Founding phase — 2026

Detect early.
Protect lives, continent wide.

A pan-African genomic surveillance and epidemic alert network, built sentinel site by sentinel site — to catch emerging pathogens before they become outbreaks.

5Scientific domains

4Founding pillars

2026Network founded

— Our premise

The next pandemic will be detected at the periphery, not the capital. AFRISCAN exists to put genomic surveillance where outbreaks actually begin.

Four founding pillars

Modeled on France's Genopole d'Évry

Foundation

Carries the public health mission, scientific governance, and the network's data and protocols.

II.

Academy

Trains the next generation of African scientists in PCR, NGS sequencing, and bioinformatics.

III.

Innovation Hub

Develops diagnostic tools built for field conditions, not laboratory ideals.

IV.

Venture Studio

Backs the African biotech startups this network will need to scale itself.

Governed by science, not by convenience.

iAn Independent Scientific Council with real authority to validate protocols and alerts — not an advisory afterthought.

iiFive domains of expertise: field epidemiology, emerging pathogen virology, genomics & bioinformatics, ethics & health law, ISO 15189 quality.

iiiEvery partnership we mention is described as it actually stands — confirmed, in discussion, or identified. Nothing more.

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