to that project/agenda ?

  • @afiaalkebulanfood528

    @afiaalkebulanfood528

    Ай бұрын

    @@zionlee3644 in theory maybe but not in practice, the reality on the ground is different. One love Africa

  • @zionlee3644

    @zionlee3644

    Ай бұрын

    @@richardowusu6577 you mean the laptops?

  • @theresamumford3074
    @theresamumford3074Ай бұрын

    How come we never heard of him before?

  • @user-ud5uk1ih2y
    @user-ud5uk1ih2yАй бұрын

    He turned his eyes back home in recent times, and all we heard was that he had joined our ancestors. Don't we think there is something fishy ? Africans should wake up.

  • @benassstudio6446

    @benassstudio6446

    Ай бұрын

    I am really pained. I don't even understand. He died too early 😢

  • @patiencenketia9531
    @patiencenketia9531Ай бұрын

    May his soul rest in peace.🙏🏾

  • @bernardosa6690
    @bernardosa6690Ай бұрын

    Des choses positifs sur l'Afrique et des Africains les Media Occidentaux ne montrent jamais Travaillons ensemble pour construire une Afrique très Puissante

  • @dr.nakazwenamwiingam-beenz3482
    @dr.nakazwenamwiingam-beenz3482Ай бұрын

    Mhsrip ❤

  • @user-em8pb1ql3z
    @user-em8pb1ql3zАй бұрын

    Africans take good care of your selves too young to die medications are not good for us may he rest in peace

  • @user-ti3vy4mf6p
    @user-ti3vy4mf6pАй бұрын

    Why did we not know about Dr Thomas Mensah in Social Studies , we learned about Steve Jobs . In public schools we can't see ourselves on a grand scale in the books or the classroom . Is the next Planet ready yet? This one is for the birds 😮😮😮

  • @charlesyaw6514
    @charlesyaw6514Ай бұрын

    So when did he pass? That's why we tell the Nigerians Ghanaians are dope and we are not loud like them. We keep it cool. Go Ghana!

  • @zionlee3644

    @zionlee3644

    Ай бұрын

    About a month Ago

  • @mmg0705
    @mmg0705Ай бұрын

    RIP brother

  • @Horseracer-ds3vk
    @Horseracer-ds3vkАй бұрын

    😎😎😎😎😎

  • @its-alex-duh
    @its-alex-duhАй бұрын

    Yaco to all the african family!

  • @PBP444
    @PBP444Ай бұрын

    RIP

  • @Smills922
    @Smills92223 күн бұрын

    Please call him Dr.Ottoo- Mensah whicih is Ghana-African name. ADDISCO Sec. school Cape Coast, Ghana

  • @k.a3902
    @k.a3902Ай бұрын

    Even me I wonder why all Africans higer education not only Gana based in theory rather than practical really worry me also.

  • @gozzystone5171
    @gozzystone5171Ай бұрын

    They killed him cos of his inspiration n potential to help Africa

  • @TrapstarJolene
    @TrapstarJoleneАй бұрын

    Rip

  • @mawadricharles1632
    @mawadricharles1632Ай бұрын

    This man all his life he worked in America not in Ghana

  • @courtneyrowe489

    @courtneyrowe489

    Ай бұрын

    We need to take pages out of the Chinese book, they return to China, with their, knowledge and develope their, homeland.

  • @karendorsey3313
    @karendorsey3313Ай бұрын

    ❤B1

  • @nancyhagan7553
    @nancyhagan7553Ай бұрын

    We cannot continue blaming the British for poor education system after 100 years We should be sensible enough to know the education now is non functional and change

  • @clairmontjoseph775
    @clairmontjoseph775Ай бұрын

    Arguments why must I teach you how manufacturing commond sence we are not thinking practically we have to put ower brains to work simple

  • @asonabakyekyeku9960
    @asonabakyekyeku9960Ай бұрын

    Me nua Damrifa, Damirifa, Damirifa due! Koopon

  • @courtneyrowe489
    @courtneyrowe489Ай бұрын

    "THOMAS MENSA"

  • @kwasigyimah2117
    @kwasigyimah2117Ай бұрын

    The very thing I feared would happen to him has happened unexpectedly. It will not surprise me if the race, the enemies of black people poisoned him

  • @risky.life.24
    @risky.life.2422 күн бұрын

    This man spent almost all his life outside Ghana. He only came to Ghana when he was about to die. He knew all this but was still in the US until he became weak. Africa is really a weak continent that has lost its great men to the advanced countries.

  • @kamenriderovant9676
    @kamenriderovant9676Ай бұрын

    Who created fiber optic internet? 👂

  • @g.o.a.t9804

    @g.o.a.t9804

    Ай бұрын

    He contributed.

  • @zionlee3644

    @zionlee3644

    Ай бұрын

    Dr Mensah and 2 others HOLD the PATENT for Fibre Optics!!

  • @bigmouth1728
    @bigmouth1728Ай бұрын

    did he leave the technology in africa

  • @zionlee3644

    @zionlee3644

    Ай бұрын

    Absolutely, he built the Ghana Silicon Valley

  • @seanmyers8380
    @seanmyers8380Ай бұрын

    ddnt ths dude jst come up and let us know that he was the dude ?