{"id":822,"date":"2026-02-24T17:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/?p=822"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:14:40","slug":"welcoming-our-2026-commonwealth-professional-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/welcoming-our-2026-commonwealth-professional-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Our 2026 Commonwealth Professional Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to welcome five outstanding Commonwealth Professional Fellows to Lancaster as they begin their six\u2011week Fellowship with the Centre for Global Eco\u2011Innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s cohort brings together exceptional leaders working across engineering, innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and community transformation. We are honoured to host:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Olayinka Omowunmi Adewumi<\/strong> \u2013 University of Lagos, Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eva Assiimwe<\/strong> \u2013 Kampala International University, Uganda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mary Mwangi<\/strong> \u2013 Kenyatta University, Kenya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Frederick Otu\u2011Larbi<\/strong> \u2013 University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nellie Longwe Kangwa<\/strong> \u2013 Project Life Design, Zambia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the coming weeks, the Fellows will take part in an intensive programme of workshops, mentoring, industry engagement and joint research development. Together, we will explore eco\u2011innovation, entrepreneurship, and new models for impactful university\u2013industry collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Fellowship is more than a professional development experience, it is a platform for building long\u2011term partnerships, accelerating innovation, and supporting leaders who are shaping sustainable futures across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We warmly welcome our Fellows to Lancaster and look forward to the insight, energy and global impact they will bring throughout their time with us and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to welcome five outstanding Commonwealth Professional Fellows to Lancaster as they begin their six\u2011week Fellowship with the Centre for Global Eco\u2011Innovation. This year\u2019s cohort brings together exceptional leaders working across engineering, innovation, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and community transformation. We are honoured to host: Over the coming weeks, the Fellows will take part in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/welcoming-our-2026-commonwealth-professional-fellows\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcoming Our 2026 Commonwealth Professional Fellows<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":910,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":824,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions\/824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/arip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}