or in the us. we should be able to come up with a formula that gives us an idea of the cost and that cost should be refunded to the countries because it s a lot of investment that those countries are making to train those people. and, at the end of the day, those people are snatched from them you know, and they get nothing, nothing back for that investment that they made. it s seen as a subsidy from africa, for instance, to richer countries. finally, professor christian happi, you ve made a very persuasive case for science in africa. how long will it be before we see a sub saharan african scientist win a nobel prize? given the advance of technological advancement and the pace of which africa is moving, i want to say that in the next 20 years, africa should be able to produce its first nobel prize. do you think you might be somebody whose name might be put forward, professor happi? i don t know. i don t know, zeinab. ijust wish, you know, regardless of where the person comes from, it is
is moving, i want to say that in the next 20 years, africa should be able to produce its first nobel prize. do you think you might be somebody whose name might be put forward, professor happi? i don t know. i don t know, zeinab. ijust wish, you know, regardless of where the person comes from, it is an african. and i will be glad, and i would like to see this happening in the days when i m still alive. professor christian happi in ibadan, southern nigeria, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you very much, zeinab. it s always been a pleasure.
so, how do you compensate countries, source countries? well, i think we should we should arrive to a formula, i mean, as you were saying that professorjenkins is mentioning, we should be able to come up with a figure for each person that is immigrating out there and that is absorbing the system, either in the uk or in canada or in the us. we should be able to come up with a formula that gives us an idea of the cost and that cost should be refunded to the countries because it s a lot of investment that those countries are making to train those people. and, at the end of the day, those people are snatched from them, you know, and they get nothing, nothing back for that investment that they made. it s seen as a subsidy from africa, for instance, to richer countries. finally, professor christian happi, you ve made a very persuasive case for science in africa. how long will it be before we see a sub saharan african scientist win a nobel prize? given the advance of technological advancement
nobel prize. do you think you might be somebody whose name might be put forward, professor happi? i don t know. ijust wish, you know, regardless of where the person comes from, it is an african. and i will be glad, and i would like to see this happening in the days when i m still alive. professor christian happi in ibadan, southern nigeria. thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you very much, zeinab. it s always been a pleasure. thank you.
professor christian happi in ibadan, southern nigeria, welcome to hardtalk. how worried are you about the third wave of covid in africa? we ve seen some countries are quite badly affected, such as south africa. thank you. i m very concerned about a tidal wave of covid in africa. we ve seen countries like south africa, uganda, kenya, liberia, sierra leone, as i m speaking now, the number of cases are up over 1,000 fold in each of these countries. and i m very concerned because at this moment, africa has nothing else but non pharmaceutical measures. africa has no vaccine, africa has no therapies, and we are left to ourselves. and simply because we really did not do our homework,