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We give special thanks to Fellows and Affiliates who have advanced the work of the Academy by being involved in the delivery of these African Academy of Sciences activities:

The AAS Scientific Working Groups The AAS has 18 Scientific Working Groups (SWGs) that are made up of Fellows of the AAS who serve as Chars and members of these groups. The groups advice on global and regional trends within their disciplines/thematic areas, lead discussions and/or advise the AAS on topical issues affecting or that could affect the continent, write policy briefs, assist the AAS to come up with strategies for the application of emerging technologies among other roles.

Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019The AAS Scientific Working Groups

African Synchotron Initiative

Chair

Shabaan Khalil

Egypt

Physical Sciences

Members

Paul-Kingsley Buah-Bassuah

Ghana

Physical Sciences

Sossina Haile

Ethiopia & United States of America

Engineering Technology and Applied

Sciences

Simon Connell

South Africa

Physical Sciences

Lynn MorrisSouth Africa

Medical and Health Sciences

Wilfred Fon MbachamCameroon

Biosciences

Malik MaazaSouth Africa

Physical Sciences

Agriculture

Chair Mohamed Mostafa El-FoulyEgypt

Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Members Kadambot SiddiqueAustralia


Oluyede AjayiNigeria


Anthony YoudeoweiNigeria

Biosciences

Richard Jia YinsuoSouth Africa


Joachim Von BraunGermany


Paco SeremeBurkina Faso

Agricultural and Nutritional

Sciences

Mary Abukutsa-OnyangoKenya


Sciences

Bassirou BonfohTogo


Sciences

Thameur Chaibi MohamedTunisia

Geological, Environmental, Earth

and Space Sciences

Akiça BahriTunisia


Sciences

Moctar ToureSenegal


Sciences


Antimicrobial Resistance

Co-Chairs Iruka OkekeNigeria


Sam KariukiKenya


Members Abdoulaye Djimde

Medical Health SciencesMali

Margaret Okomo-AdhiamboKenya


Theonest K. MutabingwaTanzania


Kojo Mensa-WilmotGhana

Biosciences

Jacobus Nicolaas EloffSouth Africa

Biosciences

Sami Ahmed KhalidSudan

Chemical Sciences

Abdel Karim KoumareMali



Chemical Sciences

Priscilla BakerSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences

Andrew Anthony AdjeiGhana

Biosciences

Peace Chinedum BabalolaNigeria

Chemical Sciences

Big Data

Chair Mohamed-Slim AlouiniTunisia


Sciences

Members Olugbemiro JegedeNigeria

Cultural Sciences, Humanities and

Social Sciences

Nicola MulderSouth Africa


Godwin O. S. EkhaguereNigeria

Mathematical

Marleen TemmermanBelgium


Oyewusi Ibidapo-ObeNigeria

Engineering, Technology and Applied

Sciences

Oluwole Daniel MakindeNigeria

Mathematical Sciences

Robert SnowUnited Kingdom


Tsehaie WoldaiEritrea & Netherlands


and Space Sciences

Maurice TchuenteCameroon

Engineering, Technology and

Applied Sciences

Charles RotimiNigeria & United States of America


Ahmed Faheem ZobaaEgypt and United Kingdom

Engineering Technology and

Applied Sciences

Climate Change

ChairAbba GumelNigeria


Members Richard Jia YinsuoSouth Africa


Sciences

Shem Oyoo Wandiga

Kenya

Chemical Sciences

Oluyede AjayiNigeria


Sciences


Laban Ayieko OgalloKenya

Geological, Environmental, Earth and

Space Sciences

Aster Afwork GebrekirstosEthiopia


Roseanne DiabSouth Africa


Space Sciences

Ahmed Faheem ZobaaEgypt & United Kingdom


Sciences

Asfawossen Asrat KassayeEthiopia


Space Sciences

Salif E. DiopSenegal


Space Sciences

John Akintayo AdedoyinBotswana


Space Sciences

Donald Adams United States of America


Space Sciences

Youba SokonaMali

Policy Sciences



Hamidou ToureBurkina Faso


