From Ghana to CERN — and Back Again to Teach the World

When Prince Gidisu boarded his first international flight from Ghana to Switzerland in the summer of 2024, he was chasing a dream most young African physicists never dare to believe: working at the world’s most advanced research facility — CERN.

He had just completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. Eight weeks later, he left Switzerland not just as a student of particle physics, but as a transformed mind — a catalyst.

Today, less than a year later, he’s returning to Switzerland — this time, not as a learner, but as a teacher.

In June 2025, he will present his work on energy transition pedagogy at an international conference hosted at the very institution that shaped his leap: CERN. His talk, titled “Energy Transition: A Teaching Guide”, distills complex global energy debates into accessible lessons for students across the world — the same kind of access he once longed for.

This moment is bigger than a presentation. It marks a shift in narrative: from African students being passive recipients of knowledge to becoming global contributors and thought leaders.

At Idalia Africa, we exist for stories like this. We embed Africa’s brightest into the world’s most advanced labs — not just so they can see the future, but so they can shape it.

Prince's journey is proof that when access meets ambition, boundaries could potentially collapse. And Africa just might rise.

It's still day one.