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South-South Collaboration: What African Research Can Teach and Learn

South-South Collaboration: What African Research Can Teach and Learn

Sep 3, 2026 | Blog

A clinical trial conducted in Africa may recruit African participants, rely on African investigators and address a pressing African health need, yet still route its funding, protocol design, data governance and publication decisions through institutions thousands of...
Genomics and Precision Medicine: Why African Data Is Missing from the Global Map 

Genomics and Precision Medicine: Why African Data Is Missing from the Global Map 

Aug 27, 2026 | Blog

The global precision medicine project has a foundational problem. The datasets on which it is being built do not represent the species they claim to serve. According to the GWAS Diversity Monitor, populations from the African continent account for approximately 0.16%...
Recruitment, Retention, and Representation: Africa’s Participant Diversity Problem

Recruitment, Retention, and Representation: Africa’s Participant Diversity Problem

Aug 20, 2026 | Blog

A clinical trial can reach its enrollment target and still produce evidence that is too narrow for the population it is intended to serve. The headline number may look reassuring, but it does not reveal whether the cohort reflects the relevant differences in age, sex,...
The African Medicines Agency: What Continental Regulatory Harmonization Actually Changes

The African Medicines Agency: What Continental Regulatory Harmonization Actually Changes

Aug 13, 2026 | Blog

A multi-country clinical trial can follow one protocol, test one investigational product, and pursue one scientific question, yet encounter different submission formats, review requirements, amendment procedures, and decision timelines in every participating country. ...
Pharmacovigilance and Post-Market Surveillance: Africa’s Safety Blind Spot

Pharmacovigilance and Post-Market Surveillance: Africa’s Safety Blind Spot

Aug 6, 2026 | Blog

A medicine may complete clinical trials with an acceptable safety profile and still reveal important risks only after thousands, or millions, of people begin using it. Approval is not the end of safety assessment. It is the point at which monitoring must expand from a...
Decentralized and Digital Trials: What’s Realistic in African Settings 

Decentralized and Digital Trials: What’s Realistic in African Settings 

Jul 30, 2026 | Blog

A video consultation can replace a clinic visit. It cannot replace clinical judgment, reliable connectivity, regulatory oversight, or accountable data governance.  That distinction is often blurred in discussions about decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). Remote...
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