Desta MebratuEthiopia


Space Sciences

Daniel OlagoKenya


Space Sciences

Yacob MulugettaEthiopia and United Kingdom

Policy Science

Christoffel Andreas Gelderblom WentzelSouth Africa

Biosciences

Rashid HassanSudan and South Africa


Godwin Sifueli KoweroTanzania


Aissa WadeSenegal


Franscisca Nneka OkekeNigeria


Space Sciences


Physical Sciences

Moctar ToureSenegal


Michael Ian CherrySouth Africa

Biosciences

Judith Otieno OmumboKenya

Medical Health Sciences

Education and Gender

ChairJane Catherine NgilaKenya

Chemical Sciences

Members Collen MasirembwaZimbabwe


Olugbemiro JegedeNigeria

Cultural Sciences, Humanities

and Social Sciences

Aberra MogessieAustria


and Space Sciences

Mahouton Hounkonnou NorbertBenin


Crain Arthur SoudienSouth Africa


and Social Sciences

Eleanor N. FishCanada


EL-TOM Mohamed EL-Amin AhmedSudan



Godwin Osakpemwoya Samuel EkhaguereNigeria


Abdel Shafy ObadaEgypt


Mamokgethi PhakengSouth Africa



Engineering,Technology and Applied

Sciences



Catherine Alum Odora HoppersUganda and Sweden


Social Sciences

Sossina HaileEthiopia and United States


Sciences

David MbaNigeria


Sciences

Jonah Ratsimbazafy Madagascar

Biosciences

Adam Mahomed HabibSouth Africa


Social SciencesShiferaw BerhanuEthiopia


Zohra Ben Lakhdar-AkroutTunisia

Physical Sciences


Agricultural and Nutritional SciencesMohamed Thameur Chaibi

Tunisia


Space Sciences



Sciences

Donald AdamsUnited States of America


Space Sciences

Environment

ChairAster Afwork GebrekirstosEthiopia


MembersJane Catherine NgilaKenya

Chemical Sciences

Jonah Ratsimbazafy Madagascar

Biosciences


Geological, Environmental,

Earth and Space Sciences

Asfawossen Asrat KassayeEthiopia



Daniel OlagoKenya



Godwin Sifueli KoweroTanzania


Sciences



Sciences

Mohamed Thameur ChaibiTunisia



Donald AdamsUnited States of America




Policy Science

Rashid HassanSudan and South Africa


Sciences


Akica BahriTunisia


Rosemary Chepkorir SangKenya

Biosciences

Ikenna OnyidoNigeria

Chemical Sciences

Masresha FeteneEthiopia

Biosciences

Hilary InyangNigeria and United Kingdom


Sciences

Fredrick OwinoKenya


Eunice SahleKenya and Canada


Social Sciences

Joseph ObuaUganda


Space Sciences

Abdin Mohamed Ali SalihSudan


Sciences

Effiom Edem AntiaNigeria


Space Sciences

Esi AwuahGhana


Space Sciences

Demel Teketay FantaEthiopia


Epidemic Preparedness

ChairTimothy U ObiNigeria


Members Margaret Okomo-AdhiamboKenya




Eugene SobngwiCameroon


Bassirou BonfohTogo



Biosciences

Francisca MutapiZimbabwe and United Kingdom

Biosciences

Ebenezer FarombiNigeria

Biosciences



Muchie MammoEthiopia

Policy Sciences


Chemical Sciences

Olanike Kudirat AdeyemoNigeria


and Space Sciences

Quarraisha Abdool KarimSouth Africa


Cato Thomas LaurencinUnited States of America


Food And Nutritional Health

ChairCharles O. Nemma WambebeNigeria


Members Thomas SilouRepublic of the Congo

Chemical Sciences

Jean Bosco Ouedraogo Burkina Faso


Brett PletschkeSouth Africa

Biosciences





Chemical Sciences



Eugene SobngwiCameroon


Bassirou BonfohTogo


Solomon HabtemariamUnited Kingdom

Biosciences

Tito Horacio FernandesMozambique


HIV/TB

ChairAlinah Kelo Segobye Botswana


Social Sciences

Co-ChairPaul NkwiCameroon


Social Sciences

MembersElizabeth Anne BukusiKenya


Kawango AgotKenya


Linqi ZhangChina


Newton Isaac KumwendaMalawi


Assan JayeGambia


Abba GumelNigeria



Biosciences



Human Rights

Chair Robin CreweSouth Africa

Biosciences

Members Neil John CovilleSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences

David Justin BakibingaUganda

Policy Sciences



Godfrey Banyuy TangwaCameroon


and Social Sciences

Alinah Kelo SegobyeBotswana


and Social Sciences



Assan JayeGambia


Intellectual Property Rights

Chair Barthelemy NyasseCameroon

Chemical Sciences

Members Faith Hope A. OsierKenya


David Justin BakibingaKenya

Policy Sciences

Balkiss Bouhaouala-ZaharTunisia

Biosciences

Paul NkwiCameroon


and Social Sciences



Applied Sciences


Malaria

Chair Wilfred Fon MbachamCameroon

Biosciences

Members Robert SnowUnited Kingdom


Jean Bosco OuedraogoBurkina Faso


Marcel TannerSwitzerland




Isabella QuakyiGhana

Biosciences




Chemical Sciences

Abiy YenesewEthiopia

Chemical Sciences

Catherine FaladeNigeria


Abba GumelNigeria



Biosciences

Rose Gana Fomban LekeCameroon

Biosciences

Francine NtoumiRepublic of the Congo


Abdoulaye DjimdeMali


Material Sciences

Chair Kenneth Ikechukwu Ozoemena Nigeria and South Africa

Chemical Sciences

MembersNeil John CovilleSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences

Cato Thomas LaurencinUnited States of America


Fayçal DjeffalAlgeria


Sciences

Mouhamadour Bassir DiopSenegal


Sciences

Paul-Kingsley Buah-BassuahGhana

Physical Sciences

Sossina HaileEthiopia and United States of America

Engineering Techniology and

Applied Sciences

Ikenna OnyidoNigeria

Chemical Sciences


Physical Sciences

Sreekantha JonnalagaddaSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences

Maternal and Neonatal Health

Chair Marleen TemmermanBelgium


Members Elizabeth Anne BukusiKenya


Friday OkonofuaNigeria





Janice LimsonSouth Africa

Biosciences



Social Sciences

Mental Health

Chair Bassirou BonfohTogo


Members Amina AbubakarKenya



Biosciences

Hoosen CoovadiaSouth Africa


Tito Horácio FernandesMozambique


Isa Marte HussainiNigeria


Obi Timothy U.Nigeria




Social Sciences

Nanotechnology

Chair Salah Obayya Egypt


Sciences

Members Neil John CovilleSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences


Physical Sciences

Jane Catherine NgilaKenya

Chemical Sciences



Sciences



Samuel Yeboah MensahGhana

Physical Sciences

Sreekantha JonnalagaddaSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences


Biosciences

Non-Communicable Diseases

Chair Eugene SobngwiCameroon


Members Moffat NyirendaMalawi


Nabila Bouatia-NajiFrance and Morocco


Adrienne Lesley EdkinsZimbabwe

Biosciences

Tal-hatu Kolapo HamzatNigeria


Mohamed Iqba ParkerSouth Africa






Catherine KyobutungiUganda


Kanigula MubagwaDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Biosciences



