Two scholars from the University of Lagos have attracted a total of €1,200,000, pounds for research.
The scholars are Dr Sunday Adebisi, Director, African Research Universities Alliance ARUA Centre of Excellence in Unemployment and Skills Development, and Prof. Timothy Nubi, Director, Centre for Urbanisation and Habitable Cities. They are also to provide a strategic platform for developing research capacities in African institutions to address Sustainable Development Goals , using a hub and spoke models that will increase collaboration among African teams from diverse disciplines.
According to him, this will build significant research capacity across African universities as well as promote youth employment and skills development in African countries starting with universities in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa.