On Friday May 23, 2025, the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association invited several professors and students working at UGent to meet three Congolese personalities:
- Danny Boss Singoma, director of the Centre National d’Appui au Développement et à la Participation populaire;
- Benjamin Diya Muabila, lawyer in Gombe, and active participant in campaigns in favor of respect for the fundamental rights and the rule of law;
- Pascal Tschiamala, hepato-gastro-enterologist and national coordinator of the Programme National de Lutte contre les Hépatites Virales.
UGent research group presentations were given by
- prof. dr. ir. Pascal Boeckx for of the UGent Congo Basin Centre of Excellence;
- dr. Heidi Goes for BantUGent, the UGent Centre for Bantu Studies;
- prof. dr. Koen Vlassenroot for the Conflict Research Group;
- prof. dr. Xavier Verhelst for the Hepato-Enterology Department of UZ Ghent.
The meet-and-greet ended with an interesting discussion and an exchange of ideas and presents.
