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The 11TH African Academy of Sciences General Assembly

‘Our history, impact and the future’9 – 11, December 2018

Pretoria, South Africa

The 11TH African Academy of Sciences

General Assembly

‘Our history, impact and the future’

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Cover image captionsFirst image: Thomas Risley Odhiambo, founding Fellow and fi rst AAS PresidentSecond image: The AAS Affi liate Lucy IrunguThird image: The AAS headquarters in Kenya

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Table of Contents

Welcome ..........................................................................7

Founding Fellows ............................................................ 8

About the Organisers..................................................... 10

Key Speakers Biographies ............................................ 11

The AAS 11th General Assembly Agenda ...................... 16

TED Talks ................................................................ 23

Challenge Sessions ................................................. 32

Inductees ....................................................................... 40

Fellows .................................................................... 42

Affi liates ................................................................... 54

Organising Committee ................................................... 62

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The AAS Fellow (2014) Prof Rosemary Chepkorir Sang (left) at the Kenya Medical Research Institute Nairobi, Kenya.


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WelcomeIt is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Pretoria, South Africa, for the 11th General Assembly of The African Academy of Sciences.

As is the tradition, we are organising the event with a local host, which is South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology. Thank you to South Africa’s Science Minister Hon Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane and the DST for the partnership.

This year’s theme, Our history, impact and the future, encapsulates the conference’s goals of showcasing our achievements to the Fellows and Affi liates, who are the key stakeholders of the Academy while mapping the future of science, technology and innovation in Africa.

The Academy has grown tremendously in the number of Fellows- and most signifi cantly the number of women Fellows in the past few years, an achievement that we are most proud of. This growth translates into expertise that we hope to harness to maximise the impact of our programmes, which have exponentially grown and to engage governments and policymakers to enable wise investment in science.

We have organised challenge sessions, which offer a platform for you to share your ideas and help us drive Africa’s scientifi c agenda forward for the benefi t of current and future generations. We hope your engagement doesn’t stop at the GA and look forward to hearing your views about how we can continue to engage with you so as to add value to the work of the Academy. As all Fellows now belong to a strategic sector for the current planning period (2018-2022), we want to push this engagement further as there are opportunities for you to form working groups as well as join some of the subcommittees of the Governing Council.

The programme has also been designed to offer our membership comprising senior and early career scientists from across the globe, opportunities to network and showcase their research through Tedtalks.

On the sidelines of the GA will be the Evidence Informed Policymaking Workshops and Masterclasses being organised in partnership with the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI), Joint Research Council for the European Commission (JRC-EU) and the International Network for Government Science Advisory (INGSA).

We are also joined by presidents, vice presidents and representatives from academies from across the globe, who will share experiences we can use as we shape our fellowship pro-gramme and an agenda to drive STI. They will equally learn from us.

Signifi cantly, we are closing the GA with a Gala dinner to induct and welcome new Fellows and to celebrate our founding Fellows and the women Fellows who have been instrumental in driv-ing the agenda of the Academy through their participation in the Governing Council. The AAS secretariat is continuing the legacy of the founding Fellows through the programmatic activities as you will hear during the opening session and the Business Meeting.

Notably, the GA precedes the Science Forum South Africa where Fellows are also invited to participate and where the Academy will launch the Good Financial Grant Practice standard, an innovative and integrated tool to standardise, simplify and strengthen fi nancial governance of grant funding worldwide.

We hope you will also take this opportunity to enjoy Pretoria, which has been carefully selected as it is the seat of the South African G overnment.

Prof Felix Dapare Dakora President, The African Academy of Sciences


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Founding fellowsThe AAS was conceived on 6 July 1985 when 22 prominent scientists met in Trieste, Italy, at the inauguration of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). A task force under the leader-ship of the late Prof Thomas R. Odhiambo completed and presented the constitution of The AAS within six months leading it to be ratifi ed on 10 December 1985 at a meeting held at the TWAS headquarters in Italy. Thirty-three African scholars who had taken part in the July and December meetings became Founding Fellows with Prof Thomas R. Odhiambo elected as the fi rst President of The AAS.

The Founding Fellows are:

Name Field of Expertise (AAS Cluster) Nationality

1 Moctar Toure Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences Senegal

2 Fred Wangati Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences Kenya

3 Victor Doulou Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences Republic of the Congo

4 Jerome Dinga-Reassi Biosciences Republic of the Congo

5 Edward Ayensu Biosciences Ghana

6 Anthony Youdeowei Biosciences Nigeria

7 Jean Nya-Ngatchou Biosciences Cameroon

8Christopher Magadza Biosciences Zimbabwe

9Mohammed Kamel Mahmoud Biosciences Egypt

10 Ebenezer Laing Biosciences Ghana

11Thomas Risley Odhiambo Biosciences Kenya

12 Samson Gombe Biosciences Kenya

13 Daniel A. Bekoe Chemical Sciences Ghana


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14 D.E.U Ekong Chemical Sciences Nigeria

15 Trebi OllenuCultural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences Ghana

16 Mahdi ElmandjraCultural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences Morocco

17Djodji Akoly Nyatepe-Coo

Cultural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences Togo

18 Awadh S. MawenyaEngineering Technology and Applied Sciences Tanzania

19 Yahyia Abdel MageedEngineering Technology and Applied Sciences Sudan

20 Robert ButlerEngineering Technology and Applied Sciences Ghana

21 Henri Hogbe-Nlend Mathematical Sciences Cameroon

22 Aminu Jibril M Medical and Health Sciences Nigeria

23 Ahmed K. Bashir Medical and Health Sciences Sudan

24 E. Evans-Anfomie Medical and Health Sciences Ghana

25 Attia Ashour Mathematical Sciences Egypt

26 Francis Kofi Allotey Mathematical Sciences Ghana

27 L. K. Shayo Mathematical Sciences Tanzania

28 Thomas Lambo Medical and Health Sciences Nigeria

29Albert Ratoko Ratsimamanga Medical and Health Sciences Madagascar

30 M. Saydil Toure Medical and Health Sciences Senegal

31Mohamed H. A. Hassan Physical Sciences Sudan

32Raoelina Andriambololona Physical Sciences Madagascar

33Felix Malu Wa Kalenga

Physical SciencesDemocratic Republic of the Congo


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About the organisersThe African Academy of Sciences The African Academy of Sciences (The AAS) is a non-aligned, non-political, not-for-profi t pan African organisation. The AAS’s vision is to see transformed lives on the African continent through science.

Our tripartite mandate is recognising excellence through The AAS’ highly prestigious fellowship and award schemes, providing advisory and think tank functions for shaping Africa’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) strategies and policies and implementing key Science, Technology and Innovation programmes addressing Africa’s developmental challenges.

Department of Science and TechnologyThe Department of Science and Technology (DST) seeks to boost socio-economic development in South Africa through research and innovation. To achieve its goals, the Department provides leadership, an enabling environment and resources for science, technology and innovation. Through its Programmes (Administration; Technology Innovation; International Cooperation and Resources; Research Development and Support; and Socio-economic Innovation Partnerships) and several entities that work alongside it, the Department is accomplishing groundbreaking science and enhancing the well-being of all South Africans.


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Key speakers

Prof Felix Dapare Dakora, President

Prof Felix Dapare Dakora is the President of The African Academy of Sciences. He has over 33 years’ work experience in Africa and North America where he has been a researcher and has supervised and graduated master’s and doctoral students. His research spans the fi xation of biological nitrogen (N2) in legumes and has promised great results. He is currently a Plant and Soil Biotechnology Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria and a National Research Foundation grant holder, Dakora is a recipient of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences; the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientifi c Award; and is a Fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

He has served on many advisory/scientifi c committees of major international conferences, including being President of the African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation.

Hon Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane is currently the Minister of Science and Technology and a member of the National Executive Council of the African National Congress. Before this portfolio, she served as a Minister in two portfolios, Energy and Communications, respectively.

Mmamoloko started her career as a community developer in non-governmental organizations and subsequently joined the banking sector as a Skills development specialist. When she joined the public sector, she started at the National Health Laboratory Services as a skills development manager and then she was recruited to become a director in the offi ce of the President of South Africa. In 2009, she became a Member of Parliament of South Africa and assumed several roles including serving as the parliamentary advisor to the then Deputy President of South Africa, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, then later as a Chairperson of the Portfolio committee on Telecommunications and Postal services.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Vista University, a postgraduate diploma in project management from Damelin college and a Masters’ degree in Management in Public and Development Management from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Hon Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, Minister, Science and Technology, South Africa


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Prof Vladimír Šucha, Director-General, Joint Research Centre

Prof Vladimír Šucha is Director-General of the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s science and knowledge service.

He was Deputy Director-General of the JRC between 2012 and 2013. Prior to that, he spent 6 years in the position of director for culture and media in the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission.

Before joining the European Commission, he held various positions in the area of European and international affairs.

Between 2005 and 2006, he was director of the Slovak Research and Development Agency, national body responsible for funding research. He was principal advisor for European affairs to the minister of education of the Slovak Republic (2004-2005).

