Doctor Letitia Obeng is the first Ghanaian woman to obtain a degree in Zoology and she is described as "the grandmother of female scientists in Ghana".
Education
Doctor Obeng attended her primary education at Abetifi Kwahu and her middle school was at Kyebi. During 1939 and 1946 she had her secondary school education at Achimota School while in school she took the London University International Examination to continue her education kind courtesy of a government scholarship at the University of Birmingham (1948–1952). She graduated from the University with a degree in Zoology.
Career
After her university education in the United Kingdom, she came back to her homeland Ghana and lectured at the University College of Science and Technology now known as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology between 1952 and 1959. Doctor Obeng was the first scientist to be employed by the National Research Council of Ghana.