The team made up of four girls from the Wesley Girls High School will compete with 166 teams from 157 other countries.

Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said "we want more girls to get into the Information Communication Technology space because there is a perception it is a man's field". She expressed joy that the competition is being represented by only girls. She said that there is no doubt they will do Ghana proud adding that their participation alone makes them winners."This will lower the barrier and allow more girls to enter into the ICT space".

She said that every year, more than 200 girls are trained in coding adding that many Junior High School students now have coding clubs and teachers are being trained to partake in it.

"It is the oppourtunities technology brings that I find exciting"she stated. These robotics, she said may end up solving key problems in society.  She also added that government will use its purchasing power to support the industry citing the examples of the Ghana Post GPS and the National ID cards which are all locally designed projects. 

Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said that there is the need to target the software industry because traditional jobs will be lost . She congratulated the ladies and expressed government's full support. She added that an amount of 5000 dollars has been made available for the team.

Showing the Minister how the robot works, the ladies explained said it is an energy based game using wind, solar energy and combustion plant to explore energy production. Based on the points that build up during the game one can tell which energy form is efficient.

Linda Ansong, The executive director of STEM BEES, (Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) a Non-Governmental Organisation  who put the team together said the organisation was founded four years ago with two other women to train young girls in Science and Technology. She said the aim is to give them the training and resources needed to improve their interests in the field. She said winning the competition is not about prizes but rather knowing they built something that allowed them compete against 166 other teams and won.

STEM BEE she said also undertakes after-school programs  at the Junior High School level in public schools (STEM 1.0) and another at the Senior High School level (STEM 2.0) which usually partakes in the robotics competitions. In the future, the organisation hopes to train more girls and have many of them know they have the ability to excel in this field.

Present at the presentation were Deputy Minister of Communication Mr George Andah, Sandra Frimpong; Communication Specialist, staff of the Ministry of Communication and the National Communication Authority as well as the media.