He worked at the Slovak Representation to the EU in Brussels as research, education and culture counselor (2000-2004). In parallel, he has followed a long-term academic and research career, being a full professor in Slovakia and visiting professor/scientist at different academic institutions in many countries. He published more than 100 scientifi c papers in peer reviewed journals.

Prof Barthelemy Nyasse, Secretary General

Prof Barthelemy Nyasse is a University Professor of Organic Chemistry with special interests in Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products Chemistry into which, he has published many articles in peer reviewed journals. He is the Head of the Promotion of Academic Research at the Ministry of Higher Education of Cameroon and Head of the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde where is working on selective inhibitors of the glycolytic pathways in the Trypanosomatideae which provoke Sleeping sickness and Chagas Disease. In this context, Nyasse has developed new selective inhibitors with known mechanisms of actions either by synthesis or from extraction from medicinal plants of Cameroon. He serves as a Scientifi c Adviser to International Foundation for Science (IFS), Scientifi c Adviser to WHO/TDR & ANDI (African Network for Drug & Diagnostics Innovation), Focal point of GIBEX (Global Institute for BioExploration), Lead trainer of Trainers of AWARD (African Women in Agricultural Research and Development), Consultant to WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and OAPI ( Organisation Africaine de la Propriete Intellectuelle). Professor is also member of the Adviser committee of PRD College (Poverty related Diseases) and Global Health Systems; Member of American Chemical Society; and Member of European peptide Society.


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Dr Jacqui Williams is currently the Head of Partnerships and Programmes in UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) International Development Team. Her team works to provide strategic leadership and coordinate activities across the UKRI Councils. Jacqui works across the Global Challenges Research Fund and the Newton Fund. Jacqui is responsible for the team’s regional working approach, and leads on activities within the Africa region. Jacqui joined the team from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council where she had worked as leader of their Energy Programme.

Previously Jacqui was senior manager within the energy team, managing the research and training portfolio in many areas such as energy storage and carbon capture and storage, and worked on many international joint calls and activities. Previous research themes that Jacqui has managed include construction engineering and manufacturing. Prior to joining the Councils she studied agricultural engineering and researched the impacts of wind erosion controls.

Dr Jacqui Williams,Head of Partnerships and Programmes, UK Research and Innovations International Development Team

Amb Marcus Cornaro, EU Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa

Amb Marcus Cornaro arrived in South Africa in October 2015 as Head of Delegation of the European Union’s diplomatic mission to South Africa. Previously, he was Deputy Director General in the European Commission’s Directorate for Development Cooperation (DEVCO), a post that he held from 2012. Dr Cornaro oversaw all EU-funded development activities for partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He held the position of the European Commission’s cochair of the EU-South Africa Joint Cooperation Council.

Cornaro joined the European Commission in 2000, where he served in the Asia Directorate, covering in particular EU support to Afghanistan. He subsequently was posted as the EU’s Ambassador to Vietnam from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, he was appointed Director for the European Neighbourhood in the European Commission, responsible for EU funding for Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa.


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Prof Isneri Talavera Bustamante holds a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry (1980), a PhD in Chemical Sciences from University of Havana and from the Polytechnical University José Antonio Hechavarria Havana Cuba. She was Director and Senior Researcher at the Advance Technology Applied Center until June 2018 and currently works permanently as Vice President of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Talavera has academic and research expertise in paper chemistry in the line of paper degradation processes, and more recently in the line of patter recognition and data mining in analytical chemistry (chemometrics). She has taught conference cycles in Cuban and foreign academic institutions and has supervised research studies and doctoral theses.

Prof Isneri Talavera Bustamante, Vice President, Cuban Academy of Sciences

Prof Ram Ramaswamy is currently Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemistry at IIT Delhi. He recently retired from the Jawaharlal Nehru University where he was Professor in the Schools of Physical Sciences, and Computational and Integrative Sciences. His doctoral studies were carried out at Princeton University. His post-doctoral work included a year and a half at Caltech and two years at the TIFR, Mumbai as Visiting Fellow. He has held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, the Institute for Molecular Sciences, Okazaki, the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the Santa Fe Institute. From mid-2011 to early 2015, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad. Ramaswamy is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) as well as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He is currently the President of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.Prof Ram Ramaswamy,

President of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Mrs Élisabeth Barbier, Deputy Director General, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development

Mrs Élisabeth Barbier is a French diplomat after being Ambassador of France in Kenya (2006- 2010), South Africa (2013-2016) and special envoy for Libya (2016-2017). She is since last 1st November Deputy Director General of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD). In 1976, she joined the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served successively in Jerusalem, Pretoria, New-Delhi, Rabat, Johannesburg and Vienna (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). In 2003, she was appointed Deputy Director General, then Director General, in charge of Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As an Ambassador to Kenya and then South Africa, she was involved in the promotion of science, research and innovation. She has worked closely with representatives of higher education and French research to develop cooperation with the academic communities of these countries and the entire African continent.


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Prof Isabella Akyinbah Quakyi, Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, University of Ghana

Prof Isabella Akyinbah Quakyi is a Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, holds a PhD in Immunoparasitology from LSHTM, University of London, England, 1980. The Foundation Dean of the School of Public Health, CHS, University of Ghana (UG), Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, 2014 Laureate of the prestigious African Union Kwame Nkrumah Award for Women in Science, and former member of the Ghana Health Service Council. Her research, teaching and extension works in UG, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Georgetown University, USA, focused on malaria immunity and vaccine development. She has built substantial local and international research capacity, academic scholarship, leadership skills and the needed capacity for Public Health. She has initiated and participated in Key Global Health activities and is recipient of numerous awards and serves on national and international boards and committees.

Dr Jacqueline Olang-Kado, Executive Director, Network of African Science Academies

Dr Jacqueline Olang-Kado is the Executive Director of the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC). NASAC, whose secretariat is based in Nairobi, Kenya, is a consortium of twenty-four science academies in Africa, with membership drawn from all spheres of science. Jackie is a Masters of Arts graduate in Project Planning and Management (MA-PPM) from the University of Nairobi. She also holds a Bachelor of Education degree (BEd.) in Mathematics and Commerce, from the same university. Her specialisation is project management for policy in science and she has over sixteen years’ experience working with scientists in Africa. She is an astute proponent for home-grown solutions that will enable Africa to realise its potential. Besides her role in NASAC, she also provides input to a number of African initiatives and also serves on the several national and international Committees.

Prof Nobert Hounkonnou, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Abomey-Calavi

Prof Nobert Hounkonnou is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin. His works deal with noncommutative and nonlinear mathematics including differential equations, operator theory, coherent states, quantization techniques, orthogonal polynomials, special functions, graph theory, non-associative algebras, nonlinear systems, noncommutative fi eld theories and geometric methods in Physics.

He is co-author and reviewer of books, referee and associate editor for renowned journals in mathematics, mathematical physics and theoretical physics. He has published more than 150 main refereed papers in outstanding ISI-ranked journals and international conference proceedings in the fi elds of mathematics, mathematical physics and theoretical physics. He is the current President of the Benin National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.


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Programme speakersIn order of appearanceFor all speakers biographies go to https://events.aasciences.ac.ke/eventDetail/5b5726d8ee5d5

Key Speakers

Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, SA Minister for Science & Technology

Prof Felix Dapare Dakora, The AAS President

Prof Vladmir Sucha, Director General, JRC EU

Dr Jacqui Williams, Newton Fund Lead, UKRI

Amb Marcus Cornaro EU Ambassador, South Africa

Mrs Élisabeth Barbier, Deputy Director General, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development

Prof Ram Ramaswamy, President of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Prof Isneri Talavera, Vice President, Cuban Academy of Sciences

Prof Isabella Quakyi, Professor of Immunology and Parasitology, University of Ghana

Dr Jacqueline Olang-Kado, Executive Director, The Network of African Science Academies

Prof Nobert Hounkonnou, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Abomey-Calavi

GA Agenda Chairs TED Talks

Secretariat

Prof Barthelemy Nyasse, The AAS GC, Secretary GeneralProf Nelson Torto, The AAS Executive DirectorProf Amina Abubakar, The AAS GC Interim TreasurerMr Frederick Murunga, Chair of the Audit Risk Committee & Governing Council MemberMs Christine Kuto, The AAS Legal & Compliance Offi cer

Dr Isayvani Naicker, Director for Strategy and Partnerships

Prof Tom Kariuki, Director of Programmes, The African Academy of Sciences

Dr Alphonsus Neba (DELTAS Africa), Deputy Programmes Director- Science Support and Systems

Dr Jennifer Maroa, The AAS Programme Manager H3 Africa)

Dr Moses Alobo, The AAS Programme Manager Grand Challenges Africa

Dr Judy Omumbo, The AAS Postdoctoral Programme Manager

Ms Allen Mukhwana, The AAS Manager Research Management Programme

Ms Lillian Mutengu, Manager Community and Public Engagement

Dr Michael Kilpatrick, Senior Adviser, Good Financial Grant Practice

Ms Elizabeth Marincola, Senior Adviser, AAS Open Publishing

Ms Juliette Mutheu-Asego, Head of Communications & PR

Prof Desta Mebratu, Extraordinary Associate Professor, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University

Prof Neil Coville, Emeritus Professor, University of the Witswatersrand

Prof George Fu Gao, Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Prof Jane Catherine Ngila, Deputy Director,


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Programme speakersIn order of appearanceFor all speakers biographies go to https://events.aasciences.ac.ke/eventDetail/5b5726d8ee5d5

TED Talks

Gala Dinner

Challenge sessions

Morendat Institute of Oil & Gas

Prof Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Professor of Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Professor of Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Prof Nicola Mulder, Head of the Computational Biology Division, University of Cape Town

Prof Eleanor Fish, Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto

Prof Francisca Nneka Okeke, Professor of Physics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Prof Jonah Ratsimbazafy, President, Madagascar Primates Group

Prof Alinah Kelo Segobye, Dean of Faculty, Human Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology

Dr Padonou Elie Antoine, Lecturer, School of Tropical Forestry, Benin’s National University of Agriculture

Prof Charles Rotimi, Director, Trans-NIH Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health

Prof El Hadji Ibrahima Diop, President, St Christopher IMD Medical School

Dr Olayinka Oridupa, Senior Lecturer, Veterinary Pharmacology, University of Ibada

Prof Paco Sereme, Research Director, National Agricultural Research Institute of Burkina Faso

Dr Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Research Director, INSERM, Paris,

Prof Mafongoya Paramu, South Africa Research Chair in Agronomy and Rural development, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Prof Kobus Eloff, Founder, Phytomedicine Programme, University of Pretoria

Prof Salim Abdool Karim, Director, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)

Prof Kevin Marsh, Senior Advisor, The African Academy of Sciences

Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Immediate Past AAS Vice President for Southern Africa and Associate Scientifi c Director, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

Prof Salif Diop, Former Senior Staff Member, United Nations Environment Programme

Prof Alison Elliott, Director, Makerere University- UVRI Research Training Programme in Infection and Immunity

Dr Natisha Dukhi, Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council

Cato Laurencin, University Professor, University of Connecticut

Prof John Mugabe, Professor of Science and Innovation Policy, University of Pretoria

Prof Isoun Turner, Former Minister of Science and Technology, Nigeria

Dr Wesley Doorsamy, Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg

Daan Du Toit, Deputy Director-General, DST

Prof Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, The AAS Fellow & Former President of Mauritius

Prof Moctar Toure, Founding and active Fellow of The AAS & Africa region Vice President, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) council

Dr Boitumelo Kgarebe, The AAS Vice President, Southern Africa region


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Sunday 9th December 2018Guests arrive

6:00pm: Welcome reception, Pretoria National Botanical gardens

Monday 10th December 2018

Venue: CSIR, Diamond Auditorium

Chair: Prof Barthelemy Nyasse, The AAS GC, Secretary GeneralTime ActivitySESSION 1: Welcome* to the 11th General Assembly8:00 Registration8:30 Welcoming guests (15mins) Prof Felix Dapare Dakora, The AAS

President8:45 Key note address (15mins) Prof Vladmir Sucha, Director General,

JRC EU9:00 High level brief remarks Dr Jacqui Williams, UKRI

Amb Marcus Cornaro

EU Ambassador, South AfricaMrs Elisabeth Barbier, IRD

9:30 World science academy message of support (5mins each)

Prof Ram Ramaswamy, India

Prof Isneri Talavera, Cuba, Prof Isabella Quakyi, Ghana,

Dr Jacqueline Olang-Kado, NASACProf Nobert Hounkonnou, Benin

10:00 Opening address by chief guest & host

Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, SA Minister for Science & Technology

10:20 Group Photo /Health Break

The AAS 11th General Assembly Agenda


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Chair: Nelson Torto, The AAS Executive DirectorSESSION 2: Strategic Plan 2018-2022 & Overview of The AAS Programmes10:40 The AAS Strategy 2018 - 2022 Dr Isayvani Naicker10:50 Overview of AESA & AAS

Programmes

Building R&D infrastructure in Africa

Promoting innovation & entrepreneurship

Supporting rising research leaders

Addressing critical gaps in research

Prof Tom Kariuki (5mins)

Dr Alphonsus Neba (DELTAS Africa) (10mins) Prof Jennifer Maroa (H3 Africa) (10mins)

Q&A (10mins)

Dr Moses Alobo (Grand Challenges Africa) (10mins)

Dr Judy Omumbo (Rising research leaders) (10mins)

Q&A (10mins)

Ms Allen Mukhwana (Research Management) (10mins) Ms Lilian Mutengu (Community & Public Engagement) (10mins)

Dr Michael Kilpatrick (Good Financial Grant Practice) (10mins)Ms Elizabeth Marincola (AAS Open Publishing) (10mins)

Q&A (20mins)

Showcasing the new AAS website

Ms Juliette Mutheu-Asego

13:15 Lunch Break


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CSIR, Diamond Auditorium & Breakout roomsChair: Prof Amina Abubakar, The AAS GC Acting Treasurer

SESSION 3 TED talks & Challenge sessions I

14:00 Fellows & Affi liates TED talks in 5mins

Topic & presenters:

• Transformative leapfrogging for Africa: Prof Desta Mebratu

• From the laboratory to the market place – Sabi-Nano’s long interesting route: Prof Neil coville

• Science-based disease control: government and the public: Prof George Fu Gao

• How to make STEM attractive for girls and women: enablers and inhibitors: Prof Jane Catherine Ngila

• Push for 5G for rural and remote areas: Prof Mohamed-Slim Alouini

• Why African governments should invest in African genomics: Prof Nicola Mulder

14:30 CHALLENGE SESSIONS 1: Re-designing the Fellows & Affi liates Programme,Facilitator: Prof Salim Abdool Karim

* CHALLENGE SESSIONS 2a: Building R&D capacity for Africa and rising research leaders,

Facilitator(s): Profs Quarraisha Abdool Karim & Salif Diop

CHALLENGE SESSIONS 3: Assessing innovation market spaces in Africa,

Facilitator: Dr Moses Alobo

CHALLENGE SESSIONS 4a: Engaging African policymakers – The AAS 2nd mandate on advisory and think tank functions,

Facilitator: Prof Cato Laurencin

16:00 Health Break & Networking16:30 CHALLENGE SESSIONS

Plenary17:30 End of day 1

*Joint sessions with EIPM (The AAS-UKRI, JRC, INGSA team).


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Tuesday 11th December 2018Venue: CSIR Diamond Auditorium & Breakout rooms

Chair: Mr Frederick Murunga, Chair of the Audit Risk Committee & Governing Council Member

TIME ACTIVITYSESSION 4: TED talks & challenge session II

8:30 Registration

9:00 Fellows & Affi liates TED talks in 5

Topic & presenters:

• The Beyond Sciences Initiative: Prof Eleanor Fish

• Participation of women in science in development of science and technology in Africa: Prof Francisca Nneka Okeke

• Science and conservation policy: evidence-based strategies that put local communities in the driver’s seat: Prof Jonah Ratsimbazafy

• Tapping into Africa’s Ubuntu spirit to grow R&D and co-production of knowledge: Prof Ainah Kelo Segobye

• Restoration of mangrove ecosystems at the RAMSAR 1017 site in Benin: Dr Padonou Elie Antoine

• Are we all Africans beneath our skin: Evidence from genomics: Prof Charles Rotimi

9:30 CHALLENGE SESSIONS 2b: The critical gaps in science: community & public en-gagement, science com-munication & advocacy and research management, Facilitator(s): Prof Eleanor Fish & Dr Natisha Dukhi

* CHALLENGE SESSIONS 4b: Engaging African policymakers to unlock funding from African governments,

Facilitator(s): Prof Isoun Turner

CHALLENGE SESSIONS 5: The future and sustainability of The AAS – an innovative, creative new campus,

Facilitator: Prof Nelson Torto

CHALLENGE SESSIONS 6 Engaging the private sector and philan-thropists to encourage investment in African R&D,

Facilitator: Dr Wesley Doorsamy

11:00 Health Break


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Chair: Ms Lilian Mutengu, Community & Public Engagement Manager

SESSION 5: Presentations & feedback

11:30 Fellows & Affi liates TED talks in 5

Topics & presenters:

• Proposal for a contribution to the fi nancing of a National organised Education System in Senegal: Prof El Hadji Ibrahima Diop

• African medicinal plants: the hope for freedom from diseases in Africa: Dr Olayinka Oridupa

• Can STI legitimize its own raison d’etre? Prof Paco Sereme

• Why it matters to have more women in the leadership of science: Dr Nabila Bouatia-Naji

• Why science alone won’t solve the climate crisis: Managing climate risk in Africa: Prof Mafongoya Paramu

