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Invest more in science or risk losing top researchers – UG Pro-VC
Profess Gordon Akanzuwine Awandare is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at UG The Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Gordon Akanzuwine Awandare, has called for stronger and sustained investment in science and research to help address brain drain and improve Africa’s capacity for scientific innovation.
Professor Awandare explained that basic research requires expensive equipment and infrastructure, making it difficult for institutions in Africa to compete globally.
Professor Awandare further said the academic medical centre model at UGMC provides an opportunity to bring education, research, innovation and clinical care together.
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