African Plant Nutrition Scholar Award
African Plant Nutrition Scholar Award
Excel Africa
Start Date: 2020
Short Description
The African Plant Nutrition Scholar Award was implemented in 2020 to develop and encourage success within African graduate student programs specializing in the sciences of plant nutrition and management of crop nutrients.
Applicants are eligible if they are:
- Currently enrolled and attending a degree-granting institution located in Africa.
- Candidates for M.Sc., M.Phil., or Ph.D. degrees enrolled in a program of graduate study as of the application deadline. M.Sc. and M.Phil students must be in the second year of study.
- Applicants who have already completed their degrees are ineligible.
- Past winners of the Award are not eligible.
Past Recipients
| Year | Name | Home country | Degree | Institution |
| 2026 | Ahmad Mahmud | Morocco | Doctorate | University Mohamed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguérir, Morocco and Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, France |
| Asmae Benha | Morocco | Masters | Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Morocco. | |
| Assiba Florence Aurore SOSSA | Benin | Masters | National University of Agriculture (UNA), Kétou, Benin. | |
| Desta Mulu Gebeyehu | Ethiopia | Doctorate | Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. | |
| Galfato Gabiso | Ethiopia | Doctorate | Haramaya University, Ethiopia | |
| Lawrence Adawu Abbey | Ghana | Masters | University of Cape Coast, Ghana | |
| Linda CHERONO | Kenya | Masters | University of Eldoret, Kenya. | |
| Martin M. Moshi | Tanzania | Masters | Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania. | |
| Jeancy NTUKA LUTA | DRC | Doctorate | University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |
| Yasin Mohammed Hasen | Ethiopia | Doctorate | University of the Free State, South Africa | |
| 2025 | Mr. Gemechu Berhanu | Ethiopia | Doctorate | Haramaya University |
| Gebremedhin Rah | Ethiopia | Doctorate | Hawassa University | |
| Nancy Korkor Tettah | Ghana | Masters | University of Ghana | |
| Conrad Addikah | South Africa | Doctorate | University of Pretoria | |
| Mbarek El-Guirah | Morocco | Doctorate | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University | |
| Awouminassi Marcellin ATAKOUN | Benin | Doctorate | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | |
| Donald Kayuza | Uganda | Masters | Makerere university | |
| Emmanuel Baidoo | Ghana | Doctorate | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | |
| Logbochi Marie Elisabeth Assoh | Cote d’Ivoire | Doctorate | Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Côte d’Ivoire | |
| Arusey Chebet | Kenya | Doctorate | UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET | |
| 2024 | Mr. Tessema Tesfaye ATUMO | ETHIOPIA | Doctorate | Hawassa University |
| Mr. Reda MOKERE | MOROCCO | Doctorate | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) | |
| Mr. Kelvin KIPROTICH | SOUTH AFRICA | Doctorate | Stellenbosch University | |
| Mr. Adedotun Daniel ADEWUMI | NIGERIA | Doctorate | University of Ibadan | |
| Ms. Zufan Desta MEHARI | ETHIOPIA | Doctorate | Mekelle University | |
| Mr. William MAKAZA | ZIMBABWE | Doctorate | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) | |
| Ms. Karen Jepchumba AYABEI | KENYA | Doctorate | University of Nairobi | |
| Mr. Mengistu Liramo AJA | ETHIOPIA | Doctorate | Hawassa University | |
| Ms. Agnes Naa Abeley ABBEY | GHANA | Doctorate | University of Cape Coast | |
| Ms. Grace Christopher MPINDA | Tanzania | M.Sc. | Sokoine University of Agriculture | |
| 2023 | Mr. Sisay Negash ABOYE | ETHIOPIA | M.Sc. | Hawassa University, Wendo Genet College of Foresty and Natural Resource or Oromia Agricultural Research Institute |
| Mr. Erion BWAMBALE | GHANA | Doctorate | West African Centre for Water, Irrigation, and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA), University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana | |
| Mr. Escain KIWONDE | TANZANIA | Doctorate | University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | |
| Ms. Yousra EL-MEJJAOUY | MOROCCO | Doctorate | University Mohamed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguérir, Morocco and Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, France | |
