Dementia in Africa: progress, priorities, and emerging issues

Adesola Ogunniyi¹, Mahmoud Maina^{2

3}, Valentine Ucheagwu^{4

5

6}, Tracey Naledi⁷

Affiliations

¹ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria.
³ Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
⁵ Cognitive Research Lab, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
⁷ Public Health Medicine, UCT, Cape Town, South Africa.

Editorial

Adesola Ogunniyi et al. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Dec.

. 2025 Dec;21(12):e70956.

doi: 10.1002/alz.70956.

Adesola Ogunniyi¹, Mahmoud Maina^{2

3}, Valentine Ucheagwu^{4

5

6}, Tracey Naledi⁷

¹ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria.
³ Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
⁵ Cognitive Research Lab, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
⁷ Public Health Medicine, UCT, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors has any conflicts of interest. Author disclosures are available in the supporting information.

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