Together we are creating new knowledge

Published

July 4, 2019

Five African Danida supported researchers reflect on their collaboration with Danish researchers and how the experience has effected their lifes, career paths and communities.

Watch Principal Research Scientist, Dr Richard Yao Kofie and PhD student, Cecilia Smith from Ghana; Supreme Court Justice, Dr Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza from Uganda, Senior Research Fellow, Dr Evelyne Lazaro from Tanzania and PhD student, Gildas Hounmanou from Benin.

The video portraits put a face to some of the 300 African researchers, who took part in the study “Opportunities, Challenges – and Bad Weather” about the effect of the Danida Funded reserach collaboration and capacity development 1989 – 2019

Five portraits in one

The long version (14 min)

The individual portraits (a 2-4 min)

Supreme Court Justice, Dr Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, Uganda

PhD student, Gildas Hounmanou, Benin

Principal Research Scientist, Dr Richard Yao Kofie, Ghana

Senior Research Fellow, Dr Evelyne Lazaro, Tanzania

PhD student, Cecilia Smith, Ghana

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