Biosciences



Tolullah OniNigeria


Christoffel Andreas Gelderblom WentzelSouth Africa

Biosciences

Bassirou BonfohTogo


Charles RotimiNigeria and United States of America


Bruce OvbiageleUnited States of America




Science Technology And Innovation Policy

Chair Oyewusi Ibidapo-ObeNigeria


Sciences

Members David Justin BakibingaUganda

Policy Sciences

Georges Nzongola-NtalajaDemocratic Republic of the Congo


Social SciencesRobert SnowUnited Kingdom


Aberra MogessieAustria


Space Sciences

Tolullah OniNigeria


Mahouton Hounkonnou NorbertBenin


Burton Mwamila L.M.Tanzania


Sciences



Linqi ZhangChina


Isaac LuginaahGhana


Space Sciences

Sospeter MuhongoTanzania


Space Sciences



Juma ShabaniBurundi

Mathematical SciencesHany Abdel-Aziz El-ShemyEgypt

Biosciences

Hilary InyangNigeria and United States of America


Applied Sciences

Robin CreweSouth Africa

Biosciences

Catherine Alum Odora HoppersUganda and Sweden


and Social Sciences

Nicholas BiekpeGhana


and Social Sciences

Raphael MunavuKenya

Chemical Sciences

Emmanuel KasimbaziUganda

Policy Sciences

Sossina HaileEthiopia and United States of America

Engineering Techniology and

Applied Sciences


Assan JayeGambia




Salah ObayyaEgypt


Sciences



Sciences



Space Sciences


Policy Sciences



Ouma John MugabeKenya

Policy Sciences

Khalil EzzinbiMorocco


Felix S. ToteuCameroon


Space Sciences

Charles RotimiNigeria and United States of America


Franscisca Nneka OkekeNigeria


Space Sciences

Tsehaie WoldaiEritrea and the Netherlands

Geology

Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019Advisory Groups to AAS Programmes

Coalition for African Research and Innovation (CARI)

Independent CARI Advisory Board (ICAB)

Mohamed H. A HassanSudan

Physical Sciences

Moctar ToureSenegal

Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Nelson SewankamboUganda

Medical & Health Sciences

Valerie MizrahiZimbabwe




Rose Gana Fomban LekeCameroon

Biosciences

Akiça BahriTunisia


Nelson TortoBotswana

Chemical Sciences

Thomas Maina KariukiKenya

Biosciences

Aggrey J. D. AmbaliMalawi


Felix Dapare DakoraGhana

Biosciences

Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA) Project

Steering Committee for the ELA Conference

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) will convene an Evidence Leaders Africa Conference in July 2020 to provide a platform for sharing lessons in evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) practices across Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) sectors in Africa. This is an activity under the Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA) project. The project is aimed at expanding leadership for the use of evidence in policy formulation and implementation by African governments. The activities target AAS Fellows, Affiliates and grantees.The role of the Conference Steering Committee is to lead the overall design and planning for the conference.

John Ouma MugabeKenya

Policy Sciences

Catherine Alum Odora HoppersUganda

Cultural Sciences, Humanities & Social

Sciences

Norbert Mahouton HounkonnouBenin


International Scientific Advisory Committee for the Oxford Neuroscience Institute,

Tobias Obejum ApinjohCameroon

Biosciences

Tal-hatu Kolapo HamzatNigeria


Bill S. HanssonSweden

Biosciences

Bruce OvbiageleNigeria


FLAIR Steering Group



& Space Sciences

Aissa WadeSenegal


The AAS Membership Advisory Committees (MAC) Members The AAS Membership Advisory Committees (MACs) are key pillars of the African Academy of Sciences Fellowship

responsible for reviewing candidates who have been nominated as Fellows and Associate Fellows. This is a significant

process in the life of an Academy in order to identify the most outstanding scientists to join the Fellowship. The MACs

serve two main purposes. First, they give recognition to deserving scientists, and this in itself gives those scientists a

competitive edge in their endeavors in their chosen field of activity. Second, MACs enrich the AAS by selecting a wide

pool of Fellows to engage in the tripartite mandate of the Academy.

There are 10 scientific disciplines from which Fellows of the AAS are selected from. All the disciplines have their

individual MAC members.

Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019The AAS Membership Advisory Committees (MAC) Members


ChairMoctar Toure Senegal

MembersAggrey Ambali Malawi

Timothy ObiNigeria

Elly SabiitiUganda

Sunday Ekesi Nigeria

Biosciences

ChairChris ChetsangaZimbabwe

MembersVincent TitanjiCameroon

Isabella Quakyi Ghana


Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe Nigeria

Chemical Sciences

ChairPieter Steyn S South Africa

MembersJames DarkwaGhana

Barthelemy Nyasse Cameroon

Namrita LallSouth Africa

Kenneth Ozoemena Nigeria/South Africa

Cultural Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences

ChairCatherine Odora-Hoppers Uganda

MembersFrancis B. NyamnjohCameroon

Abdi SamatarSomalia

Justin M. KankwendaDemocratic Republic of Congo

Eunice SahleKenya and Canada

Engineering Technology & Applied Sciences

ChairTshilidzi MarwalaSouth Africa

MembersMouhamadou Bassir DiopSenegal

Burton MwamilaTanzania

Chaibi ThameurTunisia

Sossina HaileEthiopia/U.S.A

Geological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

ChairMohamed El-AshryEgypt

MembersGeorges-Ivo EkosseCameroon

Joseph ObuaUganda

Francisca OkekeNigeria

Esi AwuahGhana


ChairNorbert HounkonnouBenin

MembersToka DiaganaMauritiania


Aderemi KukuNigeria

Salim A. MessaoudiAlgeria


ChairPeter N. MugyenyiUganda

MembersChinedum P. BabalolaNigeria

Ahmed Hassan FahalSudan

Robert T. GuiguemdeBurkina Faso

Thomas KariukiKenya

Collen MasimirembwaZimbabwe

Physical Sciences

ChairShabaan KhalilEgypt

MembersMahmoud Abdel-AtyEgypt

Raoelina AndriambololonaMadagascar

Hendrik GeyerSouth Africa

Zeblon VilakaziSouth Africa

Policy Sciences

ChairDavid J. BakibingaUganda

MembersMammo MuchieEthiopia

John MugabeKenya

Eliane UbalijoroRwanda


Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019The AAS Membership Advisory Committees (MAC) Members

The AAS has over a hundred reviewers who are African experts in their field of expertise and aid the various scientific programmes and excellence scheme to review applications and award deserving African research leaders based on merit. Some of these reviewers are listed below.

Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019Reviewers

Prize Selection Committee for the Olusegun Obasanjo Prize Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific and/or Technological Innovation

ChairOmowunmi SadikUSA (Nigeria)

Chemical Sciences

Simon ConnellSouth Africa

Physical Sciences

Francine NtoumiRepublic of the Congo


Solomon HabtemariamUnited Kingdom (Ethiopia)

Biosciences

Ahmed Faheem ZobaaEgypt


Sciences Postdoctoral ProgrammesFLAIR Panel of Reviewers and Interviewers

Dickson Mubera AndalaKenya

Chemical Sciences

Rajaâ C. El MoursliMorocco

Physical Sciences

Neil John CovilleSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences



Baldwyn TortoGhana

Chemical Sciences

Shem Oyoo WandigaKenya

Chemical Sciences

Kevin MarshUnited Kingdom


Thomas Maina KariukiKenya

Biosciences

Judith Atieno OmumboKenya


Grand Challenges AfricaWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Reviews

Jane Catherine NgilaKenya

Chemical Sciences



Grand Challenges AfricaTransition to Scale Grant

Isabelle Glitho-Akueson Togo

Biosciences

Elizabeth Anne BukusiKenya



Engineering Technology &

Applied Sciences



Abdoulaye DjimdeMali





Biosciences



Jean Bosco OuedraogoBurkina Faso


Margaret Adhiambo OkomoKenya


Alison ElliottUnited Kingdom



Collen MasimirembwaZimbabwe


Balkiss Bouhaouala-Zahar Tunisia

Biosciences



Jonah RatsimbazafyMadagascar

Biosciences

Grand Challenges Africa - Seed GrantsMaternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Data and MNCH 3 Call





Kevin MarshUnited Kingdom




Tolullah OniNigeria




Community and Public EngagementAAS Africa-India Mobility Fund 2019 Panel of Reviewers

Jewelna AkorliGhana


David OlaleyeNigeria


Linda Ahenkorah FondjoGhana


69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings dedicated to PhysicsPanel of Reviewers for Lindau Nobel Laureatte Meeting 2019 AAS-sponsored attendees

Haikel JelassiTunisia

Physical Sciences

Roelf Dutoit StraussSouth Africa

Physical Sciences

Vitalis AnyeNigeria


Sciences

Askwar HilongaTanzania

Engineering Technology & Applied

Sciences

70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Interdisciplinary)Panel of Reviewers for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2020 AAS-sponsored attendees

Olushina Olawale AweNigeria



Cultural Sciences, Humanities &

Social Sciences

Vitalis AnyeNigeria


Applied Sciences

Cynthia Amaning DanquahGhana


Natisha DukhiSouth Africa


Bahaa El-Dien M El-GendyEgypt

Chemical Sciences

Francis Adeniyi FagbamigbeNigeria


Jerome Fru Cho Cameroon

Biosciences

Jesse GitakaKenya



Haikel JelassiTunisia

Physical Sciences

Banothile MakhubelaSouth Africa

Chemical Sciences

Maha NasrEgypt


Caroline NgugiKenya


Doudou SowSenegal


Roelf Dutoit StraussSouth Africa

Physical Sciences

7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Econominc SciencesPanel of Reviewers for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2020 AAS-sponsored attendees



Social Sciences

Olushina Olawale AweNigeria


AAS AffiliatesPanel of Reviewers for 2019 Call for Affiliates


Geological, Environmental, Earth &

Space Sciences

Adewale AdewuyiNigeria

Chemical Sciences

Jewelna AkorliGhana


Kwadwo Owusu AkuffoGhana


Esmael Habtamu AliUnited Kingdom

Biosciences

Dickson Mubera AndalaKenya

Chemical Sciences

Effiom Edem AntiaNigeria


Space Sciences

Akomian Fortuné AzihouBenin

Biosciences

Kingsley BaduGhana

Biosciences

Agnes BinagwahoRwanda


Mkunde ChachageTanzania

Biosciences

Melchisedek ChétimaCameroon


Sciences

Susan ChombaKenya

Agricultural & Nutritional

Sciences

Wesley DoorsamySouth Africa

Engineering Technology & Ap-

plied Sciences

Cyril Ehi-Eromosele Nigeria

Chemical Sciences

Mostafa El-Fouly Mohamed Egypt


Sciences

Belarmain Fandohan Adande Benin

Biosciences

Adam Mahomed HabibSouth Africa


Social Sciences

Tal-Hatu Kolapo HamzatNigeria


Askwar HilongaTanzania


Applied Sciences



Sciences

Mutiu KazeemNigeria

Biosciences

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Athanasia MatemuTanzania


Damaris Matoke-Muhia Kenya

Biosciences

Koleka Patience MlisanaSouth Africa


Harriet MpairweUganda


Thumbi MwangiKenya


Nakkach MohamedTunisia

Physical Sciences

Bonaventure Ngadjui Tchaleu Cameroon

Chemical Sciences

Asantewah Nkansah Marian Ghana

Chemical Sciences

Francine NtoumiDRC Congo


Eucharia Oluchi NwaichiNigeria

Biosciences

Temitope SogbanmuNigeria

Biosciences

Crain Arthur SoudienSouth Africa


Sciences

Lahcen El YoussfiMorocco


Augustina Angelina SylverkenGhana




Sciences

Zohra Zarrouk-AlouiTunisia

Biosciences

Denis ZofouCameroon

Biosciences

Edson GandiwaZimbabwe


Space Sciences

Moses SamjeCameroon

Biosciences

Abdon AtanganaSouth Africa


Alison ElliottUnited Kingdom


Kwadwo Ansah KoramGhana


Paramu MafongoyaZimbabwe


Sciences

Sameer HameerTanzania


Applied Sciences

Ambaliou SanniBenin

Biosciences

Daniel OlagoKenya


& Space Sciences

Salah ObayyaEgypt

Engineering Technology & Ap-

plied Sciences

Emmanuel KasimbaziUganda

Policy Sciences

Evance KalulaSouth Africa


Social Sciences

Federico RoseiItaly

Chemical Sciences

Jacek BanasiakSouth Africa


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Jonah RatsimbazafyMadagascar

