As a Guinean-born scientist working in France, I followed with worries Covid-19 cases in Africa since late February after the WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned countries with weaker health care systems to get prepared for a potential arrival Read More
African Diaspora Scientists Federation: Leveraging Science and Technology to Benefit Africans
Science and technology are transforming our society and it is clear that we all in the world are benefiting from it including African populations. Nonetheless, African populations could be considered as the least benefiting of science and technology in the Read More
Leveraging Science and Technology to Benefit Africans Populations through African Diaspora Scientists Federation initiative
We were honored to share our ongoing efforts to create a dynamic platform of African diaspora scientists on brain circulation in Africa at the US National Science Policy Symposium 2019 at University of Wisconsin Madison. African scientists in the diaspora, Read More
African diaspora scientists as development catalysts
National Science Policy Symposium: Rockefeller University New York on November 10th, 2018 It was with great pleasure, Rafiou Agoro, PhD presents our investigation highlighting African diaspora as development catalysts at the National Science Policy Network at Rockefeller University in New Read More
Dr. Boateng, an African scientist in China with a vision to increase research in oil and gas exploration techniques in Africa
At 35, Dr. Cyril D. Boateng was born in a town called Ho in Ghana. While growing up, he did not have scientist role model but decided to pursue a STEM career while attending high school without having a clear Read More
Online conferences: an alternative to on-site conference attendance? How does it affect our networking potential?
As a collective body of graduate students and postdocs, we can all agree that conference registration fees are expensive and there are no signs of a paradigm shift. I am still asking myself, why is this the case and will Read More
Let’s teach our children science in their own languages
Let’s teach our children science in their own languages
African Diaspora Scientists as Development Catalysts
African development challenges remain one of the most difficult to overcome in world. To address these challenges, Africa countries should invest massively in the training of scientists in the goal to respond competently to theirs problems. Instead of that, African Read More