My vision for the future of research at UP and how I will contribute to this development
The development of scientific research in Africa is quite slow because of many factors. In particular, scientific researches in Africa suffer from isolation at many levels (geographical isolation of top international research centres, geographical isolation of institutions within the continent, academic isolation of individuals in their research field, just to cite a few examples). In recent years it seems that UP has made a lot of efforts in unlocking such problem and one has to appreciate these efforts. However, more need to be done as many researchers still feel abandoned or isolated. Individuals need also to substantially contribute to the development of scientific research at the university and in the African continent: application of research funding, training of young researchers, elaborating local and international collaborative projects, establishing international contacts in view of widening the university research networks.