Top academic urges government to prioritise local HE

Professor Gordon Awandare, founding director of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) and pro vice-chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Ghana, has admonished the government to end the wasteful funding of foreign scholarships. Instead, he has charged authorities to reinvest the funds in Ghana’s local universities, reports Myjoyonline.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2025 WACCBIP Research Conference, held under the theme “Evolving African Science from Capacity Building to Discovery and Impact”, Professor Awandare minced no words as he challenged African governments, especially Ghana’s, to rethink their science investment priorities in the face of a shifting global funding climate.

“Changes in government in the US have disrupted global research funding. Grants are being withdrawn, proposals discarded, and researchers left stranded. This is a wake-up call.”
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