Since few decades, the population of Africa, our beloved continent, is booming. This is not bad news. Let us embrace this positively and celebrate our demographic growth and work to establish a sustainable economic growth. This is an important opportunity Read More
Let’s welcome back onsite scientific conferences coupled with online attendance option
This article calls for the necessity to couple onsite scientific conferences coupled with an online attendance option for the sake of scientific inclusion. Let’s welcome back onsite scientific conferences coupled with online attendance option
Sickle cell disease patients are vulnerable to kidney illness according to a recent collaborative study from Ghana and USA.
Brief Abstract Growing up in West Africa, it is common to know a family member or a neighbor with sickle cell disease (SCD) and unfortunately some of these friends, and family members died at a very young age. Unfortunately, SCD Read More
How African scientists can give back to their home continent
How African scientists can give back to their home continent Please find below the link of our latest article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02267-8
Coronavirus pandemic cataclysm prediction in Africa. What can we learn from the impact of negative image on the disease outbreak prediction?
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