ATLANTA — Aniaba Jean-Baptiste N’guessan, a senior at Morehouse College, has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Rhodes Scholarship for the West Africa constituency, making him the sixth Morehouse student to receive the honor. The scholarship will allow N’guessan, a native of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to pursue graduate studies in economics at the University of Oxford.
N’guessan, a triple major in economics, mathematics, and computer science, has distinguished himself as both a scholar and a leader. His accomplishments include serving two terms as president of Morehouse’s International Students Organization, being an Oprah Winfrey Scholar, and contributing to research projects at Stanford University on AI-driven causal inference and economic development.
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