Biosciences

Yehia Bahei-el-dinEgypt


Sciences

MentorsMentors are experienced professionals from industry, academia, think-tanks, innovators, policy makers etc. with the ability and commitment to guide another person’s career growth.

Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019Mentors



Sciences

Mary ScholesSouth Africa

Biosciences

Cato Thomas LaurencinUnited States




Assan JayeGambia


Sam KariukiKenya


Federico RoseiItaly

Chemical Sciences

Kevin MarshUnited KingdomMedical & Health Sciences



Nabila Bouatia-NajiMorocco


Judy OmumboKenya


Jane Catherine Ngila

Kenya

Chemical Sciences

Isaac LuginaahGhana


Space Sciences

Nelson TortoBotswana

Chemical Sciences

Charles WambebeNigeria


Hillary InyangNigeria


Sciences

George Fu GaoChina

Biosciences



Kwadwo KoramGhana


Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019Meetings

The AAS Working Group on Intellectual Property meeting with the World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO) in Geneva in November 2019 Barthelemy Nyasse CameroonChair

Balkiss Bouhaouala-ZaharTunisiaMember

Felix Dapare DakoraGhanaPresident of AAS

Consultative Meeting of Chairs of the AAS Fellows Scientific Working Groups

On the 2nd and 3rd December 2019, Chairs of the AAS Fellows Scientific Committees held their first meeting to consolidate their understanding of their contribution to the AAS tripartite mandate and deliberate on committees’ priority activities for the period 2019-2022.

Aster Afwork GebrekirstosChairEnvironment

Mohamed-Slim AlouiniChairBig Data

Robin CreweChairHuman Rights

Mohamed M. El-FoulyChairAgriculture

Oyewusi Ibidapo-ObeChairScience, Technology & Innovation Policy

Sam KariukiCo-ChairAntimicrobial Resistance

Shabaan KhalilChair, Africa Synchrotron Initiative

John Ouma MugabeMemberScience, Technology & Innovation Policy

Jane Catherine NgilaChairEducation and Gender

Barthelemy NyasseChairIntellectual Property Rights

Salah ObayyaChairNanotechnology

Kenneth I. OzoemenaChairMaterial Science

Alinah SegobyeChairHIV/TB

Charles O. Nemma WambebeChairFood and Nutritional Health

Nicola MulderMemberBig Data

Eugene SobngwiChairNon- Communicable Diseases

Malik MaazaMemberAfrica Synchrotron Initiative

Felix Dapare DakoraPresident, AAS

Nelson TortoExecutive Director, AAS

Boitumelo KgarebeVice President, Southern Africa

Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA) Project Meetings

The Evidence Leaders in Africa (ELA) is a project between the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP). The project is aimed at expanding leadership for the use of evidence in policy formulation and implementation by African governments. The activities target AAS Fellows, Affiliates and grantees.

Evidence uptake workshop

Esi AwuahGhanaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Ebenezer FarombiNigeriaBiosciences

Asrat Asfawossen KassayeEthiopiaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Daniel OlagoKenyaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences


Joseph ObuaUgandaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Caroline MuneriKenyaAgricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Damaris Matoke-MuhiaKenyaBiosciences

Eucharia Oluchi NwaichiNigeriaBiosciences

Peace Chinedum BabalolaNigeriaChemical Sciences

Godwin Osakpemwoya Samuel EkhaguereNigeriaMathematical Sciences

Mary Abukutsa-OnyangoKenyaAgricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Frederick Alfred Ochieng OtienoKenyaEngineering Technology & Applied Sciences

