“…Recent estimates indicate that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) currently bear a high and rising burden of stroke on the globe [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] ]. Stroke in these regions is characterized by young age of onset, a high propensity of being hemorrhagic, a high mortality, and significant post-stroke complications including depression, cognitive impairment and social stigma [ [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] ]. Due to the pervasive lack of health personnel and weak health infrastructure to support stroke survivors in these regions, there is a dire need to identify the key risk factors for stroke occurrence to inform interventions aimed at stroke prevention at the population level.…”