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Despite some setbacks, the Wind Power Mr. Pineas Tomas
Generation Project of the Benguela
community in Lüderitz in collaboration with “The last half decade has seen great
the Lüderitz municipality has been realised achievements to the much anticipated
exposure in the energy sector. The dream
and both the researchers and the Benguela towards the realisation of green energy in
community can now look forward to a brighter Namibia is now in a clear picture, for the first
future with as is well captured in the direct time in Namibian history a community project
words of one of the participating researchers, successfully installed and run their own wind
Mr. Pineas Tomas farm in Lüderitz, thanks to UNAM expertise.”

Researchers’ representations on supervise postgraduate students.
several national and regional high Prof. Cheikhyoussef was pleased to
level committees were exceptional. remark on researchers who have
These include the SADC Malaria shown sterling efforts in terms of
Elimination 8 (E8) Technical the capacity building of students
working group on Diagnosis and through academic supervision,
Case management, and the “Notably, Prof. Mumbengegwi
research sub-committees; the mentored an exceptional number
Prof Mumbengegwi MoHSS national Malaria elimination of postgraduate students during
and surveillance, epidemic
It has been a privilege to contribute over preparedness committee and the the past five (5) year reaching
the past 5 years to UNAM’s capacity over twenty-five (25).” Researchers
building with graduated students joining High Level Research Coordination excelled not just in terms of building
national and international institutions in Task Force on COVID 19 (HILREC).
research capacities and towards the Furthermore, researchers also capacity of post graduate students
establishment of research facilities such as collaborated with colleagues in but included ensured that they
the Biomedical Research Laboratory and other faculties such as the Faculty establish or strengthen research
the Insectary in Katima Mulilo of Science, Faculty of Agriculture facilities for quality research
and Natural Resources and the outputs. As Prof Mumbengegwi
Faculty of Health Sciences to explains:

The division also recorded a high academic achievements of
number of publications in highly publishing widely, their applications
rated journals including the Lancet for academic promotion are
journal, one of the oldest and successfully lodged for possible
most prestigious medical journals promotion. The division has over
(Impact Factor 60), thus putting the last five years recorded a
MRC and UNAM at large in very
good standing as an academic satisfactory number of promotions, Dr. Embashu
institution as Prof. Cheikhyoussef with two senior researchers
highlighted: promoted to the level of Associate The past half-decade has seen mileposts
Research Professor and other two of noteworthy. Personal and professional
success stories through development of
It is every researcher’s hope and researchers promoted to the level value added products from mahangu,
expectation that after all their of senior researcher. sorghum and pulses.”

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