| Mr. Mouhamadou LARE | TOGO | Doctorate | Laboratoire Interface Sciences du Sol, Climat et Production Végétale de l’Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie de l’Université de Lomé (LISSCPV/ESA/UL), Togo | |
| Mr. Kehinde Afeez OJENIYI | NIGERIA | M.Sc. | University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguérir, Morocco | |
| Ms. Rosebell Achieng OWUOR | KENYA | Doctorate | Maseno University, Kenya | |
| Mr. Maurice Njiandoh MBEBOH | CAMEROON | Doctorate | University of Buea, Cameroon | |
| Mr. Moges TADESSE | ETHIOPIA | Doctorate | Hawassa University, Ethiopia | |
| Ms. Eleni Nigussie WELDEMARIAM | ETHIOPIA | M.Sc. | University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia | |
| 2022 | Ms. Sylvia Imbuhila BULETI | KENYA | Doctorate | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya |
| Mr. Bira Cheneke FEYISSA | ETHIOPIA | M.Sc. | College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia | |
| Mr. Emmanuel HANYABUI | GHANA | Doctorate | Department of Soil Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana | |
| Mr. Damiano Raphael KWASLEMA | TANZANIA | M.Sc. | Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania | |
| Ms. Kah Kyria Ngiah-Sah | CAMEROON | Doctorate | University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana | |
| Mr. Daniel Anyigulile MWAIKAMBO | TANZANIA | M.Sc. | University of Dar es Salam, Tanzania. | |
| Ms. Rumbidzai W. NYAWASHA | ZIMBABWE | Doctorate | Department of Plant Production Sciences and Technologies, University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe | |
| Ms. Mbarka OUTBAKAT | MOROCCO | Doctorate | Agricultural Innovation and Technology Transfer Center (AITTC), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Benguérir, Morocco | |
| Ms. Chantal Atut TIKU | CAMEROON | Doctorate | School of Engineering and Department of Agricultural Engineering, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana | |
| Mr. Yahaya Mohammad YUSUF | NIGERIA | M.Sc. | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Benguérir, Morocco | |
| 2021 | Ms. Rabiath Féichokpè Raïssa ADIGOUN | SÉNÉGAL | M.Sc. | Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) |
| Mr. Bright AGBOMADZI | GHANA | Doctorate | University of Ghana, Legon Campus, Accra, Ghana. | |
| Mr. Mohamed Emam Sayed AMIN | EGYPT | Doctorate | Agricultural Science at the Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University in Cairo, Egypt. | |
| Ms. Rania Brital | MOROCCO | Doctorate | The National Institute of Agricultural Researchin Morocco. | |
| Ms. Grace Nnabunnya Kawesa | UGANDA | Doctorate | Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya | |
| Mr. Kouakou Kan Anselme KOUAME | IVORY COAST | M.Sc. | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguérir, Morocco | |
| Ms. Lydia MHORO | TANZANIA | Doctorate | The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha City, Tanzania | |
| Mr. Alex Mukiibi | SOUTH AFRICA | Doctorate | University of Pretoria, South Africa | |
| Mr. Adama SAGNON | BURKINA FASO | Doctorate | The Doctoral School of Sciences and Technologies of Joseph KI-ZERBO University in Burkina Faso. | |
| Ms. Imen Zouari | TUNISIA | Doctorate | Higher Institute of Agronomy, Chott-Mariem (University of Sousse) – Tunis, Tunisia | |
| 2020 | Mr. Sulaimon BASIRU | NIGERIA | M.Sc. | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco |
| Mr. Faki Oyédékpo CHABI | BENIN | Doctorate | Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin | |
| Mr. Richard Kwame Dogbey | GHANA | M.Sc. | University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana | |
| Ms. Layo Yasmine Lynda GODONOU | BENIN | M.Sc. | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | |
| Mr. Séwatchè Roméo KPODJI | SENEGAL | M.Sc. | Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal | |
| Ms. Salma MOUHIB | MOROCCO | M.Sc. | University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes, Morocco | |
| Mr. Atchala N’GBENDEMA | TOGO | Doctorate | Ecole supérieure d’agronomie/ université de Lomé, Togo | |
| Ms. Rita Bonwi NJABEH | CAMEROON | Mphil | University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana | |
| Ms. Winnie Ntinyari | KENYA | Doctorate | Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| Mr. Monday USMAN | NIGERIA | M.Sc. | University of Agriculture, Makurdi-Nigeria |