The St. Louis African University, Benin Republic, at the weekend conferred a Doctorate degree of Science on the president of the African Sports Journalist Union (ASJU) and the Vice President, International Sports Press Association (AIPS, Africa), Mitchel Obi.
Obi, was conferred with the Honourary Doctor of Science (D.Sc Hons) in Sports Media Management, Administration and Marketing by the privately-owned institution.
The award comes as part of the university’s 2022 programme to honour distinguished Africans, who have excelled in various fields and with the aim to encourage more excellence and to acknowledge the outstanding contributions in academic, business, political, social, religious and humanitarian in the advancement of humanity and African development at the university campus on Saturday, September 24, 2022