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The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) is proud to announce the two recipients of the 2025 Tumani Corrah Prize for Excellence: Dr. Gibril Ndow (First Place Winner) and Dr. Danai Tavonga Zhou (Second Runner-Up). The Tumani Corrah...

Press Release Today, the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) is delighted to announce a $4.48 million multi-year grant from the Gates Foundation to bolster malaria research capacity across Africa. This grant, spanning from 2025 to 2028, will support AREF’s work to...

Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) is delighted to commemorate Dr. Humphrey D. Mazigo (first winner) and Dr. Debora Charles Kajeguka (second runner up) as the two winners of the 2024 Tumani Corrah Prize for Excellence. The Tumani Corrah Prize for Excellence which...

The world is enjoying unprecedented levels of interconnectedness, which has brought enormous benefits, but also some negative consequences

Africa’s Researchers per Population Ratio is the lowest in the world, for example, Africa has only 20 Health Researchers per 1 Million Population, compared to other WHO countries, e.g., Europe has 246 Researchers per 1 Million Population.

London, United Kingdom, 1 December 2023 - Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) is delighted to commemorate Dr Akin Ojagbemi and Dr Kolapo Oyebola as the two winners of the 2023 Tumani Corrah Prize for Excellence which recognises the remarkable successes of our...

New AREF-Roche and Genentech Fellowship to Support the Next Generation of Health Researchers in Africa

We are delighted to award 18 scientists and researchers from 8 countries across Africa as our latest Research Development Fellows.

We are proud to share the news of our recent partnership with GIZ and the Kibong’oto National Infections Diseases Hospital in Tanzania.

We are running a campaign to recruit professionals with up to 10 years post PhD experience to join our College of Experts, apply by 31 July.