African Academia & Research Leaders
Discover the most influential academia & research figures across Africa
Dr. Laila El-Maghraby
BUE Ex-VC; Ex-VC
Dr. Mamokgethi Phakeng
Ex-VC
Dr. Margaret Gyapong
Director; GA; GHRC Director
Dr. Mariana Vilar
Researcher & Author
Dr. Mohamed Lamine Yansané
Professor & Historian
Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse
Climate Physicist & IPCC Lead Author; GA; IPCC Lead Author
Dr. Olatunji Ojo
Ex-VC
Dr. Oyebanji Akins
AI Advocate; Nigerian AI Ethics Advocate
Dr. Pierre Kipré
Historian
Dr. Rosa Lino
UMN VC; VC
Dr. Rosa Mendes
Director; Nursing School Director
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim†
Activist; Founder
Dr. Sofia Almeida
INIAB Research Director; Research Director
Dr. Sofia Mendes
Professor
Dr. Sofia Sousa
Professor; Researcher & Author
Dr. Stephen Adei
AR; Ex-Director
Dr. Teresa Lopes
Researcher & Author
Komla Tsey
Public Health Researcher
Maria da Piedade de Jesus
Leading Angolan Archaeologist
Mariana Vilar
Director
Prof. Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed
Anthropologist
Prof. Abdelaziz Djerad
Ex-Prime Minister
Prof. Abdellah Laroui
Historian & Philosopher
Prof. Abdellahi Ould Mohamed Saleck
Rector University of Nouakchott