4th African Microbiome Day
Exploring Africa’s Microbiome: Where Data Science Sparks Discovery
(Hybrid Event)

Overview

Date: 24th August 2025

15:30 – 19:00 CAT / 13:30 – 17:00 GMT (see your time here)

Venue: CEDI Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana & Virtual. Zoom (Call details will be shared with registered online participants)

Abstract submissions due: 10th July 2025

Register here

Organizing Team

  1. H3Africa Coordinating Centre
  2. H3Africa Microbiome Task Force/African Microbiome Special Interest Group
    • Dr. Edward Wampande
    • Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore
    • Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan
    • Dr. Soumaya Kouidhi
    • Dr. Brian Kullin
    • Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran
    • Prof. Lamech Mwapagha

Agenda

4th African Microbiome Day (Hybrid Event) Tentative Agenda
August 24th, 2025 (15:30 - 19:00 CAT)
Moderator
15:30 - 15:35
Welcome/Introduction
Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran
15:35 - 17:00
Session 1 - Microbiome Research Across Africa: Ecosystems, Health, and Innovation
Invited Speaker talk:
Selected abstracts for flash presentation (pre-recorded talks with combined live Q&A session)
Invited Speaker talk:
17:00 - 18:00
Session 2 - Keynote Speaker: Prof. Curtis Huttenhower
18:00 - 18:55
Session 3 - Panel Discussion
Panelists
18:55 - 19:00
Closing/Thanks

Moderators

Professor-Morenike-Picture-5

Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan

The board chair for Heartland Alliance International Nigeria, Morenike is an academic at the renowned Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Dr. Lamech Mwapagha

Dr. Lamech Mwapagha

Head Molecular and Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology. Member H3Africa’s Microbiome Task Force.
Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia
Jo-Ann Passmore

Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore

Head, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology & Member of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.
Associate Professor Jo-Ann Passmore PhD (Cape Town)

Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran

Honorary researcher at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and a research fellow at the SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. She is the current chair of the H3Africa’s Microbiome Task Force.
Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand