In Cameroon's rural north, very few girls go on to enjoy careers in science. Sabine Adeline Fanta Yadang, a neuroscience doctor, and Hadidjatou Dairou, PhD student of cellular physiology, have overcome prejudice and smashed through the glass ceiling.
They have been recognised for the quality of their research, along with 28 others from sub-Saharan Africa, by the L'Oreal-Unesco for Women in Science Young Talents programme.
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