The VFP fellowships offer opportunities for PhD and postdoctoral students from low income and low-middle income African countries.
The programme will now receive additional training and capacity building support at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Kenya with support from the Trilateral Chair at University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa.The call for participants in the 2022 cohort went out in September 2021 and by December 2021, a total of 107 applications were received of which 36 applicants were from LICs, and 38 applications were from female applicants. Most applicants came from Nigeria (31), Ethiopia (24) and Cameroon (12). Twenty-five applications were shortlisted, out of which six PhD visiting fellows were selected – three male and three female: three were from Ethiopia, one from Cameroon, one from Kenya and one from Uganda.
AfricaLics Post-Docs - From left: Dr. Abdi Yuya, Dr. Charity Osei-Amponsah and Dr. Kassahun Yimer .
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