German Africa Prize 2022 goes to Prof. Tulio de Oliveira and Dr. Sikhulile Moyo

The German Africa Prize will be awarded to the bioinformatics prof. on 25.11.2022 in Berlin. Tulio de Oliveira from South Africa & Dr Sikhulile Moyo from Botswana. The two researchers, born in Brazil & Zimbabwe, have discovered the omicron variant of coronavirus at the top of their institutions & reported it to WHO.

The Deutsche Afrika Foundation honors the scientists for their personal contributions in the global fight against the corona pandemic and stv. for a highly educated, nationwide research community that is at the forefront of medical research not only in Africa but also internationally. The world’s first report of a virus variant to the WHO came from South Africa & also during the emergence of the so-called. Omikron variant it was female researchers & researchers from Botswana & South Africa who were the first to sound the alarm.