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Number 87 on the 2024 list
Ellasy Gulule Chimimba is a researcher; 2024 L'Oréal-UNESCO for women in science young talent from Malawi, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for her L'Oréal-UNESCO award for mapping which Malawi farmland may be at drought risk.
Ellasy Gulule Chimimba, a doctoral student in earth sciences at the University of Malawi, was one of 30 laureates chosen from 788 applications for the 2024 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents awards for Sub-Saharan Africa, presented in Cotonou, Benin, on 10 December 2024. She was honoured for research that maps which farmland in Malawi may be at risk of drought, so farmers can plan for climate change and officials can target support.