THE 1st RWANDA STI CONFERENCE AWARDEES

The National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) and its stakeholders, namely the University of Rwanda (UR), Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU Africa), African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Mastercard Foundation, Private Sector Federation (PSF) have organized the 1st Rwanda Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Conference 2022.

The conference took place at the Kigali Convention Center (KCC) from March 31st to April 1st 2022 under the theme “Leveraging the Potential of Science and Technology to Mitigate Challenges Associated with COVID-19 pandemic in Developing Countries”.

This conference provided a platform for science, technology, and innovation’s players from all over the world to deliberate on technologically innovative efforts underway as humanitarian responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the conference expected outcomes was to award best researchers in the category of:

  1. Distinguished Research Achievement Award;
  2. Best Female Scientist Award;
  3. Distinguished Science and Technology Award; and
  4. Rising Star Award.

Potential candidates for the Awards were those whose abstracts have been accepted for oral presentation at the conference. The selection committee composed of four (4) qualified staff representing partner institutions used an objective tool developed taking considerations of the quality and relevance of abstract, candidate C.V and presentation and communication skills at the conference. Each member of the selection committee individually evaluated each candidate and then the final score was obtained by compiling the average marks.

The following are the researchers who received the awards.

  1. Distinguished Research Achievement Award:

          Dr. Christophe Mpirimbanye, Kibagabaga Hospital

      2. Best Female Scientist Award:

           Dr. Lydie Mpinganzima, University of Rwanda

      3. Distinguished Science and Technology Award:

           Dr. Aurore Nishimwe , University of Rwanda

      4. Rising Star Award:

           Dr. Parfait Yongabo, University of Rwanda

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