Dates & Location
Express Interest to Attend APH 2027
APH CONVENTION
Express Interest to Attend APH 2027
Preamble
Genesis of the East Africa Pharma & Biotech Platform (EAPB)
Conceptualized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the 2023 and 2024 editions of EAPB were co-hosted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the Rwanda Biomedical Center, Government of Rwanda (GoR). Together, these foundational editions aligned regional stakeholders around biotechnology innovation, local manufacturing, and health security, laying the groundwork for structured collaboration across Africa’s pharmaceutical and biotech ecosystem.
The 2025 edition marked an expanded platform, co-hosted with GHSCS, and convened over 400 participants from across Africa and global institutions, strengthening EAPB’s role in partnership building, investment mobilization, and ecosystem development.
Keynote speakers
Delese Mimi Darko
African Medicines Agency
Mariatou Tala Jallow
African Pooled Procurement Mechanism
Steering Committee
Cheikh Tidiane Diagne
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Glaudina Loots
University of Pretoria and SAMRC
John Patrick Mwesigye
EAC RCE-VIHSCM
Advisory Board - Industry
Emeka Okoli
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
Emmanuel Mujuru
Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association
Olugbenga Olayeye
Fidson Healthcare
Palu Dhanani
Universal Corporation Limited
Advisory Board - Development Partner
Clément San Sebastian
TEI MAV+ Rwanda, Expertise France
Amanda Ingabire
GIZ Rwanda
Speakers
Pushpa Vijayaraghavan
SMC
Abdu Mukhtar
PVAC
Prof. Mesfin Kahissay
University of Addis Ababa
Dheepak Maharaj
UvU Bio
Domefafa Clement Atiso
Strategic Advisor, MINEDUC
Santosh Ramchuran
Research Group Leader and Chief Researcher, CSIR
Mesfin Kahissay
Chief Operating Officer, Biousawa Biotechnology Inc
Hassan Sefrioui
MAScIR Foundation
Menghis Bairu
Biousawa
Olugbenga Olayeye
Fidson Healthcare
Co-host
Sponsor
Session Partners
