Yvonne Libona Bonzi Coulibaly is the first female doctor in chemistry in Burkina Faso, a full professor at the University of Ouagadougou,[1] a member of the Academy of Sciences of Burkina Faso,[2] the Director-General of the Institute of Sciences of Burkina Faso,[3] and a laureate of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Prize.[2]

Biography

After obtaining a "baccalauréat série D" in 1978, she entered the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan to study chemistry-biology-geology.[2] Yvonne Bonzi Coulibaly then obtained a doctorate at Strasbourg-I University in organic chemistry from Guy Ourisson.[2]

From 2008 to 2013, she was director of research at the University of Ouagadougou,[2] where she has been a professor-researcher since 2002.[1]

She is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Burkina Faso.[2] Since 2018,[4] she has been the Director-General of Burkina Faso's Institute of Sciences which was created in 2004.[3]

In 2020, in partnership with the academic and scientific cooperation of higher education establishments of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, she is working with Pascal Gerbaux on organic farming and market gardening to replace synthetic inputs with bio-inputs.[5]

Awards

2013: African Union Kwame Nkrumah Prize[2]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Le prix Prix Kwamé Nkrumah 2013 revient au Pr Bonzi/Coulibaly Libona Yvonne". Burkina24. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Portrait : Yvonne Bonzi, une référence dans le domaine scientifique au Burkina". netafrique.net. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Enseignement supérieur : L'Institut des sciences célèbre ses 15 ans d'existence". lefaso.net. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du jeudi 1er mars 2018". Service d'Information du Gouvernement (sig.bf). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Burkina Faso : Des bio-intrants pour la rentabilité de l'agriculture bio et la santé des Burkinabè". ARES (Academie de Recherche et d'Ensignement Superieur). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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