African Institutions Initiative

The Wellcome Trust is working with institutions from all over Africa to strengthen research capacity on the continent.

The African Institutions Initiative aims to develop institutional capacity to support and conduct health-related research vital to enhancing people's health, lives and livelihoods. The £30 million initiative will strengthen Africa's universities and research institutions and help develop research networks.

More than 50 institutions from 18 African countries are partnered in seven international and pan-African consortia. Each is led by an African institution and includes research and higher education partners as well as research institutes from Europe, the US and Australia.

Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA)
Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, USA, Australia, Switzerland, UK
One Health Initiative - African Research Consortium for Ecosystem and Population Health
Ivory Coast, Chad, Senegal, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, Switzerland and Norway
One Medicine Africa-UK Research Capacity Development Partnership Programme for Infectious Diseases in Southern Africa (SACIDS consortium)
Tanzania, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, UK
Research Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty (IIDP)
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, UK, Switzerland
Southern Africa Consortium for Research Excellence (SACORE)
Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, UK
Strengthening research capacity in environmental health (SNOWS)
Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Sudan, Denmark, UK
Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa (THRiVE)
Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, UK.

Each of the consortia operates independently and sets its own agenda. Activities include: leadership training and professional development; PhD and postdoctoral fellowships; improved infrastructure; competitive grant schemes; and the provision of up-to-date equipment.

For more information on the African Institutions Initiative, see: