The Regional Office selected eight young scientists to participate in the 2016 BioVision meeting in Alexandria, Egypt. The TWAS-ROSSA selected participants were Prof Philippe Sessou (Benin), Dr Jared Kibiwot Serem (Kenya), Ms Patricia Namukhosi Nabende (Kenya), Dr Amadou Hamadoun Dicko (Mali), Ms Zaahira Aumee-ruddy (Mauritius), Mr Ozede Nicholas Igiehon (Nigeria),…
The Regional Office disseminated two calls for nominations for the Regional Prize and the Regional Young Scientists’ Prize in 2015. Nominations for the two prizes were circulated to TWAS Fellows in sub-Saharan Africa to select their top candidate. The top ranked candidates’ application documents were forwarded to the Selection Committee…
TWAS-ROSSA participated in the Science Forum in December 2015. TWAS Executive Director, Prof Romain Murenzi, and the TWAS-ROSSA Regional Coordinator and Prof Roseanne Diab, Executive Officer of ASSAf both attended the forum. Besides taking part in the Science International meetings and press conference on big data, Prof Murenzi participated in…
