Born in Aba, Nigeria, Blessing’s passion for tackling issues of public health began from childhood when she realized that a typical African society is often devastated by diseases and life-threatening infections. This passion has led her to a career in antimicrobial research experiences, demonstrated in her publications and public engagements. After a strong 2-1 grade, […]
An obstetrician and gynecologist, Salome was appointed associate professor at the University of Cape Town at the time of her selection as a NEF Fellow. She is also the President of the South African Clinician Scientists Society. She was a research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and previously a Wits […]
Eric Lontchi Yimagou was born in the rural Batcham, in Cameroon, and was raised in several regions of the country. From his childhood, he knew his career would be health-related as he was inspired by his father who is a medical doctor and his mother, an elementary school teacher. After high school, Eric applied to […]
Agnes is currently the head of the statistics unit and a senior research scientist at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Kampala, Uganda. She holds a PhD in Statistics with vast experience in HIV clinical research and use of advanced statistical methods. She is passionate about the use of data science to predict HIV outcomes. Dr. […]
Born in Conakry, Guinea, Alpha grew up in an environment where medical sciences were omnipresent. Imbued with great curiosity very early in life, he began to ask himself questions about the origins of human disease. In high school, he focused on experimental sciences until he obtained his baccalaureate at the “Lycée du Groupe Scolaire Victor […]
The desire to contribute to new knowledge, solve problems and help others drove Jesse to embark on a career in medical research. His passion in research started at elementary school where he began participating in science congress and clubs, and later developed at high school and university. A year after a medical internship, he joined […]
Obidi’s career journey has taken him from engineering genes in a genetics lab to working with communities in African villages. Growing up as a child in Lagos, Nigeria, Obidi had a huge fascination for science, particularly the life sciences, which he studied at the University of Lagos. He went on to do his PhD at […]
Born in Niamey, Niger, Ibrahim assumed as a child he would work in his father’s law firm. He became interested in science through Hollywood films. In Niamey there were few opportunities to practice science as his school did not have a laboratory. He was keen to move to America to study, and completed high school […]
Cecil holds a PhD degree in Physics from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow with Hydrogen South Africa (HySA-Infrastructure) Center of Competence (CoC), having completed a previous fellowship at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria. He has a strong background in material science modeling and […]
Increasing the livability of cities drives Zaheer’s works. Awarded a PhD from Curtin University in Australia, an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Architectural Science also from Curtin University, Zaheer is well prepared for sustainability research. With over 25 peer reviewed publications, 50 published papers […]