I am not sure how the acronym AUKNASE is pronounced but stand for African Union Kwame Nkrumah Award for Scientific Excellence. It is an annual continental prize awarded by the African Union (AU) to the African scientist considered to have done best in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the previous year.
24th February
On 24th February 2021 at the AU Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the prestigious continental Kwame Nkrumah Award for 2020 went to the 66-year-old Tanzanian Life and Science & Biomedical Engineering Professor Hulda SWAI. Delighted at winning the award, Prof Swai described it as a “sweet surprise.”