Burundi Council of Young Scientists Using Science, Technology and Innovation to Improve Nutrition and Promote Sustainable Agriculture to Achieve Food Security Host Academy Lead: David Niyukuri, Co-Chair Diaspora Fellow: Emery Nibigira, Blaise Pascal University, France; Secretary, Burundi Council of Young Scientists
Ghana Young Academy Development of a 5-Year Strategic Plan for the Ghana Young Academy Host Academy Lead: Priscilla Kolibea Mante, Co-Chair Diaspora Fellow: Alice Matimba, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK; Member, Global Young Academy
Académie Nationale des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal Creation of a Database of the Skills of the Senegalese Diaspora and Definition of a Strategy of Their Mobilization for the Development of Senegal Host Academy Lead: Mam Binta Gaye, Administrateur de programmes Diaspora Fellow: Mahamadou Lamine Sagna, Schiller International University, France
Nigerian Academy of Science Combatting Drug Abuse and Antibiotic Resistance: A Public Lecture Host Academy Lead: Oladoyin Odubanjo, Executive Secretary Diaspora Fellow: Sunny E. Ohia, Texas Southern University, USA; Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
Nigerian Young Academy Multidisciplinary Research: A Cornerstone for Sustainable Development Host Academy Lead: Tope Olomola, President Diaspora Fellow: David Mba, De Montfort University, UK; Foreign Member, Nigerian Academy of Science; Foreign Member, African Academy of Science
South Africa Young Academy of Sciences Building Science and Policy Capacities of Young Academies of Science Host Academy Lead: Edith Shikumo, Secretariat Saleem Badat, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, USA; Member, Academy of Science of South Africa; Board Member, South Africa Young Academy of Sciences
Sudanese National Academy of Sciences (SNAS) Developing Approaches for the Incorporation of Nanotechnology in the Science and Engineering Education in the Sudan Host Academy Lead: Mohamad H A Hassan, President Diaspora Fellow: Osama O. Awadelkarim, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Fellow, Sudanese National Academy of Sciences
The InterAcademy Partnership’s Project on Harnessing Science, Engineering, and Medicine to Address Africa’s Challenges is conducting a pilot program that aims to enable African academies of science, medicine or engineering to invite members of the African Diaspora to work with them on policy initiatives and/or other activities designed to strengthen the host academy. Officers of any senior or young academy in any country in Africa are eligible to apply for funds to invite a Diaspora fellow for visits of 7 days or longer. It is the responsibility of the host academy to identify a member of the African Diaspora to participate in the proposed project. Members of the Diaspora may also initiate the process by approaching a national academy in Africa to express interest in collaborating, but the proposal must be submitted by the host academy. Diaspora fellows must be full or foreign members of a senior or young national academy of science, medicine or engineering anywhere in the world, or of TWAS, or of the Global Young Academy.