Africa International Biotechnology and Biomedical Conference
Biomedical and biotechnology fields are key to healthcare technology innovation, and hence, crucial to the realization of the ONE HEALTH agenda. However, Africa faces an acute shortage of biomedical scientists, engineers, and biotechnologists, partly because only a handful of African countries have institutions of higher learning offering education and training programs in these fields and the few who get trained are mainly engaged in maintenance, sales, or procurement of imported medical devices, with few in the research front.
This poses a serious challenge to the development of biomedical entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem critical to developing home-grown health technologies and solutions to support the fragile healthcare systems in Africa. In fact, lack of training and education in biomedical and biotechnology fields continue to undermine the continent’s innovative capacity, knowledge uptake, and utilization of scientific knowledge and technology in the continent.
Thus, there is an urgent need to establish a multistakeholder approach to support training and research capacity development in biomedical engineering and biotechnology in Africa. This will have immediate and long-term implications for the provision of quality healthcare in the continent.
Founders
The Africa International Biotechnology and Biomedical Conference (AIBBC) was founded by likeminded scientists, academicians, engineers, researchers, and educationists with a common interest in promoting research training and education in the fields of biomedical and biotechnology in Africa. The organization draws its membership from universities and research organizations in Africa.
Organized since 2014 (see below for past activities), AIBBC training workshops and conferences have provided opportunities for practical training, knowledge sharing, and accelerating access to the latest technology and scientific advances in health, agriculture, and the environment in Africa.
Organized since 2014 (see below for past activities), AIBBC training workshops and conferences have provided opportunities for practical training, knowledge sharing, and accelerating access to the latest technology and scientific advances in health, agriculture, and the environment in Africa.
By promoting research capacity development, technological innovation, and fostering international scientific exposure and networking, AIBBC aims to create a pool of competent healthcare providers, educators, and public policy makers with the prerequisite expertise to drive forward the ONE HEALTH agenda in Africa. To this end, AIBBC has initiated pioneering biomedical/biotechnology training and education programs under the AIBBC workshops, and established biennial AIBBC conferences which have become unparalleled international platforms for research sharing and exchange in the continent. Cumulatively over 1,000 students, faculty and medical practitioners from different countries in Africa have undertaken hands-on training in advanced biomedical technologies organized by AIBBC. Indeed, by offering premier platforms for research training and scientific exchanges in biomedical and medical biotechnology fields in Africa, AIBBC has generated a lot of interest in research and innovations in these crucial fields and created networking opportunities that have contributed to research collaboration among institutions within and without Africa.
Objectives and Goals of AIBBC
AIBBC aims to provide a platform for promoting knowledge sharing, interaction and networking among researchers from different research and geographical backgrounds who share a common passion for finding scientific solutions to global problems in health, food and environment, especially in resource limited regions particularly Africa.
Specific aims of AIBBC are:
- Create opportunities for African scientists and students to network with and build collaboration with researchers from different countries across the globe.
- Inspire and promote scientific capacity building in African countries through training and mentorship of young scientists and students by leading scientists.
Specific aims of AIBBC are:
- Create opportunities for African scientists and students to network with and build collaboration with researchers from different countries across the globe.
- Inspire and promote scientific capacity building in African countries through training and mentorship of young scientists and students by leading scientists.
Past Activities
7th Africa International Biomedical and Biotechnology Conference (AIBBC 2025)
October 27th - October 31st, 2025. Mount Kenya University, Thika
6th Africa International Biomedical and Biotechnology Conference (AIBBC 2023)
November 2nd - November 4th, 2023. Naivasha, Kenya (Approx. 200 participants)
5th Africa International Biomedical and Biotechnology Conference (AIBBC 2021)
November 8th - November 13th, 2021. Kisumu, Kenya (Approx. 300 Participants)
Partners
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Acknowledgement
AIBBC acknowledges support for the AIBBC 2018 workshops by the International AIDS Research and Training Program at the University of Washington, through a grant from the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health D43 TW009783.
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