The Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University and the Center for Africa's Resilience to Epidemics (CARE) at the Institut Pasteur de...
Five years ago, CERI set out to build Africa's capacity to detect, respond to and contain its own epidemics. Today, more than 900 trained fellows...
A fellowship designed to close Africa’s health innovation gap is already reshaping how young scientists think – and act – beyond the lab. In 2023,...
Inside SWEAT Africa 2026: The Festival Redefining Africa’s Innovation Future Over 440 participants from 15 African countries and 22 countries globally gathered in Stellenbosch on...
On 14 February 2026, Day 2 of SWEAT Africa’s debut festival, an inspiring panel turned the spotlight on a question central to innovation: what does...
As SWEAT Africa convenes founders, researchers, investors and ecosystem builders from across the continent, partnerships that strengthen the science-to-market journey are central to the platform’s...
Marième Samb Traoré on innovation, access, and real-world impact. For Marième Samb Traoré, a Technology Transfer Specialist at Institut Pasteur de Dakar and African STARS...
A connection made at SWEAT Africa 2026 led to a role at Nanosene within weeks, offering a clear example of how the event creates the...
Selected from more than 900 international applicants as one of only 10 young innovators invited to the United Nations Science, Technology and Innovation Forum in...
For Dr Monique Barnard-Matthee, some of the most important work in vaccine development happens in the systems behind the science: the workflows, infrastructure, automation platforms,...
Access is often the difference between potential and progress. For two African STARS fellows, it led directly to employment, independence, and the ability to shape...
On 4 March, partners from across clinical care, public health, diagnostics, government, and research gathered at the School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: #VEME2026 Are you a scientist working in virus evolution, bioinformatics, genomic surveillance, or related computational fields? Applications are now open for the...
Building Stronger Health Systems Through African Scientific Leadership Across Africa, epidemics do not unfold in laboratories. They unfold within complex systems shaped by funding structures,...
Sweat Africa: Inspiring young people to pursue careers in tech and entrepreneurship. We are on a mission to help and create founders to change the...