ACRN at SACRA 2025 – Day 1 Highlights
Yesterday marked ACRN’s first time attending the SACRA South Africa SACRA Conference, an important moment as we joined Africa’s clinical research community to connect, learn, and expand partnerships. Our team – Romina Mariano (Chief of Staff), Wilfred Gurupira...
Community-led Innovation in Action: Mutala at the Community Engagement Network Forum 2025
At the current Community Engagement Network Forum 2025 in Cape Town, our Community Engagement Officer, Takura mangwiro presented how Mutala, ACRN’s primary clinical trial site, is applying insights from the Zimbabwe Engage Study to strengthen participant...
From Discovery to Impact: The IDRL Story
During the recent Zimbabwe Annual Scientific Conference (ZASCO), hosted with support from the Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Program (ZINQAP), Dr Alltalents Tutsirayi Murahwa, PhD, our Laboratory Director and Head of Research, shared the journey of ACRN’s...
Lessons from DPharm for ACRN
This year’s DPHARM: Disruptive Innovations to Modernize Clinical Trials conference offered a front-row seat to how the clinical research industry is evolving. It was an invaluable opportunity to see not only the exciting innovations but also the challenges that...
Physicians as Investigators at the Center: ACRN at the NAPAZ Annual Meeting
ACRN was honored to participate in this year’s National Association of Physicians of Zimbabwe (NAPAZ) meeting. Although the team had initially hoped to attend the ESACOP gathering, NAPAZ’s role as a key member of ESACOP provided a valuable opportunity to engage...
ACRN at the Africa Digital Summit 2025
The Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) was pleased to be represented at the Africa Digital Summit 2025 by Romina Mariano, ACRN’s Chief of Staff. This year’s theme – “Unlocking AI: From Ambition to Impact” – reflects a growing...
What Africa Can Learn from South Korea and China About Building a Life Sciences Ecosystem
Africa is at a turning point. With 18% of the global population but less than 2% of all clinical trials conducted on the continent [1], the need to build a resilient, African-led life sciences ecosystem has never been more urgent. While Africa’s path will be unique,...