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African Brain Research Gains Momentum as Scientists Build Homegrown Models for Global Discovery
African Brain Research Gains Momentum as Scientists Build Homegrown Models for Global Discovery
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Across Africa, neuroscience research is expanding as laboratories & research centres invest in studying the brain and neurological diseases. By developing new... 20.03.2026, Sputnik Africa
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African Brain Research Gains Momentum as Scientists Build Homegrown Models for Global Discovery
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Across Africa, neuroscience research is expanding as laboratories & research centres invest in studying the brain and neurological diseases. By developing new biological models and research platforms, the continent contributes to global efforts to better understand conditions such as Alzheimer’s while strengthening its role in biomedical discovery.
In a conversation with Global South Pole, Dr. Mahmoud Bukar Maina, a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre at Yobe State University in Nigeria and Science Adviser to the Yobe State Government, discussed the growing importance of studying neurological diseases through African research models and strengthening scientific infrastructure across the continent.Dr. Maina explained that understanding diseases of the brain often begins at the level of individual cells, where disruptions in specific brain regions can lead to conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s. Studying these mechanisms through research models that include African populations, he suggested, can deepen global knowledge about how such diseases develop and how they might eventually be treated.To listen to the whole conversation, tune in to the Global South Pole podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on Telegram.► You can also listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, Castbox, Pocket Casts, Afripods, Podcast Addict, Overcast, and Mave Stream.► Check out all the episodes of Global South Pole.
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African Brain Research Gains Momentum as Scientists Build Homegrown Models for Global Discovery
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Across Africa, neuroscience research is expanding as laboratories & research centres invest in studying the brain and neurological diseases. By developing new biological models and research platforms, the continent contributes to global efforts to better understand conditions such as Alzheimer’s while strengthening its role in biomedical discovery.
In a conversation with Global South Pole, Dr. Mahmoud Bukar Maina, a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre at Yobe State University in Nigeria and Science Adviser to the Yobe State Government, discussed the growing importance of studying neurological diseases through African research models and strengthening scientific infrastructure across the continent.
Dr. Maina explained that understanding diseases of the brain often begins at the level of individual cells, where disruptions in specific brain regions can lead to conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s. Studying these mechanisms through research models that include African populations, he suggested, can deepen global knowledge about how such diseases develop and how they might eventually be treated.
"This is where we need Africans and African governments to support indigenous scientists to lead work, support them to have collaborations that is equitable where they also are leaders in the collaboration […] so that we will begin to answer these questions in a context that also meets our own you know realities," Dr. Maina stressed.
To listen to the whole conversation, tune in to the Global South Pole podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.
In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on
Telegram.► Check out all the episodes of Global South Pole. 