Keto MshigeniTanzaniaBiosciences

Siana NkyaTanzaniaBiosciences

David Justin BakibingaUgandaPolicy Sciences

Research-to-Policy Communications Workshop

Elie Antoine PadonouBenin Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Eucharia Oluchi NwaichiNigeriaBiosciences

Idowu Mutiu KazeemNigeriaBiosciences

Azeez Olanrewaju YusufNigeriaAgricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Adewale AdewuyiNigeriaChemical Sciences

Beira Hailu MeressaEthiopiaAgricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Alix Frank Rodrigue IdohouBeninAgricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Francis Adeniyi Fagbamigbe NigeriaMathematical Sciences

Olayinka Ayotunde Oridupa (nee Tomori)NigeriaMedical & Health Sciences

Olushina Olawale AweNigeriaMathematical Sciences

Temitope SogbanmuNigeriaBiosciences

AAS Climate Change Experts Group Meeting in Accra, July 2019

Fellows, Affiliates and Grantees working on Climate change met in Accra in July 2019 to start the process of developing research priorities in the area of climate change and development in Africa. This coincided with the IPCC outreach event of which the AAS was a partner.

Felix Dapare DakoraGhanaBiosciences

Youba SokonaMali Policy Sciences

Salif E. DiopSenegalGeological, Environmental, Earth and Space Sciences

Oluyede AjayiNigeriaAgricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Laban Ayieko OlagoKenya Geological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Shem Oyoo WandigaKenyaChemical Sciences

Judy OmumboKenyaMedical & Health Sciences

Aster Afwork GebrekirstosEthiopiaAgricultural and Nutritional Sciences


Jessica ThornNamimbiaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Phillip Antwi-AgyeiGhanaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Christopher TriosisSouth AfricaGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

AAS representation at the inception meeting of the UNESCO Chair in African Food Systems

Mary Abukutsa-Onyango Kenya Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Grand Challenges AfricaMaternal and Neonatal Health (MNCH) Research priority setting - 2019

Hoosen CoovadiaSouth Africa Medical & Health Sciences

Harriet MpairweUganda Medical & Health Sciences

Natisha DukhiSouth Africa Medical & Health Sciences

Symon KariukiKenya Medical & Health Sciences

Obejum Tobias ApinjohCameroon Biosciences

Jesse GitakaKenya Medical & Health Sciences

Kwadwo Asamoah KusiGhana Medical & Health Sciences

Martha MwangomeKenya Medical & Health Sciences

Prestige Tatenda MakangaZimbabwe Medical & Health Sciences

Jewelna AkorliGhana Medical & Health Sciences

Kwadwo Owusu AkuffoGhana Medical & Health Sciences

Caroline NgugiKenya Medical & Health Sciences

Maha E. AbdelfattahEgypt Medical & Health Sciences

Engagement of AAS Fellows and Affiliates in 2019Lectures at the AAS Secretariat

The secretariat holds regular lunchtime sessions where various speakers are invited to give lectures on varied topics. The following Fellows and Affiliates gave lectures at AAS in 2019.

Jane Catherine NgilaKenyaChemical Sciences

Aster Afwork GebrekirstosEthiopiaAgricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Mostafa El-Fouly Mohamed Egypt Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Fortuné Akomian AzihouBeninGeological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences

Caroline MuneriKenyaAgricultural & Nutritional Sciences

Food and Nutritional Health Working Group visit to the AAS Secretariat

Some members of the Working Group on Food and Nutrition paid a courtesy visit to the secretariat and met with the Executive Director.

Charles O. Nemma WambebeNigeriaChair

Solomon HabtemariamUnited Kingdom/EthiopiaMember

Tito Horacio FernandesMozambiqueMember

Other

Clinical Trials DatabaseStakeholder Engagement - Clinical Trial Lead Contacts The following assisted to help identify the Clinical trial leads in Egyptian Insti-tutions for the planning stakeholder en-gagement workshops targeting clinical trial leads in North and West Africa.

Tolba MaiEgypt Medical & Health Sciences

Maha NasrEgypt Medical & Health Sciences

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