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"We initially did it as a USSD only platform, not an online platform because users are rural people, they are minimizing the use of data. The Web platform has only recently gone live."

"I’ll Always Be An Entrepreneur"

"“True progress comes when we invest in people, equip them with opportunities, and ensure they have the tools to thrive.”"

"“Purpose drives me having a purpose to see the Africa we dream of being realised.”"

"“When I saw how mobile technology was being made in Shenzhen, I realised there was a way to bridge that innovation back home.”"

"When my teacher explained astronauts to us, it was fascinating to learn that there are people who can leave this dimension and go to the moon. When I learned that no one in Africa had ever traveled into space, that is when I fell in love with science. I wanted to create history and be the first to travel to space and was so hurt when Mark Shuttleworth beat me to it,"

"This was a life-changing experience for me as it is every scientist’s dream to go to CERN. The competition for spaces is too high and everyone from Professors to Doctors want to go there. To be there makes one hungry for knowledge and success and it remains one of my greatest achievements. I learned a lot there."

"I knew that it was not the end of the world and I had to pick myself up, accept my failure, and learn from it. My family also supported me and this helped me pull through."

"It was her first day at a new school. She left in the morning and never came back. What kept me going was my faith in God. He has greater plans for my life and I know that he can never give me what I cannot handle."

"The 25 years of freedom have not removed barriers to young women advancing in the science technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. No one believes in you and you constantly need to prove yourself first that you can do the job and belong here. It’s worse when you are black. What works for me is that I have a never-say-die spirit and want to break barriers."

"Young people need to be taught from a young age that there is no easy way in life and the road to success is never easy. There will always be obstacles but with determination and hard work, these can be overcome."

"The world needs fearless women like myself who can avail themselves and serve as mentors for young women because having a mentor early on can help them build confidence."

"My late father, Dr M J Masango, is one of them. Nine years after his passing I still live by his teachings. He grew up in the apartheid era in a poor family without a father, but that didn’t stop him from achieving his dreams."

"The biggest challenge in my career is my skin colour. If you look like me, no-one believes in you; you must prove that you know your job and that you can think! There are still very few black women scientists. This means women like me have to work twice as hard to prove their worth."

"Girls are discouraged at an early age from taking science subjects; it is the root cause of the lack of women in the nuclear space."

"Ms Masango's was a beacon of hope for many young people, especially women. Her passion for developing critical skills among the population and women in science in particular, will be sorely missed,"

"As the country's first black nuclear scientist, Masango's remarkable achievements paved the way for future generations of scientists and inspired countless young minds. Masango's tireless efforts to promote science education and empowerment, particularly among women and disadvantaged communities, will be deeply missed."

"Senamile Masango was more than a nuclear scientist; she was a beacon of hope and inspiration to countless young women aspiring to pursue careers in science and technology. Her passing is a profound loss not only to her family, friends, and colleagues but to the entire country. Her contributions to the National System of Innovation (NSI) will forever remain part of South Africa’s scientific and developmental legacy,"

"We want power to be available all the time to everyone.” **"

"My commitment is to build on the solid foundation laid by my predecessors, ensuring that GhIE continues to be a leader in promoting engineering standards, advancing technology and innovation, and influencing national development priorities."

"The Women in Energy Conferences brought together everyone from the technical fields and we learned a lot from each other. However, we need our leadership to attend the conferences in order to make what we learn a reality."

"The biggest challenge facing women in the power sector is work-life balance. In the Ghanaian culture, some domestic jobs are assumed to be the role of women. It is difficult to juggle both domestic duties at home and our careers, while continuing to grow professionally."

"The environment that executives operate in is so dynamic that sometimes they are overwhelmed by the changes"

"We must stop seeing youth as a problem to be solved in conflict settings and start recognizing them as partners to be empowered. Investing in their agency is the most cost-effective conflict prevention strategy there is."

"What is the efficacy of a certain treatment."

"A lot of people want to create real impact with their life. They think about it, they talk about."

"Once you excel in your role, the natural progression is a promotion into a more senior role."

"Navigating organizational culture of vested interests to create an environment where impactful decisions are made can be a tough job."

"Sustainable peace is a mirage without the active participation and leadership of women. They are not just victims of conflict; they are the first responders and the most committed architects of lasting peace in their communities."

"Rose Ogega brings a profound understanding of the intersection between gender, youth, and conflict. Her strategic leadership has been pivotal in designing programs that empower local communities to become agents of their own stability and reconciliation."

