How a Ghanaian used Photoshop to create fake PhD awards
How a Ghanaian used Photoshop to create fake PhD awards Sebastian Osumanu’s supposed PhD awards are fake But say, you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you most probably know how Sebastian, a Ghanaian student in Amsterdam, made headlines after he was given 5 awards at a recent graduation of the University of Amsterdam. The story of the “historical feat” went viral and was published by several media houses both in Ghana and beyond. Sebastian Osumanu holds the awards he would have reportedly won It sounds like a beautiful success story. Reportedly having grown up in a village in central Ghana, Osumanu tried to find his way up in the academic world. Something that he could not do as in 2007 he was rejected by the University of Ghana. The University of Cape Coast, however, sees his potential, where he is successful in his economics study. He is even named the best student of the university. He is also a winner of the Erasmus Mundus Nobel Economics Pri...