for his outreach work, he has received the royal society of biology (rsb) science communication award in 2017 and the young african scientists in europe (yase) award for the champion of science storytelling challenge. in december 2018, he was nominated for the the future awards africa (tfaa) prize for young person of the year 2018, both for his research in degenerative diseases and for his outreach work. in 2019, he was awarded the new england biolabs passion in science humanitarian duty award.