A South African scientist, at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been awarded the 2018 Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Breakthrough and/or Technological Innovation. The award is made by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), and covers the year 2018, for the award is biennial not annual. The winner is UP Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Professor Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel, for his innovative work in the field of mobile health and tele-health, particularly with regard to audiology. In addition to the prestige, the prize brings with it $5 000 in cash.
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