Accra, May 22, GNA – Ghana has emerged champions at the just-ended 2026 Robofest World Championships held in Michigan, United States of America.
The young Ghanaian innovators, who represented the country, defeated 26 teams from 19 countries to secure the historic robotics victory.
They outperformed competitors from China, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, the United States, Hong Kong, Greece, Macau, South Korea, among others.
“This remarkable achievement is a testament to how a dedicated group of engineers in Ghana is grooming the next generation of problem-solvers through robotics, engineering and hands-on innovation,” Dr Michael Wilson, a Research Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research–Institute for Scientific and Technological Information (CSIR-INSTI), said in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.
The Ghana Junior Team was represented by Faiz Sornyiina Abdul-Wahab, Tiana Lilian Naa-Chardey Taylor, Israel Yeboah Awuah, Inaaya Khan, and Aalia Mehreen, all from Mikrobot Academy.
Their participation in the competition was made possible with support from the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRAF), Brownstone Construction, the Ghana AI Research Network (GAIRN), CSIR-INSTI, and the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Lab (RAIL).
Mikrobot Academy is a private robotics and STEM club focused on nurturing and sustaining young learners’ interest in STEM-related careers aligned with the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The academy complements traditional classroom learning with apprenticeship-based, hands-on engineering experiences built around miniaturised real-world problems.
Its facilitators, who are practising engineers, expose learners aged between eight and 15 to practical problem-solving and innovation at an early stage.
Learners are also benchmarked against global standards through international competitions such as the World Robot Olympiad and the Robofest World Championships.
At the 2026 Robofest World Championships, Team Apex from Mikrobot Academy emerged global champions in the Junior Division, demonstrating the effectiveness of this practical and immersive approach to skills development.
In another impressive performance, a team from Right to Dream Academy secured second place in the Senior Division.
“This marks the first time Ghana has won the Robofest Junior World Championship title. The country has, however, previously recorded success at the senior level, with teams from Methodist Girls Senior High School and Prempeh College winning world titles in 2019 and 2020 respectively,” the statement said.
Established in 2014, Mikrobot Academy has grown into a strong pipeline for nurturing high-quality young talent contributing to academia, engineering and industry.
The academy’s success has been strengthened by support from Brownstone Construction, whose investment in youth development continues to make a significant impact.
The company prioritises local capacity building by partnering with Mikrobot Academy to provide internship opportunities that extend learners’ development beyond classroom and robotics training.
The statement noted that the achievement was made possible through technical support from engineers at CSIR, GAIRN and RAIL, financial backing from Brownstone Construction, and coordination by the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation.
“As Ghana celebrates this historic victory, Mikrobot Academy and its partners look forward to scaling this impact by expanding practical STEM and robotics education into more schools and communities across the country,” it added.
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah