{"id":13515,"date":"2026-06-20T12:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/dg-sanginga-to-be-conferred-doctor-of-honoris-causa-from-ku-leuven-belgium\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:38:45","slug":"dg-sanginga-to-be-conferred-doctor-of-honoris-causa-from-ku-leuven-belgium","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/dg-sanginga-to-be-conferred-doctor-of-honoris-causa-from-ku-leuven-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"DG Sanginga to be conferred doctor of honoris causa from KU Leuven, Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"The Academic Council of KU Leuven has nominated DG <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/sanginga-nteranya\/\">Nteranya Sanginga<\/a> to receive the degree of doctor of honoris causa. The award will be conferred on the occasion of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of VLIR-UOS, an organization that supports partnerships between higher education institutions in Fl anders  and the South.\n\nThe five partner universities under VLIR-UOS will host a ceremony to confer a total of five honorary doctorate degrees\u2014one from each university\u2014on individuals with exceptional distinction whose work is relevant to the mission of VLIR-UOS.\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18111\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP-7-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"379\" \/>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuleuven.be\/english\/\">https:\/\/www.kuleuven.be\/english\/<\/a> is Belgium\u2019s largest  and highest ranked university. As the oldest university in the Low Countries, it has a centuries-long tradition of conferring honorary doctorates in recognition of extraordinary scientific, social, or cultural achievements.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vliruos.be\/en\/about_vlir_uos\/2\">https:\/\/www.vliruos.be\/en\/about_vlir_uos\/2<\/a>supports\u00a0partnerships between universities  and university colleges, in Fl anders  and in the South, looking for innovative responses to global  and local challenges. They achieve this by:\n<ul>\n \t<li>stimulating\u00a0cooperation projects between professors, researchers,  and teachers<\/li>\n \t<li>giving\u00a0scholarships to students  and professionals in Fl anders  and the South<\/li>\n \t<li>supporting  and strengthening higher education in the South as well as global development-based internationalization of higher education in Fl anders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIn a letter, Prof Luc Sels, Rector of KU Leuven, said that in conferring the title of doctor of honoris causa to Sanginga, the university community \u201cwishes to recognize you for your visionary leadership of IITA, which you have turned into a research-for-development organization that enables African scientists to partner up with colleagues  and institutions from all over the world.\u201d\n\nSels further said, \u201cWe also want to recognize your contributions to the transformation of sub-Saharan agriculture,  and your efforts to improve African farmers\u2019 health  and quality of life. Together with your team, you have helped reduce poverty in the area, improve food security,  and increase youth employment. Taken together, your achievements definitely warrant our university\u2019s highest distinction.\u201d\n\nThe other nominees are Professor Claric Garcia Borges Demetrio, Mr Jose Ramon Saborido Loido, Mrs Leymah Gbowee,  and Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfun.\n\nThe award will be conferred on 15 May at a ceremony to be hosted by VLIR-UOS at KU Leuven in Brussels, Belgium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academic Council of KU Leuven has nominated DG <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/sanginga-nteranya\/\">Nteranya Sanginga<\/a> to receive the degree of doctor of honoris causa. The award will be conferred on the occasion of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of VLIR-UOS, an organization that supports partnerships between higher education institutions in Flanders and the 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