• Unlocking the economic potential of Africa’s plant wealth: Prof Kobus Eloff

12:00 Challenge Sessions Plenary

13:00 Lunch Break

Venue: NRF, Albert Luthuli Auditorium

Chair: Ms Christine Kuto, The AAS Legal & Compliance Offi cer

SESSION 6 The AAS business meeting

2:00 General Assembly business meeting Closed meeting

Parallel Science-Policy Workshop JRC-UKRI

4:30 End of day 2, proceed to prepare for Gala Dinner

6:00 – 9:00 Gala dinner

Fellows &Affi liates Induction | Celebrating The AAS Founders & Women in science


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Three TED talk rounds have been planned each round lasting 30mins and will have 6 Fellows and/or Affi liates speaking for 5mins each on their experience in science and policy making; unlocking funding from African policymakers and governments for STI; role of innovation in economic transformation of Africa; engaging the private sector and philanthropist to invest in African R&D; or women in science. Fellows and Affi liates will give an engaging 5min presentation in any of these areas with a total of 18 speakers presenting at the GA. Our TED Talk speakers are:

Ted talks:

Session 3,

Dec 10, 1400-1430hrs

Session 4,

Dec 11, 0900-0930hrs

Session 5,

Dec 11, 1130-1200hrs

1. Prof Desta Mebratu

2. Prof Neil Coville

3. Prof George Fu Gao

4. Prof Jane Catherine Ngila

5. Prof Mohamed-Slim Alouini

6. Prof Nicola Mulder

1. Prof Eleanor Fish

2. Prof Francisca Nneka Okeke

3. Prof Jonah Ratsimbazafy

4. Prof Alinah Kelo Segobye

5. Dr Padonou Elie Antoine

6. Prof Charles Rotimi

1. Prof El Hadji Ibrahima Diop

2. Dr Olayinka Oridupa

3. Prof Paco Sereme

4. Dr Nabila Bouatia-Naji

5. Prof Mafongoya Paramu

6. Prof Kobus Eloff

TED talks


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Name Title of Ted talk Brief on talk

Desta Mebratu Transformative leapfrogging for Africa

Africa is currently faced with confl uence of economic, social and environmental challenges that require transformational change. The situation is getting more complicated with faster development of disruptive technologies that have exponential impacts. Africa, as a developing region, is said to have major leapfrogging opportunity. However, the region can only benefi t from emerging technological opportunities if it actively promotes transformative leapfrogging that is context-driven and responsive to local needs. This would require developing proactive socio-technological innovation regimes that promote transformational development. This TED talk highlights the key features related to this challenge and what needs to be done to avoid lock-in.

Neil Coville From the laboratory to the market place – Sabi-Nano’s long and interesting route

It is not often that one has PhD students who show entrepreneurial initiative - while they are also involved with their degree studies. However, two former students from my group, Edward Nxumalo and Sabelo Mhlanga, have this year launched their own company, Sabi-Nano. The company sells carbon products including nanotubes (http://www.sabinano.co.za/index.html). It has been a long and interesting evolution from the early bench-top days to setting up a company. Many lessons have been learnt from the experience. As an observer of this transition, I will describe some of the issues involved in this move to becoming an entrepreneur.

Name Title of Ted talk Brief on talk

George Fu Gao Science-based disease control: government and the public

Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EID) are the major obstacles for the development in Africa, both for society and economics. Ebola outbreaks in West Africa in 2014 and in DRC in 2018 are the examples for this. To get the EID down we need the science-based innovation for quick diagnosis, drugs and vaccines. We also need the public awareness to get all the medias introduced executed. For these, government’s commitment is the key. All of this will be discussed in the talk.


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Jane Catherine Ngila

How to make stem attractive for girls and women: enablers and inhibitors

The poor participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities has been a long-standing phenomenon in Africa. Science and development are interlinked and therefore success in these fi elds will unlock STEM innovations in Africa. Women who form >50% of global population, face numerous challenges in their progression in science. Mentorship platforms, role modelling, science clubs and clinics where girls are encouraged to embrace STEM challenges, will see Africa accelerate its growth in STEM innovations. Exposure and encouragement of women scientists to stand out, should be the duty of every African Academy of Sciences Fellow.

Name Title of Ted talk Brief on talkMohamed-Slim Alouini

Push for 5G for ru-ral and remote ar-eas

It is expected that 5G will bring another dimension to our connected world. As 5G is being developed, it is clear that the economy of scales is making 5G target primarily highly dense/populated cities with a high number of potential subscribers to cover the cost of development, deployment, and management of the advanced 5 G technologies. In this talk, we argue that it is important to push for the develop ways to deploy 5G capabilities in rural and under-populated areas so that advanced applications can be developed to facilitate the development of innovative services and the building of new businesses in precision agriculture, e-health, and distance education.

Nicola Mulder Why African governments should invest in African genomics

Why should we invest in genomics in Africa? Africa has a high burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases, linked to its high rate of poverty and limited access to safe drinking water and nutritional food sources. All these elements require a deeper understanding of crops, animals, pathogens and humans, and the basic code for these lies in their genomic sequences. The enormous diversity and uniqueness of the continent provides both the challenge of not being able to directly use data from other continents, but also an opportunity for novel discovery to impact the health and wellbeing of African populations. Genomics can unlock this potential.


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SESSION 4, Tuesday 11 December, 1400 hrs

Name Title of TED talk Brief on talk Eleanor Fish The Beyond

Sciences Initiative The Beyond Sciences Initiative (BSI), a not-for-profi t international organization, provides a platform for dialogue among young scholars around the globe, with a focus on the African continent. To date BSI has representatives in 53 countries. BSI’s mandate is to foster academic and personal growth while empowering young scientifi c leaders to make lasting and infl uential change within their local and global communities. This is accomplished by increasing cultural understanding among geographically separate communities, and by ensuring unrestricted access to scientifi c knowledge through mentorship, a lecture repository and an annual international online conference.

Francisca Nneka Okeke

Participation of Women in Science in development of Science and Technology in Africa

Participation of women in science in development of science and technology in Africa is very crucial. Women should be encouraged to take part in this rather than discouraged. We need to look at strategies that will encourage them L’Oreal -UNESCO foundation noted that ‹the world needs Science but science needs women› In this vane, we see that importance of women in science can not be overemphasized. Factors that militate against the improvement of participation of women in science will be discussed. A way forward and recommendation will be made. Implementation of suggested strategies and beautiful ideas will be enforced.


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Jonah Ratsimbazafy Science and conservation policy: evidence-based strategies that put local communities in the driver’s seat

Biodiversity conservation is always diffi cult when people have little access to education, food and health care. In most developing countries, direct dependence on natural resources is very high in people’s daily activities (e.g. slash-and-burn agriculture, bushmeat, etc.), but the involvement of local communities is crucial to ensure the survival of endangered species, especially in remote areas where there is weak government presence. However, science is often conducted by only academics, and decision makers do not often consider traditional knowledge in conservation policy. To make the voices of the voiceless heard, local communities must also be leaders in conservation alongside scientists.

Alinah Kelo Segobye Tapping into Africa’s Ubuntu spirit to grow R&D and co-production of knowledge

African has thrived on the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of her people from time immemorial. This inspired the growth of powerful states and kingdoms resplendent with monumental architecture, local and international trade networks and knowledge systems which continue to infl uence society and culture today. A core principle of many societies was the idea of Ubuntu, Botho, Harambee to list some. The co-production of wealth and custodial wealth management emerging from communities to inform private sector and philanthropy initiatives should be innovatively leveraged for sustainable investment into research and development and to expand innovative capabilities across generations, time and space.

Padonou Elie Antoine Restoration of mangrove ecosystems at the RAMSAR 1017 site in Benin

I conducted studies on management and conservation of mangrove ecosystem in Benin funded by FAO-Benin (TCP/BEN/3502) and supported by the Forest offi ce in Benin from 2015 to 2017. The fi ndings helped the Beninese government to decide to ban the exploitation of mangroves and promote their valorization for tourism.


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Charles Rotimi Are we all Africans beneath our skin: Evidence from genomics.

Modern humans originated in Africa before migrating to populate the world, hence the expression “we are all Africans beneath our skin”. Over 99% of human evolutionary experience as a species was spent in Africa. Evidence from whole-genome sequencing of thousands of individuals from global populations show that genetic diversity is highest among Africans and that genetic variation outside of Africa is largely a subset of that of Africans. This talk will discuss the central place of African in the human genomic story and the ubiquity of multiple ancestries across global populations, thus challenging the existence of distinct human racial groups.

SESSION 5, Tuesday 11 December, 11300 hrs

Name Title of TED talk Brief on talk EL Hadji

Ibrahima Diop

Proposal for a contribution to the fi nancing of a National organised

Education System in Senegal

According to an education system without any sociocultural discrimination within the population merit and learning objectives based, a perfect use of the new technologies will defi ne the cost of the general and specifi c EDUCATION NEEDS. By promoting private national entrepreneurs in the fi elds of Education. they will contribute in Financing the National Public Education Sector as progressively the heavy burden will no longer be supported by the national budget. Those new “universal academic corporation “will in the future sustainably and totally or signifi cantly fi nance this so important and sensitive sector: education


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Olayinka Oridupa African Medicinal Plants: The hope for freedom from diseases in Africa

Diseases are major limiting factors to individual productivity and economic capacity building in Africa. The cost of treatment and/or management increases the already belabored living cost for low and middle-income earners. This multiplier effect continues to impoverish our continent. We need policies that will encourage discovery and development of locally available and effi cacious remedies, which can also be commercialized for the good of mankind in the world over. My research focuses on drug discovery and development from African medicinal plants which have worked without resistance for centuries. This will economically transform Africa with healthier and economically viable workforce.

Paco Sereme Can STI legitimise its own raison d’être?

Despite the fact that Science, Technology and Innovation have been recognised by African Governments as engines for the development of their respective countries, the challenge remains enormous for scientists to mobilize public resources which amount less than 1% of the GDP in most African countries. Factors that favoured fi nancial resource mobilization from 11 Member States of ECOWAS for the formulation in 2006 by CORAF of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program successfully implemented by these countries and CORAF are described in this TED talks. This experience is in line with the proverb that says “It is the holder of fresh meat to join the one who has fi re”


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Nabila Bouatia-Naji Why it matters to have more women in the leadership of Science

I will share with the audience facts about why women are less attracted by scientifi c careers and less involved in leadership of scientifi c organizations, institutes, scientifi c societies, funding agencies and decisional committees. I will mention implicit and explicit inhibitor factors that dissuade many early career women from engaging in responsibility roles and visible positions and why this should change soon. I will also share my own experience in facing and dealing with the inhibitors and suggest some facilitating initiatives that have proven to effi ciently and rapidly improve the under-representation of women in leadership roles in science

Mafongoya Paramu L

Why science alone won’t solve the climate crisis: Managing climate risk in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is extra-ordinarily to the effects of climate change. Although policy makers are turning to science to answer questions on how communities should deal with climate challenges, scientifi c knowledge only is one element of effective risk management process. The people of Africa hold diverse IKS and beliefs about climate change and this IKS and beliefs inform their decisions. To solve the climate crisis, policy markers need to set a risk management agenda that integrate sound science with IKS. Policy makers need not only to work with scientists but also with traditional leaders who are holders and custodian of IKS. knowledge learned from Africa along the broader knowledge about factors affecting human decision making illustrate how policy makers can bridge the gape between climate science and society to facilitate adaptation.


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Kobus Eloff Unlocking the economic potential of Africa’s plant wealth.

Africa contains approximately 60 000, roughly 20% of the world’s plant species. Yet only 8% of commercialized herbal medicines in developed countries are from Africa. The reason is probably that in Africa knowledge was transferred orally with no written information on safety, effi cacy and quality control standards. With European Union funding leaders in the fi eld from 40 organizations in 17 different countries discussed and elected the 50 most important medicinal plants. Experts wrote profi les on these species. This eventually led to the publication of the African Herbal Pharmacopoeia to address this shortcoming.


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Y Challenge sessions are a moderated collective brainstorm organised around a challenge of strategic importance to the continent and to The Academy. For example: “How can scientists creatively engage philanthropist to unlock funding for Africa’s R&D?” On Monday, December 10th afternoon and Tuesday, December 11th morning, a total of eight challenge sessions will take place. GA participants are invited to choose a challenge session to attend on Monday and Tuesday where they will brainstorm with colleagues and come up with recommendations around the challenge, prioritize these and conclusions will be summed up in a plenary. A brief of each of the eight challenge sessions is provided below.

Monday, Dec 10, 1430 – 1530hrs

• Challenge session 1: Re-designing the Fellows and Affi liates Programmes

• Challenge session 2a: Building R&D infrastructure in Africa, and rising research leaders

• Challenge session 3: Assessing innovation market spaces in Africa

• Challenge session 4a: Engaging African policymakers – The AAS 2nd mandate on advisory and think tank functions

Tuesday Dec 11, 0930 – 1300hrs• Challenge session 2b: The critical gaps in science: community & public engagement,

science communication, and research management

• Challenge session 4b: Unlocking funding from African governments

• Challenge session 5: The future and sustainability of The AAS – an innovative, creative new campus

• Challenge session 6: Engaging the private sector and philanthropists to encourage investment in African R&D

Briefs on the Challenge sessionsChallenge session 1: Re-designing the Fellows and Affi liates Programmes

Facilitator: Prof Salim Abdool Karim | Panelists: Dr Judy Omumbo & Prof Kevin Marsh

The Academy’s more than 400 Fellows and close to 100 Affi liates are a resource for Africa’s STI agenda setting, funding and policymaking. Once nominated, fellows play a role at The AAS in the form of the General Assembly – the highest decision-making organ of The AAS; provide advisory and think tank functions for shaping Africa’s STI strategies and policies; serve as members of the Membership Advisory Committees (MACs) that evaluate candidates for The AAS Fellowship; review applications for various programmes of The AAS and serve on expert committees for the secretariat and for partner organisations. Discussions points for this challenge session will aim to exploit this African expert human resource for maximum impact and in the vision of transforming lives through science in Africa. Possible questions to explore include:

• What does being a Fellow/Affi liate of The AAS mean to Fellows and Affi liates?

Challenge sessions and feedback


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• Current engagement and suggestions for enhancing this – Fellows engagement with:

1. The secretariat

2. The AAS activities/programs

3. The AAS Affi liates

4. Other Fellows in the same fi eld or different disciplines

5. The AAS Regional Offi ces

• Role of Fellows in driving policy on the continent/engaging with policy makers and fund raising

Challenge session 2a: Building R&D infrastructure in Africa, and rising research leaders

Facilitator(s): Profs Quarraisha Abdool Karim & Salif Diop | Panelists: Profs Tom Kariuki & Alison Elliott, and Dr Alphonsus Neba

Excellent R&D environments characterized for example by state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure and equipment; the fi nancial, technical and human resource capacities required to support and sustain their operational effi ciencies and effectiveness, coupled with supporting policies and controls, and the presence and active role of other STI enablers provide the solid foundation for excellent scientifi c research and training to thrive. Put differently, excellent R&D environments beget excellent research outputs and outcomes. The true potential of Africa’s rising research leaders is being shunted and impaired by poor R&D environments on the continent, arising mostly from poor research leadership and lack of good governance and accountability on the part of leaders of R&D institutions and African governments and political leadership collectives. In recognition of this, this Challenge session will explore how the research community could improve its R&D environments to nurture and cultivate a culture of research excellence on the continent and provide a sound basis for Africa’s rising research leaders to thrive on the continent.

Key questions to consider include:

• What type of leadership is required at the helm of Africa’s R&D institutions to drive the structural and institutional changes required to recognize, prioritize and implement strategies to cultivate and improve R&D environments on the continent?

• What does it take for all African R&D institutions and governments to build R&D institutions comparable to those in the Northern Hemisphere?

• What are the low-hanging fruits required to improve R&D environments on the continent?

• What role should African governments and other key stakeholders be playing in improving Africa’s R&D environments?

• What role should the private sector be playing to support R&D environments on the continent.

• As individual scientists what can you contribute to ameliorate the status quo?


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Challenge session 2b: The critical gaps in science: community & public engagement and research management

Facilitators: Prof Eleanor Fish & Dr Natisha Dukhi | Panelists: Ms Lillian Mutengu & Ms Allen MukhwanaThe AAS recognizes key strategic gaps in the research landscape on the continent, which if not addressed, would continue to undermine various strategic efforts to improve Africa’s scientifi c credentials and footprints.

Hitherto, academic and research science has been conducted by scientists and, in the main, communicated to scientists alone through peer reviewed journals, scientifi c conferences, workshops and other meetings, with little active participation by the various other stakeholders whose role in science is now being recognized and actively promoted. There is a growing momentum to improve the way science is done and communicated, with a view to secure involvement and active two-way mutually benefi cial participation between scientists and various communities in the scientifi c process. This involvement goes far beyond the “must do” or “nice to do” interventions which are necessary add-ons in scientifi c processes. The AAS’s Community and Public Engagement (CPE) drive seeks to improve AAS’s footprint on the continent in this regard.

• What needs to be done to mainstream CPE in research programmes and activities across the continent?

• What skills and capacities are required by trainees and lead researchers in the area of CPE?

• What training do communities require to contribute meaningfully to CPE activities?

• Should national funding agencies prioritise CPE as part of research programmes being considered for funding?

