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• AI and health in Africa, with Rex Wong and Liliane Uwase from the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda

  October 5, 2026 · 33 min

  Prof Rex Wong and Liliane Uwase from the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda join us for a conversation about AI and health in Africa. Prof Wong is the Director of the Innovation Centre at UGHE, and one of the leaders of…

• The Disability Research Group in Uganda with Femke Bannink Mbazzi and Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata

  September 3, 2026 · 35 min

  Dr Femke Bannink Mbazzi and Dr Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata join us from the Disability Research Group at the Uganda Research Unit affiliated to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They bring combined expertise in clinical…

• Olivia Matshabane and Jantina de Vries, bioethics researchers in South Africa

  August 6, 2026 · 38 min

  Dr Olivia Matshabane is a research psychologist and neuroethics researcher based at the SAMRC Genomics of Brain Disorders Unit in the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University. Prof Jantina is a Professor of Medicine and the…

• Miriam Mutebi, Consultant Breast Surgical Oncologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Kenya

  July 2, 2026 · 42 min

  Dr Mutebi was the first breast cancer surgeon in Kenya, and has played a critical leadership role in Africa. She is the co-founder of the Pan African Women’s Association of Surgeons, the immediate past president of the African Organization…

• Samuel Ojong on sexual and reproductive health rights in Africa

  June 4, 2026 · 37 min

  Dr Samuel Ojong is a Health Manager for UNICEF, based in Mozambique, and is a vocal advocate for sexual and reproductive health rights, and public health more generally. He is an Obstetrician-Gynaecologist by training and is currently…

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