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After an exhilarating national finals at the Ghana International School, a twelve year old student by name Denzel Segbefia from the North Ridge Lyceum emerged as winner of the 2014 MISE- Ghana Junior Math Olympiad competition. Denzel Segbefia put out an exceptional performance to become the first choice candidate to represent Ghana at the International Junior Math Olympiad in Disneyland, Hong Kong -China next year. He would be joined by Carolyn Asante-Dartey of Alsyd Academy and Nii Aryee Aryeetey of Merton International Schools. They were ranked in as the first and second runners up respectively. The 2014 Junior Math Olympiad program is a project of the MISE Foundation and was generously funded by the B5 Plus Steel Company and supported by the Lincoln Community School and the Ghana International School. The funding from the B5-Plus Company provided the program cost-free to participants from public schools across the country, removing any financial and logistical barriers and rewarding their extraordinary talents. The MISE Junior Olympiad program is an exciting annual mathematical problem solving competition for junior high school students in Ghana. The 2014 event attracted over 700 contestants from across the country. The 2014 MISE-Ghana Junior Math Olympiad was conducted in collaboration with the Stanford Education program for Gifted Youth and the International Math Association KSF and was coordinated in Ghana by the MISE Foundation. After the first round competition on 24th March, 130 top scoring students made it to the semi-final round in April. The top 30 high scorers on the semi-final exam were named finalists and were invited to participate in the 2014 MISE-Ghana Junior Math Olympiad finals at the Ghana International School. The Junior Math Olympiad program is a 10 day training and testing program in advanced mathematical problem solving techniques ( conjecture,proofs and analysis). It is an excellent opportunity for aspiring young mathematicians to develop their problem solving skills, get tournament experience, bond and connect with friends and others from different schools.