What Matters this Week at Purpose Africa?
Welcome!
- Date: May 1, 2024
- Summary: This is the third biweekly issue of Purpose Matters, highlighting recent work and accomplishments at Purpose Africa. The past two weeks have been particularly busy, with significant support provided to Ethiopian colleagues who recently completed their Investment Case. Additionally, there have been productive meetings with new and existing partners.
New Documents
- Ethiopia’s Investment Case:
- The Investment Case for Ethiopia has been finalized, with a collaborative effort from all team members to support final edits.
Events
- MIM Conference:
- Date: April 21-27
- Location: Kigali Convention Center
- Purpose: Opportunity to meet potential partners for ACTIVATE Africa.
Partnership Matters
Foundations:
- Follow-up Meetings:
- Successful meetings with the Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and Senior Leadership at The Mastercard Foundation focused on funding Investment Cases and continuing partnerships with Purpose Africa.
Industry:
- BioNTech:
- Ongoing meetings to explore a potential industry partnership with Purpose Africa.
Programming-Support
Academia:
- University of Cape Town:
- Emerging partnership focusing on leveraging AI in clinical genomics.
- Oxford University:
- Discussions on digital health and potential academic partnerships.
UNITAID:
- New Partnership:
- Initial meeting for a programming-support partnership, with discussions set to continue.
EDCTP:
- Follow-up meetings with EDCTP senior leadership and General Assembly board members of Rwanda, Ethiopia, Nigeria in preparation for presenting PA Programming at the June 15th Follow-up meetings with EDCTP senior leadership and General Assembly
MedSr:
Continuing conversations with MedShr for a partnership clinical professional development. Continuing