Equatorial Guinea asks UNESCO prize winners to aid national universities
Laureates of every edition of the UNESCO-Guinea Ecuatorial life sciences research prize are asked to share their research practice with two universities.
Equatorial Guinea's government has asked all past winners of the UNESCO-Guinea Ecuatorial International Prize for Research in Life Sciences to support the country's universities. Minister of State for Education, Science, Youth and Sports Clemente Engonga Nguema Onguene read a message from the head of state at the ceremony in Paris, France, for the prize's tenth edition.
The laureates, from the first edition to the tenth, are asked to share their experience in advanced research practice, innovation and local scientific development with the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE) and the African American University of Central Africa (AAUCA). The minister said the request is meant to strengthen university research and reduce technological inequalities between nations.
Engonga Nguema Onguene said advances in technology are creating new opportunities and challenges, and that knowledge, infrastructure and investment in young people must be shared so that the benefits are not monopolised by certain nations.
Why it mattersUniversities in Equatorial Guinea would gain access to the experience of prize-winning researchers from every edition so far.