Draft:Mark Amo-Boateng

Ing. Mark Amo-Boateng, PhD (born on 24 May) is a Ghanaian Innovator, Engineer, lecturer and the founder of Enyinam Tech, a Ghanaian startup that uses cutting edge technologies to solve energy problems.[1] He is known for his development of a low cost modular AUV/ROV system which qualified as a semi-finalist for the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery X-Prize[2] challenge.[3]

Ing. Mark Amo-Boateng (PhD)
Born
Mark Amo-Boateng
NationalityGhanaian
Alma materMfantsipim School

Career

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Dr. Mark is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Missouri, department of Civil Engineering. He is a lecturer at the University of Energy and Natural Resources,(UENR) in Sunyani.[4]

In July 2015, he founded Enyinam Tech (Enyinam, a Twi term for "Electricity"), a company that uses clean technology that uses the digital world to create a virtual rotating turbine (hence, the term digital turbine). He is known for Ocean Discovery - Africa (OD-Africa) which is the brainchild of Enyinam Technologies Limited - a technology research centric private organization in Africa. This project was the only African innovation that qualified to the semi-finals of the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery X-Prize challenge.[3][5]

He is also the founder of Xtellix (2022), a company that produces quantum-neuromorphic inspired algorithms that provide the best alternative to quantum computing.</ref>[6][7]

Innovations

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  • Xtellix, Transform your optimizations: quantum-inspired optimization solutions - 200,000x faster[7]
  • PowerTube, Powering Homes with old batteries[8]
  • COVID-19 AI X-Ray Detector: point-of-care rapid diagnosis (max 5 seconds) of COVID-19 using Smartphones and chest X- Rays[9]
  • Malaria Microscopy on Smart Phones.[10]
  • OD Africa: Shell Ocean Discovery X-prize[3]</ref>[5][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Enyinam Tech". Crunch Base. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  2. ^ "Shell Ocean Discovery X-Prize". Xprize Foundation. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  3. ^ a b c "Ghanaian advances to semi-final of $7M Shell Ocean Discovery competition". Modern Ghana. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  4. ^ "Dr. Amo-Boateng Mark". UENR. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  5. ^ a b "Ghanaian tech experts build robot for oil & gas industry". Business Ghana. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  6. ^ "Transform your optimization". Xtellix. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  7. ^ a b "Xtellix Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Quantum-Neuromorphic Inspired Algorithm". Yahoo Finance. 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  8. ^ "Powering Homes with old battries". Deutsche Welle. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  9. ^ "Covid diagnosis made easy with AI Covid-19 X-ray detector". Joy News. 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  10. ^ "Tech experts develop AI mobile app to better diagnose malaria, other diseases". Disrupt Magazine. 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  11. ^ "Team Ghana advances to $7m Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE semifinals". Pulse Ghana. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 2024-06-18.