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Abdigani Diriye - (born 1986) is a Somali computer scientist and research scientist at IBM Research – Africa, working in the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), data mining and financial technology (FinTech). Diriye was named a TEDGlobal 2017 fellow, an MIT Technology Review 'Innovator Under 35', and a 'Next Einstein Forum' fellow.
Contributions; Talk; Category: Lists of African scientists. Add languages. ... Pages in category "Lists of African scientists" The following 6 pages are in this ...
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
Contributions; Talk; Category: African scientists. 18 languages. ... African scientists by nationality (43 C)-African mathematicians (23 C, 6 P) African physicists ...
Timnit Gebru (born 1983), Ethiopian-American computer scientist and former co-lead of the Google Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team. Mitiku Haile (born 1951), professor of soil science and founding president at Mekelle University. Sossina M. Haile (born 1966), professor of materials science and chemical engineering at the California Institute ...
South Africa: First black African to win a Nobel Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. United States: Youngest African American to win a Nobel Prize, at age 35 1984 Desmond Tutu South Africa: 1993 Nelson Mandela South Africa: 2001 Kofi Annan Ghana: 2004 Wangari Maathai Kenya: First environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 Barack Obama
Two African laureates, Anwar Sadat of Egypt in 1978 and F.W. de Klerk of South Africa in 1993, were presidents of their countries at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize. Sadat was honored along with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin for their efforts to reach a peace agreement between their two countries.
German political scientist, sociologist. Prof.em.Dr., Nordic Africa Institute Uppsala, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2006–2012) 1950-08-22 Carl Meinhof: Linguist 1857-07-23 1944-02-11 Rowland Percy Moss: Economist 1928-05-08 Godfrey Mwakikagile: Author, academic, historian, and theorist 1949-10-04 Gustav Nachtigal