R&D institutions that are research-intensive or aspire to be research-intensive, have a few common denominators, which include, but are not limited to excellent R&D environments complemented by a strong professional research management function among others. However, most African R&D institutions do not appear to recognize the importance of a professional research management function as a strategic tool to develop and grow its research credentials, and as such are characterized by very ineffi cient and rudimentary or ad hoc research management support structures. In recognition of this critical gap, the AAS Research Management Programme is designed to assist R&D institutions on the continent address this gap. The Research Management Programme seeks to address this through a four-pronged approach: strengthening and enabling institutional leadership to recognize, value and strategically support research management as a professional function essential and integral to Universities’/R&D institutions core functions, develop and implement effective strategies for fi nancial sustainability for the research management function, develop and implement a research management standard through which R&D institutions could be benchmarked and rated for targeted interventions, and build the individual skill sets and capacities of professional research management staff to sustainably drive the research management function at each university or research institution.

• What is required for executive management of R&D institutions on the continent to prioritize


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and implement professional research management functions at their institutions?

• What is required to ensure such professional research management functions once implemented are supported to become sustainable?

• What should the components of a research management standard be?

Challenge session 3: Assessing innovation market spaces in Africa

Facilitator: Dr Moses Alobo | Panelists: Profs Neil Coville & Charles Rotimi

The prosperity of our continent’s present and future generations hinges on our rich natural resources and biological diversity. Biotechnological innovations in priority areas for Africa including; food security, nutrition, healthcare and environmental sustainability, will play a key role in the transformation of African economies and in protecting our natural resources. A critical gap is the absence of a conducive environment to develop innovations in a way that will address priority areas of Africa’s globalizing economy.

A recommendation of the 2007 New Partnership for Africa’s Development Report on how to promote innovations in Africa is the need for “Regional Innovation Communities” and “Local Innovation Areas” (Juma C & Serageldin I, 2007). These would include clusters of expertise, sharing knowledge, creative ideas, personnel, and working on problems and projects collaboratively. The innovation areas or marketplaces could be concentrated regionally where expertise exists. For example, health biotechnology, is concentrated in southern Africa. North Africa has expertise in bio-pharmaceuticals, eastern Africa in animal biotechnology, west Africa in crop biotechnology and forest biotechnology in central Africa.

The discussion for this session focuses on

• how best to harness Africa’s capacity in innovation and

• creating conducive innovation market spaces, with a regional focus to improve agricultural productivity, public health, industrial development, economic competitiveness, and environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation in Africa.

Challenge session 4a: Engaging African policymakers – The AAS 2nd mandate on advisory and think tank functions

Facilitator: Cato Laurencin | Panelists: Prof John Mugabe & Dr Isayvani Naicker

The Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063 provide an agreed consensus for improving lives of people in Africa and across the world. Implementing these development agendas requires knowledge, technology and innovations to address the challenges facing the continent and to maximise the impact of existing interventions so more Africans can lead better lives. Academies, with their membership comprise an array of expertise, a resource that governments can harness for evidence-based policymaking. The AAS’s fellowship and science programmes generate the knowledge, potential innovations and R&D products that certainly position The Academy as a strategic resource for African policymakers and international governments and funders looking to invest in science, technology and innovation on the


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continent. Its partnership with the African Union and its technical agency, NEPAD, provide a close proximity to policymakers that potentially enables it to infl uence policy, promote the uptake of research and ensure an Africa-led and Africa-relevant science, technology and innovation agenda.

This session seeks to defi ne an engagement strategy for The AAS.

5 key strategic questions we would like to consider in this session include:

1. What strategic priorities should govern The Academy’s advisory and think tank functions (defi ning the strategic goals of The AAS’s think tank functions)?

2. How can the strategic priorities of the think tank functions feed into the strategic priorities of African governments to ensure relevance and to maximise impact?

3. How should The AAS maximise its partnership with the AU and other strategic organisations to gain clout and infl uence that will translate into evidence-based policymaking and an uptake of research generated from the continent?

4. How can The AAS mobilise its Fellows, Affi liates and grantees to maximise impact? What role should these internal audiences play and how can The AAS facilitate their involvement? What other expertise is required to mobilise support from African policymakers?

5. Data is the new oil. How should The AAS assess and evaluate the impact of its engagement activities to maximise success?

Challenge session 4b: Unlocking funding from African governments

Facilitator: Prof Isoun Turner | Panelists: Dr Isayvani Naicker and Prof Nicola Mulder

Africa is poised to become a powerhouse of prosperity, discovery and innovation, taking control of its future. It has the youngest population of any continent, and by 2034 will have 1.1 billion working-age adults, more than India or China. This huge economic potential will be realised more swiftly and effectively if Africa invests in science, technology and innovation addressing its developmental challenges. For African science to meet African priorities most effectively, it must have African investment and leadership in the form of African governments whose leadership will in turn provide a conducive policy environment and incentives to encourage the private sector to invest or commercialise research and for international funders to increase their investment. It will also ensure an effective shift of the centre of gravity of African science to Africa.

5 key strategic questions we would like to consider in this session include:

1. What are best practices and/or lessons for navigating the African political, business and philanthropy sectors to unlock funding? Are there case studies that can offer these lessons?

2. African governments committed in 2007 through the AU to invest 1 % of their GDP in R&D. This hasn’t happened for the majority of countries. What are the reasons for this and what


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innovative and out of the box measures does The AAS need to use to ensure governments translate their commitment to science, technology and innovation to increase funding?

3. Who else should be involved in the conversation to mobilise support from African governments?

4. How are African governments responding to the needs of Africa’s STI sector and what lessons can these offer for The AAS as it seeks to unlock funding from the continent?

5. How can The AAS mobilise its Fellows, Affi liates and grantees to unlock funding from their respective governments?

Challenge session 5: The future and sustainability of The AAS – an innovative, creative new campus

Facilitator: Prof Nelson Torto | Panelists: Profs Felix Dapare Dakora & Amina Abubakar

In line with The AAS’ desire to achieve fi nancial sustainability and provide capacity to conduct training and other scholarly activities, The Academy is seeking to expand its campus at the headquarters in Nairobi using an ecologically sound approach. The new innovative, creative Campus is designed to be world class particularly in its aesthetics (futuristic design approach), technologically advanced, and environmentally smart. It is expected to meet stringent carbon foot print criteria with close to 100% carbon neutrality. The new development is intended to meet specifi c spatial requirements towards achieving a holistic green environment, as well as attaining the highest green rating standards globally. The AAS Campus impression design has been presented to fellows on two occasions, and comments received have been incorporated in the fi nal design. This challenge session provides Fellows and Affi liates with the opportunity to engage and discuss on defi ning the campus and on a fundraising drive to ensure there are enough resources to begin fi rst with the development of a model of the campus and its associated costs.

Challenge session 6: Engaging the private sector and philanthropists to encourage investment in African R&D

Facilitators: Dr Wesley Doorsamy | Panelists: Prof Tom Kariuki & Dr Michael Kilpatrick

In alignment with SDGs 2030 and STISA 2024, a core focus of The AAS’ strategy over the next fi ve years is to: mobilize resources from a broad range of stakeholders, create equitable partnerships, co-opt strong advocates for R&D development and strengthen systematic collaboration among multiple stakeholders. A key lever in advancing this conversation, is to enhance the level of engagement the science community has with private sector actors. While we have made some traction with big pharma, moving forward, it is crucial that The AAS approach be inclusive of our core community’s points of view.

Key strategic questions we would like to consider in this session include:

• Why should we engage? What are the gaps within the African science community that


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• Who should we engage? Which actors (e.g. fast-moving product manufacturers, engineering device manufacturers, information communication technology, etc.) are priority and why?

• How should we engage? What pathways should we follow to ensure the engagement is mutually benefi cial?

• What has worked in the past? Are there examples of science communities that have successfully engaged private sector? Are any science sectors (e.g. health, environment, social science, etc.) more likely to arrive at successful partnerships?


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The AAS Affi liate Caroline Ngugi of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Kenya conducting a research in a lab.


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Ashraf MansourChairman, Board of Trustees, German University, Cairo

Egypt

Inductees (Honorary Fellows)Honorary FellowsHonorary Fellows are eminent members of society who have helped The AAS to achieve its goals.

Carlos LopesVisiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford and the University of Cape

TownGuinea-Bissau

Carlos Manuel Félix Moedas

European Commissioner, Portugal


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Ibrahim MayakiChief Executive Offi cer,

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

Planning and Coordinating AgencyNiger

Naledi PandorMinister of Higher

Education and Training South Africa

Mamphela RampheleFormer Managing Director,

World BankSouth Africa

Eddah GachukiaCo-founder,

Riara Group of Schools Kenya

Khotso Mokhele Chancellor, University of

the Free State South Africa

Inductees (Fellows)

Profi les of Inductees: 2016 to 2018

Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Gebrekirstos Aster Afwork Ethiopia

World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) ,

KenyaElected 2017

Mary Abukutsa-Onyango Kenya

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya

Elected 2017

Paco Sereme Burkina Faso

Institut de l’Environne-ment et de Recherches Agricoles, Burkina Faso

Elected 2017

Bassirou Bonfoh Togo

Centre Suisse de Recherches

Scientifi ques en Côte d’Ivoire, Côte d’Ivoire

Elected 2017

Chantal Yvette Zoungrana

Burkina FasoUniversité

Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso.

Burkina FasoElected 2018

Oluyede AjayiNigeria

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), Netherlands

Elected 2018

Kadambot SiddiqueAustralia

The University of Western Australia,

AustraliaElected 2018

Liza KorstenSouth Africa

University of Pretoria, South AfricaElected 2018


FellowsFellows are elected by The AAS Fellows based on achievements that include their publication record, innovations, leadership roles and contribution to policy and to the development of science on the continent.


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Yinsuo JiaSouth Africa

Hebei Richard Agriculture Science and

Technology Co., Ltd., China

Elected 2018

Rashid HassanSudan and South

AfricaUniversity of Pretoria,

South AfricaElected 2018

Biosciences

Anthony Okoh Nigeria and South

AfricaUniversity of Fort Hare

Elected 2017

Bill Stefan Hansson Sweden

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology,

GermanyElected 2016

2017-01-09

Born January 12, 1959 in Jonstorp, Sweden Married February 2, 1993 to Susanne Erland Children Otto, born November 1, 1996

Agnes, born November 25, 1998 Military service 1978–79, 15 months training, Rank: fänrik (sublieutenant) Language skills Swedish (mother tounge), English (excellent), German (fluent), French (basic),

Danish (speak, understand and read), Norwegian (speak, understand and read)

1. Academic education and degrees Professor, honorary Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, 2010 Professor, recruited SLU, March 2001, Chemical Ecology Professor, promoted Lund University, April 2000, Chemical Ecology Docent Lund University, August 1992, Ecology Ph. D. Lund University, October 1988, Ecology B. Sc. Lund University, May 1982, Biology

2. Positions held

Jun 2014 – Vice President, the Max Planck Society

Jan 2011 – Jun 2014 Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Apr 2006 – Director, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Apr 2006 – June 2016 Guest professor, scientific leader (-2010) and partner in the ICE3 Linnaeus research program at The Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp

Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 Associate dean of the faculty for Landscape planning Horticulture and Agricultural Sciences with specific responsibility for research and graduate studies

Mar 2001 – Jan 2006 Professor and Head of Chemical Ecology, The Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences

Apr 2000 – Promoted Professor Chemical Ecology, Lund University

Mar 1995 – Mar 2001 Särskild forskartjänst i Neurobiologi (Associate Professor with tenure, Neurobiology), Lund University

Aug 1992 – Docent (Associate professor), Lund University

Curriculum VitaeProf. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bill S. Hansson

Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Hans-Knoell-Straße 8 · D-07745 Jena, Germany

Andrew Anthony AdjeiGhana

University of Ghana, Ghana

Elected 2018

Adrienne Lesley Edkins

ZimbabweRhodes University,


Simeon MaterecheraMalawi

North-West University, South AfricaElected 2017

Philip NyekoUganda

Makerere University, Uganda

Elected 2016

Paramu MafongoyaZimbabwe

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Elected 2018

Tito Horácio FernandesMozambique

Ministry of Education and Human

Development, MozambiqueElected 2016

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Brenda Diana Wingfi eld

IrelandUniversity of Pretoria,


Donald Arthur CowanNew Zealand


Kanigula MubagwaDemocratic Republic

of the CongoUniversity of Leuven,

BelgiumElected 2016

George Fu Gao China

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Elected 2017

Jonah Ratsimbazafy Madagascar

Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche sur les

Primate de Madagascar (GERP), Madagascar

Elected 2017

Kojo Mensa-WilmotGhana

University of Georgia, United States of

AmericaElected 2017

Jacobus N. EloffSouth Africa


Brett PletschkeSouth Africa

Rhodes University, South AfricaElected 2018

Hany El-ShemyEgypt

Cairo University, Egypt

Elected 2018

Janice LimsonSouth Africa

Rhodes University, South AfricaElected 2018

Kelly ChibaleSouth Africa

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Elected 2018

Mary ScholesSouth Africa

University of the Witwatersrand, South

AfricaElected 2018


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Chemical Sciences

Abiy YenesewEthiopia

University of Nairobi, Kenya

Elected 2016

Bert Klumperman Netherlands

Stellenbosch University, South AfricaElected 2017

Federico RoseiItaly

Institut National de la Recherche

Scientifi que, CanadaElected 2017

Emmanuel I. IwuohaSouth Africa

University of the Western Cape, South

AfricaElected 2018

Solomon NwakaNigeria and CanadaAfrican Network for

Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation at UNOPS,

EthiopiaElected 2016

WIlfred Fon MbachamCameroon

University of Yaundé 1, Cameroon

Elected 2016

Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe

NigeriaUniversity of Lagos,

NigeriaElected 2017

Michael John Wingfi eld

South AfricaUniversity of Pretoria,


Rose Gana Fomban Leke

CameroonUniversity of Yaundé 1,

CameroonElected 2016

Nigel Charles Bennett

South AfricaUniversity of Pretoria,



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Omowunmi SadikUnited States of America State University of New

York at Binghamton, United States of America

Elected 2018

Jane Catherine NgilaKenya

University of Johannesburg, South

AfricaElected 2018

Kevin Jonathan Naidoo

South AfricaUniversity of Cape Town, South Africa

Elected 2018

Priscilla BakerSouth Africa


AfricaElected 2018

Susan BourneSouth Africa


Elected 2018

Leslie Felicia PetrikSouth Africa


AfricaElected 2018

Cultural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences

Eunice N. SahleKenya and CanadaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill, United States of America

Elected 2016

Bereket Habte Selassie Eritrea

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

United States of AmericaElected 2016

Alinah Kelo SegobyeBotswana

Namibia University of Science and Technology,

NamibiaElected 2018

Crain Arthur SoudienSouth Africa

Human Sciences Research Council,



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Nicholas BiekpeGhana


Elected 2017

Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences

Hilary InyangNigeria

Global Education and Infrastructure Services,

NigeriaElected 2016

David Uzochukwu Mba

NigeriaDe Montfort

University, United Kingdom

Elected 2016

Winston Wole Soboyejo

NigeriaWorcester Polytechnic Institute, United States

of AmericaElected 2016

Khaled Elleithy Egypt

University of Bridgeport, United States of America

Elected 2017

Mohamed-Slim AlouiniTunisia

King Abdullah University of Science

and Technology, Saudi Arabia

Elected 2018

Salah Sabry Ahmed ObayyaEgypt

Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt

Elected 2018

Yehia Ahmed Bahei-El-DinEgypt

The British University in Egypt, EgyptElected 2018

Justin M. KankwendaDRC Congo

Congolese Institute for Development Research and Strategic Studies,

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elected 2016

Ghirmai NegashEritrea

Ohio University, United States of America

Elected 2016

Evance Kalula South Africa

University of Cape Town, south Africa

Elected 2017


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Geological, Environmental, Earth and Space Sciences

Mathematical Sciences

Desta Mebratu Ethiopia

Stellenbosch University, South AfricaElected 2016

John Akintayo AdedoyinBotswana

University of Botswana, Botswana

Elected 2016

Olukayode Oladipo Amund Nigeria

University of Lagos, Nigeria

Elected 2016

Daniel Ochieng OlagoKenya

University of Nairobi, Kenya

Elected 2016

Asfawossen Asrat Kassaye Ethiopia

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Elected 2017

Effi om Edem AntiaNigeria

University of Calabar, Nigeria

Elected 2017

Michael E. MeadowsSouth Africa


Elected 2018

Isaac LuginaahGhana

The Univerisity of Western Ontario,

CanadaElected 2018

Jacek BanasiakPoland


Aissa Wade Senegal

Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

Elected 2017

Shiferaw BerhanuEthiopia

Temple University. United States of

AmericaElected 2017

Mamokgethi PhakengSouth Africa


Elected 2018


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Medical and Health Sciences

Alimuddin Zumla Zambia

University College London, United

KingdomElected 2016

Abdoulaye DjimdeMali

University of Science, Techniques and Technologies of

Bamako, MaliElected 2016

Alison Elliot United Kingdom

Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI)

Uganda Research Unit, Uganda

Elected 2017

Agnes Binagwaho Rwanda

University of Global Health Equity,

RwandaElected 2017

Amina AbubakarKenya

Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme,

KenyaElected 2017

David OlaleyeNigeria

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Elected 2017

Alash’le AbimikuNigeria

Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria

Elected 2018

Bruce OvbiageleUnited States of

AmericaSan Francisco VA

Healthcare System, United States of

AmericaElected 2018

Charles RotimiNigeria and United States

of AmericaCenter for Research on Genomics and Global

Health, NHGRi/NIH, United States of America

Elected 2018

Carolyn WilliamsonSouth Africa


Elected 2018

Abdel Karim Koumare Mali

University of Sciences, Techniques and

Technology of Bamako, Mali

Elected 2018

Catherine Kyobutungi

UgandaAfrican Population & Health Research

Centre, KenyaElected 2018


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Faith Hope A. OsierKenya

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust. KenyaElected 2016

Francine Ntoumi Republic of the CongoFondation Congolaise

pour la Recherche Medicale, Republic of

the CongoElected 2017

Kwadwo Ansah KoramGhana

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana

Elected 2017

Isa Hussaini Nigeria

University of MaiduguriElected 2017

Friday OkonofuaNigeria

University of Benin, Nigeria

Elected 2018

Jean Bosco OuedraogoBurkina Faso

Institut des Sciences et Techniques (INSTech),

Burkina FasoElected 2018

Eugène SobngwiCameroon

Université de Yaoundé 1

Elected 2018

Koleka Patience Mlisana

South AfricaUniversity of KwaZulu-

Natal, South AfricaElected 2016

Iruka N. OkekeNigeria


Elected 2018

Jean NachegaUnited States of

AmericaUniversity of

Pittsburgh, United States of America

Elected 2018

Lynn MorrisSouth African

National Institute for Communicable

Diseases, South AfricaElected 2018

Kawango AgotKenya

Impact Research and Development

Organisation (IRDO), Kenya

Elected 2018


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Marcel TannerSwitzerland

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute,

SwitzerlandElected 2018

Margaret O. AdhiamboKenya

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),United States of

AmericaElected 2018

Nicola MulderSouth Africa


Elected 2018

Mohamed Mohey Elmazar

EgyptThe British University in

Egypt, EgyptElected 2018

Marleen TemmermanBelgium

Aga Khan University, Kenya

Elected 2018

Robert SnowUnited Kingdom

Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme,

KenyaElected 2018

Nabila Bouatia-NajiFrance

Paris Cardiovascular Research Center INSERM, France

Elected 2018

Refi lwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya

South AfricaNorth-West

University, South Africa

Elected 2017

Tal-hatu Kolapo Hamzat Nigeria


Elected 2017

Sam KariukiKenya

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya

Elected 2018

Mohamed Iqbal Parker South Africa


Elected 2016

Moffat NyirendaMalawi

MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS,

UgandaElected 2018


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Physical Sciences

Pius OkekeNigeria

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Elected 2017

Paul-Kingsley Buah-Bassuah

GhanaUniversity of Cape

Coast, ghanaElected 2017

Simon Henry Connell

South AfricaUniversity of

Johannesburg, South Africa

Elected 2018

Tumani Prince CorrahThe Gambia

Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit,

The GambiaElected 2016

Wafaa El-SadrUnited States of

America Columbia University,

United States of America

Elected 2018

Tolullah OniNigeria

University of Cambridge, United

KingdomElected 2018

Thumbi Ndung’uKenya

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Elected 2016


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Policy Sciences

Eliane UbalijoroRwanda

McGill University, Canada

Elected 2016

Emmanuel KasimbaziUganda

Makerere University, Uganda

Elected 2017

Yacob MulugettaUnited Kingdom

University College London, United

KingdomElected 2017

Youba SokonaMali

South Centre, Switzerland

Elected 2018


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Inductees (Affi liates)

Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences

The Affi liates are selected from promising early career scientists who have demonstrated excellence in the development and application of science in Africa.

Nomakholwa StokweStellenbosch

UniversitySouth Africa

Affi liate since 2016

Elie Antonie PadanouUniversity of Agriculture

BeninAffi liate since 2016

Lahcen El Youssfi Moulay Ismail

UniversityMorocco


Adeniyi AdefeghaFederal University of Technology, Akure

NigeriaAffi liate since 2018

Caroline MuneriEgerton University

KenyaAffi liate since 2018

Azeez Olanrewaju Yusuf

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta


Athanasia O Matemu Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and

Technology Tanzania


Beira Hailu Meressa Jimma University

EthiopiaAffi liate since 2018


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Rodrigue IdohouUniversity of Abomey-

CalaviBenin


Susan ChombaThe World

Agroforestry Centre Kenya


Biosciences

Cano Cornelius Ssemakalu

Vaal University of Technology UgandaAffi liate since 2017

Mkunde ChachageNational Institute for Medical Research

TanzaniaAffi liate since 2017

Adande Belarmain Fandohan

University of Abomey- Calavi Benin


Isoken IgbinosaUniversity of Benin

BeninAffi liate since 2017

Jerome Fru Cho University of Buea

CameroonAffi liate since 2016

Charles Drago Kato Makerere University

UgandaAffi liate since 2017

Idowu Mutiu Kazeem Lagos State University


Kingsley BaduKwame Nkrumah

University of Science and Technology

GhanaAffi liate since 2016


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Zohra Zarrouk-Aloui Institut Pasteur de Tunis

TunisiaAffi liate since 2016

Chemical Sciences

Cultural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences

Mohamed AlkordiZewail City of Science

and Technology Egypt


Cyril Ehi-Eromosele Covenant University


Bahaa El-Dien M El-Gendy

Benha UniversityEgypt


Melchisedek Chétima University of Maroua


Mamusu KamandaIndepth Network


Temitope SogbanmuUniversity of Lagos


Mojisola OwoseniFederal University Lafi a


Siana NkyaMuhimbili University of Health and Allied

Sciences Tanzania



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Engineering, Technology and Applies Sciences

Geological, Environmental, Earth and Space Sciences

Khaled SaqrArab Academy for Science and Technology and

Maritime Transport Egypt


Vitalis Anye Nile University of

Nigeria Cameroon


Ahmed HeikalZewail City of Science

and Technology Egypt


Moureen KemeiIntel Corporation


Wesley Doorsamy University of

Johannesburg South Africa


Sameer Hameer Technical University of

Kenya TanzaniaAffi liate since 2016

Andrew C Eloka-Eboka

University of KwaZulu-Natal


Olanrewaju OlujimiFederal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta



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Mathematical Sciences


Abdon AtanganaUniversity of the Free

StateCameroon


Olushina Olawale Awe Anchor University

LagosNigeria


Jewelna AkorliUniversity of Ghana


Caroline NgugiJomo Kenyatta

University of Agriculture and Technology Kenya


Ahmed Adel Seida University of Cairo

EgyptAffi liate since 2017

Esmael Habtamu AliLondon School of

Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ethiopia


Adeniyi OlagunjuObafemi Awolowo

UniversityNigeria


Doudou SowUniversite Cheikh Anta

Diop de Dakar Senegal


Dziedzom Komi de Souza

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical

Research Ghana


Jesse GitakaMount Kenya

University Kenya



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Priscilla Kolibea ManteKwame Nkrumah



Stefanie Malan-MullerStellenbosch University

South AfricaAffi liate since 2018

Mai Tolba Ain Shams University


Symon Kariuki Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme


Maha AbdelfattahSuez Canal University


Prestige Tatenda Makanga

Midlands State UniversityZimbabwe


Linda A. Fondjo Kwame Nkrumah



Natisha DukhiHuman Sciences Research Council


Maha NasrAin Shams University


Melissa Kapulu KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme

ZambiaAffi liate since 2016

Thumbi MwangiKEMRI Centre

for Global Health Research


Mohamed ElhadidyHelmy Institute for Medical Sciences



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Damaris Matoke-Muhia

Kenya Medical Research Institute


Martha MwangomeKemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme


Kebede DeribeAddis Ababa University

EthiopiaAffi liate since 2018

Olayinka Ayotunde Oridupa

University of IbadanNigeria


Francis Adeniyi Fagbamigbe

University of Ibadan Nigeria


Cynthia DanquahKwame Nkrumah

University of Science and Technology Ghana


Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi

University of Ghana Ghana


Harriet MpairweMRC/UVRI Uganda

Research Unit on AIDS Uganda


Moses SamjeUniversity of Bamenda


Kwadwo AkuffoKwame Nkrumah




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Physical Sciences

Roelf DuToit StraussNorth-West University


Maryame El Moutamid

Cornell University Morocco


Abdelhaleem Abdelaty

Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt


Haikel JelassiNational Centre for

Nuclear Sciences and Technologies TunisiaAffi liate since 2017

Nakkach MohamedUniversité de Tunis El

Manar TunisiaAffi liate since 2016


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Charles Njagi, Online Content Editor

Christine Kuto, Legal and Compliance Offi cer

Deborah-Fay Ndlovu, Communications Manager

Fredrick Otiwu, Financial Accountant

Grace Mwaura, Programme Coordinator, Affi liates

Isayvani Naicker, Director Strategy and Partnerships

Janet Kariuki, Executive Assistant

Juliette Mutheu-Asego, Head of Communications and PR (Chair)

Judy Omumbo, Programme Manager

Olivia Osula, Programme Offi cer

Organising committeeThe African Academy of Sciences

Department of Science and Technology

Daan du Toit, Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources

François Davel, Director: International Cooperation and Resources

Karabo Legau, Senior Secretary

The AfricanAcademy of Sciences

The African Academy of Sciences (The AAS) is

pan African organisation. The AAS’s vision is to see transformed lives on the African

continent through science.

Our tripartite mandate:

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Recognising excellencethrough The AAS’ highly prestigious fellowship and award schemes

Providing advisory and think tank functions for shaping Africa’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) strategies and policies

Implementing key STI programmes addressingAfrica’s developmental challenges

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