Overview

The African Genomics Data Hub (AfriGen-D) offers a suite of interconnected resources and services to facilitate the implementation of African genomics research throughout all the research data life cycle, from data generation and discovery, to analysis and long term archiving.

AfriGen-D reflects the value and application of African genomics to world, and the increased integration of genetics/genomics in healthcare and biomedical research, globally.

Organisation

AfriGen-D is composed of 3 different sites based across 3 different African countries (South Africa, Mauritius, and Tunisia), with key partners in additional African countries.

Meet our PIs

AfriGen-D is multi-PI led project, with 3 principal investigators; Prof Nicola Mulder, based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; Associate Prof Kais Ghedira, based at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia; and Prof Yasmina Jauffeerally-Fakim, based at the University of Mauritius, Mauritius.

Prof Nicola Mulder
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Prof Kais Ghedira
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Tunisia

Prof Yasmina Jaufeerally-Fakim
University of Mauritius
Mauritius

Independent Expert Committee

The AfriGen-D Independent Expert Committee (IEC) is constituted to provide scientific guidance and direction to the AfriGen-D leadership regarding the performance of the project. The IEC is selected based on their combined expertise in biomedical knowledgebases, data curation, genomics, service delivery, ethics and data management, and for their commitment to further the development of these scientific fields within Africa.

Dr Alan James Bridge
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Prof. Alash'le Abimiku
International Research Center of Excellence, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria

Dr Hamdi Mbarek
Qatar Precision Health Institute

Dr Helen Parkinson
EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute

Dr Marina DiStefano
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Broad Clinical Laboratories LLC

Dr Nchangwi Syntia Munung
University of Cape Town