UNIBEN’S OSEMUDIAMEN ANAO WINS WARA, MASTERCARD’S $4,000 FELLOWSHIP GRANT

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Admin l Thursday, December 15, 2016

LAGOS – Nigeria’s Osemudiamen Anao from University of Benin, Edo State has emerged one of the three winners of USD$4,000 grant offered by West African Research Association, WARA and The MasterCard Foundation for the Ideas Matter Fellowship.

The other winners are Gloria Tetteh-Kubi (Ghana), University of Cape Coast and Akomoun Blandine Kapko (Benin), Université d’Abomey-Calavi.




The programme will explore the health effects of a toxic common component of e-waste capable of acting as an endocrine disruptor, carcinogen and neuro-development toxicant.

The program, a new fellowship which supports the research of young academics in the region focuses on women, technology and entrepreneurship.

“The USD$4,000 grants will allow recipients to solve some of the most trenchant health and economic challenges facing Africa today’’, the organisers have said.

In this inaugural competition, the Ideas Matter Doctoral Fellowship program received 63 applications from graduate students representing 10 West African countries and fields as diverse as biology, agronomy, political science, medicine, public health, chemistry and pharmacy.

“While only 17 of the 63 applicants were women, the three applications which rose to the top were all submitted by young women – attesting to the growing role of women in science and technology.

“The three candidates selected from this rich trove of applications are:

Akomoun Blandine Kapko (Benin), Université d’Abomey-Calavi, will develop an inventory of plants used in the traditional treatment of typhoid fever, further working to identify and isolate their active properties.




Osemudiamen Anao (Nigeria), University of Benin, will explore the health effects of a toxic common component of e-waste capable of acting as an endocrine disruptor, carcinogen and neuro-development toxicant.

Gloria Tetteh-Kubi (Ghana), University of Cape Coast, will investigate measures aimed at reducing widespread pesticide use in cowpea cultivation, contributing to poverty reduction, food security and biodiversity conservation”, the organisers said.

The Ideas Matter Fellowship Program reflects WARA and The MasterCard Foundation’s commitment to increasing opportunities for emerging West African scholars who are transforming ideas into active solutions to the challenges facing the region and the world at large.

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