NIGERIAN EMERGES FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BAG PHD IN ROBOTICS AT MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. (PHOTOS).
𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 A Nigerian woman, Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, has made history as the first black woman to bag a PhD in Robotics at the University of Michigan in the United States. Speaking at the university's College of Engineering convocation, Dosunmu-Ogunbi, a daughter of Nigerian immigrants, spoke on the support she received in realising her aspirations. She said, "I do not stand here on my own two feet alone. None of us got here by our individual merit alone, whether it be teacher, friends, family, mentors, or role models, we each have one or multiple people to whom we are grateful for making this moment possible." She added that she wants to be remembered as the University of Michigan's first black woman to get a PhD in Robotics and she wants to use her knowledge in engineering to improve the lives of others. More photos below.
According to French President Francois Hollande said today wednesday during a visit by Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita that Mali will receive 360 million euros {$408 million} from France for 2015-2017.The funding is aimed at helping rebuild the West African nation,especially its northern region,which has been torn by years of separatist Tuareg rebellion and attacks by al-Qaeda linked Islamists.A French led military intervention in January 2013 helped drive out Islamists militants who had occupied northern Mali following a Tuareg uprising and a military coup in the capital.
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