Makerere lecturer scoops prestigious health leadership award
Dr. Damalie Nakanjako, a Makerere Lecturer in the Department of Medicine has been named the Winner of Fourth Annual Merle A. Sande Health Leadership Award by Accordia Health Foundation. According to Dr. Yuka Manabe, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and former Head of Research at IDI, Damalie has proven to be a leader [...]
Francisca Okeke, a physicist and first female Head of Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka has emerged as one of the winners for the 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science. She bagged the 2013 award for her significant contributions to the study climate change. She was the only recipient in that category from Africa and [...]
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Dr. Debrework Zewdie, an Ethiopian national, has dedicated the past 28 years to mitigating the impact of infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS in her diverse capacities as scientist, strategist, manager, policymaker, program implementer, advocate, and activist. Her experience includes Head of the National Research Institute of Health, and managing and leading national [...]
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Dr. Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria has emerged as one of the winners of this year’s Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for work that could contribute to life-saving knowledge and therapies worldwide. The prizes were awarded by The Elsevier Foundation, the Organization [...]
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By Alex Abutu Technology Entrepreneur, Dr Benoy Berry has been awarded a Doctor of Letters degree in Business Administration by the Commonwealth University, Belize. The University said Dr Berry, CEO of Continental Transfert Technique Limited (CONTEC), complied with all the requirements of the faculty and was deemed fit for the award by the university’s senate. [...]
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Prof T.E.Simalenga has assumed office as the first Executive Director for the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA). Simalenga will direct all functions and activities of CCARDESA whose mandate is to improve food security in the SADC region by coordinating agricultural research and development and by promoting technology generation [...]
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The Member States of the highest decision-making body of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has elected Lassina Zerbo from Burkina Faso as its new Executive Secretary.
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Derek Hanekom has emerged as South African new science and technology minister following a minor cabinet reshuffle.
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The Yara Prize 2012, which aims to contribute to the transformation of African agriculture and food availability within a sustainable context, thereby helping to reduce hunger and poverty, are being awarded to Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda, and to Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, outgoing CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange. [...]
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