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Number 91 on the 2024 list
Juliet Edekor is a researcher; 2024 L'Oréal-UNESCO for women in science young talent from Ghana, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for her L'Oréal-UNESCO award for using environmental DNA to conserve Ghana's fish species.
Juliet Edekor, a doctoral student in biological sciences at the University of Ghana, 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 uses environmental DNA, the genetic traces fish leave in water, to better conserve fish species in Ghana's sea and rivers.