WASCAL APPOINTS PROFESSOR KEHINDE OGUNJOBI AS NEW DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

WASCAL has appointed Professor Kehinde Olufunso  Ogunjobi as the new Director of Research at the WASCAL Competence Centre based in Ouagadougou, effective 3rd February 2020. As the Research Director, Professor Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi will make the necessary linkages between the different poles of the WASCAL Research Programme and with external research partners, particularly the national, regional Continue Reading

‘TOMORROW’S OIL’: GERMANY SEEKS HYDROGEN EXPORT DEAL WITH WEST AFRICAN STATES

Germany plans to set up a production and import chain for renewable hydrogen in a joint project with Western African countries, news agency Reuters reports. “Green hydrogen is tomorrow’s oil and offers huge opportunities,” research minister Anja Karliczek said after a meeting with her colleague from Niger, Yahouza Sadissou. Germany wants to use green gas to Continue Reading

MRS. ANJA KARLICZEK: HYDROGEN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA PLANNED

© BMBF / Hans-Joachim Rickel: The Federal Research Minister, Anja Karliczek and her Nigerien counterpart, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Yahouza Sadissou (Chairman of the WASCAL Ministerial Council), agreed in Berlin to establish a hydrogen partnership and strategic measures to expand in West Africa. The Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek explains: The Continue Reading

BMBF FUNDED PROJECT ON 400 KW HYBRID WASTE-TO –ENERGY POWER PLANT KICKS OFF IN GHANA

The kick-off and groundbreaking ceremonies for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded €5.8 million 400 kW Hybrid Waste to Energy (WTE) power plant construction to be situated in Atwima Nwabiagya in the Ashanti Region have taken place. Additionally, the project is expected to help close the carbon cycle by developing the value Continue Reading

PROFESSOR DAOUDA KONE IS NEW DIRECTOR OF CAPACITY BUILDING AT WASCAL

WASCAL has appointed Professor Daouda Kone as the new Director of the Capacity Building Department, effective 6th January 2020. As the head of the Capacity Building Department, he will provide scientific and academic leadership and management of the different Capacity Building Programmes and, in collaboration with the Director of Research, develop work plans for the Continue Reading

THE BEST FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA CONFERS DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA ON MR. GABIN ANANOU

The Federal University of Technology, Akure in the Federal Republic of Nigeria , has awarded Mr.  Gabin Kouévi Ananou, a Doctor Degree honoris causa in Sciences (Climate Change and Meteorology) for his meritorious achievements in the fight against Climate Change in Africa.  The colourful event, held during the 31st    convocation ceremony of the university, Continue Reading

WASCAL PARTICPATES IN DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN WEST AFRICA AT COP25

The Executive Director of WASCAL, Dr. Moumini Savadogo has outlined the intensified measure WASCAL continues to put in place as part of its efforts to access the challenges climate change is posing for agriculture and in the process finding solution for adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Savadogo also said WASCAL was strengthening scientific capacities in Continue Reading

WASCAL STAFF BUILD CAPACITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE EVENTS MANAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL SERVICES

Staff and management of WASCAL at the headquarters in Accra have built their capacity in the areas of international events management and protocol services to equip them deliver at the highest level during international events. The two-day training was facilitated by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through its representative Mr. Gabin Continue Reading

WASCAL OFFERS FULL CLIMATE CHANGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 132 WEST AFRICAN PhD STUDENTS

WASCAL has admitted 132 Doctoral students to its 4th Batch academic year. The students, from 11 West African countries, benefit full scholarship from WASCAL’s Graduate Studies Programmes (GSPs). The students will be studying in 12 of the West African leading Universities in various Climate Change Thematic Areas, under the sponsorship of the Federal Ministry of Continue Reading