Former Nigeria education minister, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been awarded a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin from September 2019 to February 2020.
Others fellowship recipients include an international mediator from South Africa, Brian Currin, former Irish ambassador, David Donoghue, a former Mayor of the city of Wroclaw, Rafał Dutkiewicz, a professor of science and engineering at the Harvard Kennedy School, Sheila Jasanoff, Furosemide Manji, and Natalie Nougayrède.
Since its foundation in 2014, more than 65 decision-makers and experts from around the world have spent a residency at the Academy.
While announcing Ezekwesili’s award of the fellowship, the Academy said, “She will design a pathway for Nigeria out of its stagnant politics” after the programme. Read more