Science in one hand, diplomacy in the other, a heart that beats for Africa.

1. One metre

   One man, drawn in light.

   Every point of light here is part of his story. Descend with him: from the man, to the microbe he hunted, to the network of One Health, to the world, to the generations.

   

2. I / One millionth of a metre

   The microbe.

   Salmonella, traced through the poultry farms of southwestern Nigeria. Field sampling, polymerase chain reaction diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis became a doctorate at Hohenheim, magna cum laude.

   Samples

   314

   Farms

   49

   Doctoral grade

   1.0

   

3. II / One kilometre

   One Health, one network.

   Human, animal and environmental health are one subject, split into three by administration. His work sits in the seam, and it was never meant to stay in the journals.

   Publications

   7

   Journals reviewed for

   4

   

4. III / Ten thousand kilometres

   The world.

   Three continents. An ECOWAS Youth Ambassador. A diaspora expert with a German development agency, and consular service in Frankfurt. Evidence travels further when somebody in the room speaks both languages, the laboratory’s and the ministry’s.

   Press features

   31

   Master’s degrees

   2

   

5. IV / Measured in time

   The generations.

   A foundation keeping children in school. An academy teaching children that caring for animals is a form of caring for people. An initiative connecting science to the people who write policy. In the end, the scale he works at is time.

   Initiatives founded

   3

   Foundation established

   2022

   

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