Globalization has brought many challenges and opportunities to African countries in the areas of trade, healthcare delivery, energy, industrial development, governance, environmental management and civil infrastructure development. One persistent need has been capacity-building with respect to the integration of appropriate knowledge, techniques and policies from all global regions, including Africa, to address the diverse needs of specific countries and regions in Africa. For more than two decades, GISDAAD, under the leadership of Prof. Inyang has been deeply engaged in the analyses of human capital and infrastructure development in Africa, as well as recommendation of policy frameworks.
Awards & Recognitions
APPRECIATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE TO THE UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON DC, USA
For “serving as a catalyst for creative solutions that brought people from different agencies, countries and disciplines together…” and direct contributions ranging over an amazing array of technical and engineering issues”, Prof. Inyang was honoured as the Chair of United States EPA Science Advisory Board Engineering by the US EPA Administrator Governor Whitman at a ceremony at the Reagan Building, Washington DC on October 2, 2002.
CONGRATULATIONS BY WELL-WISHERS FOLLOWING THE 2013 NNOM AWARD, ABUJA, NIGERIA
Following his receipt of the 2013 NNOM Prize for Engineering and Technology from the Federal Government of Nigeria, Prof. Inyang is congratulated by well-wishers, Abuja, Nigeria, December 5, 2013.
RECOGNITION WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL ORDER OF MERIT (NNOM) PRIZE, ABUJA NIGERIA
Prof. Inyang is fetted at a ceremony at Abuja’s Transcorp Hilton Hotel after receiving Nigeria’s highest award for intellectual contributions- the NNOM in Engineering and Technology. Handing over a gift to Prof. Inyang is Prof. Adegoke- the Chairman of the Board of the NNOM, Abuja, Nigeria, December 5, 2013
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GRATEFULNESS FOR ANOTHER AWARD, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
Prof. Inyang is congratulated by Dr. Kermit DeGraffenreidt in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA after he received the 1999 Chancellors Medal for Public Service presented to him during commencement, , Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, 1999.
A PERFORMANCE AWARD, HONG KONG
Prof. Inyang receives a performance award at the end of his term as ISEG President at the concluding event of the ISEG co-organised conference in Hong Kong, October, 2005.
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION., XUZHOU, CHINA
The Dean of the School of Environment of China University of Mining and Technology presents a Certificate of Professional Recognition to Prof. Inyang at the closure of his thematic opening presentation on China Project III with the U.S. and Germany, Xuzhou, China, October 24, 2007.
Past events
TO SATISFY THE UNITED NATIONS IDEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND CAPACITY-BUILDING
With background of the United Nation flag. Prof. Inyang (middle) discusses meeting agenda with Prof. Hideo Minato (left) of Committee II of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science at the INCEED 2005 event in Charlotte North Carolina, USA on July 30, 2005. Dr. Ming Zhang, Senior Researcher of Research Center for Deep Geological Environments, National Institute, Tsukuba, Japan looks on.
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON SCIENCE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Prof. Hilary Inyang (right) as a guest of the Swiss Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Christian Blickenstorfer at the evening reception organized by the Embassy of Switzerland, Washington DC, for friends of Switzerland in 2002. From left to right are Mrs. Susanne Blickenstorfer; Amb. Blickenstorfer; Dr. David Stoner, Head of US Congressional Affairs at the National Science Foundation; Dr. Karen Becker, Policy Advisor in the Officer of International and Refugee Health, US Dept. of Health and Human Services; and Prof. Hilary Inyang.
CONVENING SENIOR POLITICAL AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERS FOR ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZI
At the global Sustainable
Development Conference of 2000 in Brazil, Prof. Inyang; the Symposium Co-chair (seated second from right) joins dignitaries from China, Brazil, Germany, Poland and Nigeria at the opening ceremony, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 17, 2000.
BRIEFING THE PRESS ON GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY, BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZI
At the closure of the Global Infrastructure Development & Environmental Sustainability Conference in Brazil, Prof. Inyang as ISEG President addresses the press. Seated to his left is Prof. H-Y Fang, Chair of the Board of Trustees of ISEG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 17, 2000.
CLOSURE ON AGREEMENTS, AFRICAN UNION, ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA
The Algerian UNESCO Representative extends a congratulatory handshake to Prof. Inyang at the RIO+20 United Nations Summit Preparatory Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on October 24, 2011.
SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES AAAS DELEGATION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO GOVERNMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHMENTS IN SWITZERLAND
Prof. Inyang (second from right) with other members of the US Delegation after his presentation to members of the Swiss Parliament on energy systems in the Swiss Parliament Building, Bern, Switzerland, June 20, 2001.