Young African women who received PhDs under 30

Shodipe Opeyemi (25)

This young Nigerian scholar received her bachelor’s degree at 19 from Babcock University. After the mandatory NYSC programme, she entered for a master’s program at the University of Ibadan, graduating best in her department. She capped it with a well-deserved doctorate degree in information science from her alma mater, Babcock University, when she was 25.