Nigeria launches first African BCI research consortium with Johns Hopkins and University of Lagos
Summary
The University of Lagos Faculty of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine announced the Pan-African BCI Research Consortium, a 5-year collaboration funded by a $12M NIH Fogarty International grant. The program trains Nigerian neuroscience researchers in BCI methods and develops culturally adapted EEG-based communication devices for patients with ALS and cerebral palsy across sub-Saharan Africa.
Why it matters
Sub-Saharan Africa is almost entirely absent from BCI research despite having over 1 billion people and significant neurological disease burden. A Johns Hopkins-University of Lagos partnership with dedicated NIH funding begins to address this global equity gap in neurotech access and research representation.
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