One among Africa’s high biomedical scientist, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan of Liberia, has acquired the celebrated African Genius Award this yr 2025 for his ingenuity and innovation in science drugs, and know-how. He’s amongst 16 good Africans to obtain the award this yr, out of over one-hundred nominated entries.
“We wish to have fun African achievers. So a lot of them are gifted and it’s unbelievable. We wish you to assist us in celebrating distinctive Africans,” Dr. Mmusi Maimane, the AGA 2025 host knowledgeable the viewers.
Dr. Nyan is amongst a number of different awardees are from Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria, amongst others. They work in varied fields of science, drugs, the humanities and different disciplines.
“It’s an honour to be awarded Africa Genius Award 2025 and to be counted amongst a number of modern Africans. I acquired this Award as a logo of our African ancestral pleasure, resilience, willpower, and braveness,” mentioned Dr. Nyan.
Nyan is the globally famend inventor of the Speedy Multiplex Isothermal Diagnostic Take a look at for Infectious Ailments (the NYAN-TEST). The check is straightforward to make use of, cheaper, detects a number of illnesses in lower than an hour, and has been granted three United States Patents.
Nyan lately led a staff of scientists that found Mpox Clade IIa in Liberia, about 55 years for the reason that first Monkeypox virus was detected in Liberia round 1970.
The AGA is a particular continental venture undertaken that goals to recognise distinctive Africans which have made an excellent contribution in the direction of the realisation of African self-determination, dignity and exceptionalism.
“We’re honoured to recognise your [Dr. Nyan’s] work, and we have fun the brilliance, innovation, and management you signify,” the AGA preliminary nomination letter to Dr. Nyan talked about.
Dr. Nyan presently heads Liberia’s Nationwide Public Well being Institute (NPHIL), which has improved to heights of being designated as a Regional Heart of Excellence by the Africa Facilities for Ailments Management and Prevention (Africa-CDC).
The AGA venture is predicated in South Africa. Its companions embrace the College of Johannesburg, Plus-94 Analysis, Charlotte Mannya Maxeke Institute, The African Dream, and Brandhill Africa, amongst others.
This newest accolade provides to many different awards Dr. Nyan has acquired together with, the African Innovation Award 2017, the Ward Lifetime Achievement Award in Science and Drugs, and the Humane Order of African Redemption, amongst others.