"A seasoned peacebuilding practitioner, Ms. Ogega's work is characterized by its innovative approach to integrating traditional conflict resolution mechanisms with modern frameworks for gender-inclusive peace."

"Her invaluable and robust contributions in the committees and at board meetings during her tenure, and to wish her the best in her future endeavors."

"In 15+ years, we’ve expanded our focus and grown the business, helping countless organizations successfully grow and achieve long-term financial sustainability."

"I still believe there is a ton of value in getting a college degree. A college environment is so different from a real world work environment and most of us need that interim stage."

"We are three Bishops in Liberia who, despite poverty and difficulties, work closely and in harmony. We Bishops are now an example of unity, reconciliation and peace, in a Country still wounded by the long civil war."

"I am a software engineer and tech content creator currently living in Nigeria. I got exposed to computers at a very early age and since then, I have been a tech enthusiast."

"This led me to study Computer Science and now, I am building a career in Software Engineering. I also have a YouTube channel, where I talk about software engineering, productivity and career growth."

"When the job application became public, I applied, went for all the interviews and got an offer. Five months before that, I had tried interviewing with Google Dublin and I got rejected (this was my first job interview)."

"More female role models and communities are a good place to start. I know some women driving these things. One way to ensure that they reach more women with their programmes is by giving them financial support."

"Since my freshman year of high school, I have been intrigued by RNA. I conducted my Ph.D. research in Jennifer Doudna’s lab where I was the first student to work on CRISPR. Based on work that was done in her lab, we co-founded Caribou Biosciences with two other scientists. I wanted to transition from academia to industry to have a more direct impact through science on my community. Today at Caribou, our goal is to help realize the promise of CRISPR genome-editing technology and to develop new, potentially transformative cell therapies to help patients with devastating diseases. A role in industry provides me the opportunity to contribute to the development of new therapies for patients that could have a meaningful impact on their lives."

"I thought that being a company co-founder would be an amazing opportunity (and I was right!). Founding Caribou was risky. We did not know if we’d be able to raise money, hire a team, and ultimately build a successful organization. However, it was an exciting challenge I feel really lucky to have jumped into. As a company co-founder, and especially as the founding president and CEO, I’ve had the opportunity to work with many talented colleagues and lead Caribou to achieve some important milestones, including dosing the first patient in our phase 1 clinical trial for our first allogeneic cell therapy, CB-010, and completing a successful $350 million IPO."

"I am passionate about chemistry and really keen to ensure that opportunities are available to young people from all different backgrounds to become chemists. We need diversity of opinions, different perspectives and the best talent to take the discipline forward into the future."

"My mentors have been incredibly important to me. I trusted them to give me the best advice, whether I had asked for it or not, and they also gave me confidence to take up opportunities I might otherwise have declined. It’s really important that we take the time to do the same for the next generation of chemists."

"I saw the huge digital divide that plagues Nigeria–and later, other African countries–and decided to connect as many young Africans as possible with digital opportunities, which should be a right"

"People who live in rural areas, young people, persons with disabilities and women are mostly affected, and one of the reasons that many people are stuck is the lack of opportunity which ironically is more available online."

"There were many attempts in the past that focused on giving free devices to people, including a popular $100 laptop project that ended up in the hands of families that sold some of the devices for the next meal. Many of the solutions that did not work were short-term and not focused on building the capacity of beneficiaries of the devices."

"I want to make sure that no young person faces the embarrassment I was met with in 1991, while in my third year in secondary school, and that no young African gets locked out of digital opportunities because of their location of birth, gender or lack of opportunity."

"The authors of retracted articles gain the most out of the continuous readership and citations of their articles. We should all remember that an author’s h-index score does not distinguish between positive and negative citations. Therefore, even if a retracted article is negatively cited, the citations counts are still calculated towards a higher h-index. In addition, the references appearing on retracted articles also gain since they are too counted towards total citations."

"Unlike other publishers, Elsevier makes all the retracted articles on ScienceDirect free in full text open access format. That means that anyone can download and read them. Since the vast majority of Elsevier articles are not open access, it is a bit strange that they choose to have retracted articles completely open access."

"In 2017 we recommended already that they change this practice and place retracted articles behind a paywall. We have to remember that there are institutions and countries who cannot afford to buy Elsevier content. These institutions rely on open access resources for their academic and scientific work. Therefore, Elsevier has to ensure that retracted articles are not easily accessible. These articles often represent erroneous research in forms of falsified data and findings. Elsevier should make them harder rather than easier to access."