Africa innovates Magazine -AI4DEV - Flipbook - Page 10
AFRICA INNOVATES
SCIENTISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
COVID-19 GENOMES
SEQUENCING
SUCCESS
M E D I C A L R E S E A RC H
In April, scientists at the University of Ghana successfully sequenced
genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19
pandemic, obtaining important information about the genetic
composition of viral strains in 15 of the confirmed cases in Ghana.
10 SHOWCASING AFRICAN INNOVATION
