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It is widely known that researchers from developing countries feature scantily in top tier journals. This has less to do with their ability and more to do with the lack of opportunities and the gross inadequate funding they have to battle with everyday. This severe lack is harshly felt in Africa, a place where I spent most of my childhood days growing up. Although I am now a Reader in Statistics at the University of Manchester, my love for Africa has never for one day dwindled. I have consistently spent many years working with researchers in Africa, mostly African statisticians and mathematicians.
Over the years, I have watched with utter dismay at the grave level of intellectual exploitation researchers in Africa are forced to face which mostly, are perpetrated by their western counterparts. Yes, millions of scientific papers (in the last 100 years or so) have been written in the name of Africa but regrettably, most of these papers have no African authors. This Neo-colonial research has also taken root in the field of Statistics and Mathematics and my heart bleeds.
Indeed, I have gone beyond just feeling pained to actively participating in changing the narrative in my own little way. I established the charity organization called EducateAfrica (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5vRp6tOCsCjJln8sKxNgGQ) in 2017 mainly to work with researchers in Africa and encourage them to work on problems important to the continent. These top-tier journal publications https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ac7bda
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11839-9
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41748-021-00283-w
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377042721005598
https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-021-05736-z
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10666-021-09781-7
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91781-4
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ecno.12137 that are targeted at proffering country-specific solutions in Africa, are prove that my time, effort and the resources I have voluntarily, constantly invested in these young, intelligent and energetic African statisticians and mathematicians is yielding bountifully. The African scholars are the lead authors! This, sure makes me extremely hopeful.
Nevertheless, there is so much more that needs to be done hence I am seeking for your support. I strongly believe that when many of us rise to make a difference, the change we seek will surely happen. The vast majority of African scholars I have been privileged to interact with have highlighted the need to be mentored by top scientists and to have access to basic facilities such as computers and laptops in their departments.
It is in the pursuit for justice and equality and my burning desire to foster a transformative growth process that I am charting this course. So, I am earnestly appealing for funds for the following support: 1. Computers and laptops for the statistics departments in Africa. 2. Costs for researchers in Africa to visit me at the University of Manchester for up to 6 months.
I am Dr. Saralees Nadarajah, a Reader in Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK.
Over the years, I have watched with utter dismay at the grave level of intellectual exploitation researchers in Africa are forced to face which mostly, are perpetrated by their western counterparts. Yes, millions of scientific papers (in the last 100 years or so) have been written in the name of Africa but regrettably, most of these papers have no African authors. This Neo-colonial research has also taken root in the field of Statistics and Mathematics and my heart bleeds.
Indeed, I have gone beyond just feeling pained to actively participating in changing the narrative in my own little way. I established the charity organization called EducateAfrica (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5vRp6tOCsCjJln8sKxNgGQ) in 2017 mainly to work with researchers in Africa and encourage them to work on problems important to the continent. These top-tier journal publications https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ac7bda
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11839-9
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41748-021-00283-w
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377042721005598
https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-021-05736-z
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10666-021-09781-7
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91781-4
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ecno.12137 that are targeted at proffering country-specific solutions in Africa, are prove that my time, effort and the resources I have voluntarily, constantly invested in these young, intelligent and energetic African statisticians and mathematicians is yielding bountifully. The African scholars are the lead authors! This, sure makes me extremely hopeful.
Nevertheless, there is so much more that needs to be done hence I am seeking for your support. I strongly believe that when many of us rise to make a difference, the change we seek will surely happen. The vast majority of African scholars I have been privileged to interact with have highlighted the need to be mentored by top scientists and to have access to basic facilities such as computers and laptops in their departments.
It is in the pursuit for justice and equality and my burning desire to foster a transformative growth process that I am charting this course. So, I am earnestly appealing for funds for the following support: 1. Computers and laptops for the statistics departments in Africa. 2. Costs for researchers in Africa to visit me at the University of Manchester for up to 6 months.
I am Dr. Saralees Nadarajah, a Reader in Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, UK.
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