Nigeria

[LAGOS] A team of five Nigerian researchers have developed an innovative solution called AirVolt, designed to harness wind energy to generate sustainable electricity for rural communities in northern Nigeria. These areas, often disconnected from the national grid, face significant challenges in accessing essential services such as healthcare, due to unreliable power. Nigeria’s energy landscape has…

To provide focused and transformative intervention in Public Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria through funding and effective project management

These project abstracts are part of the COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund, which include science-focused COVID-10 response projects across Africa. The aim of the projects is to provide evidence-based science advice for effective policy making during the pandemic. The COVID-19 science advice project abstracts Dr. Aliyu Muhammad, Nigerian Young Academy (Nigeria) The aim of this…

Multiple research projects were proposed across Africa, with the goal to improve local understanding, prevention and response to COVID-19. The research grant abstracts outline the different projects that would take place using funding from the COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund. Projects in Botswana In Botswana, there were many projects that research COVID-19. These include: Abstracts…