FemBioBiz Season 2 Winner also scoops Pitch@Palace Africa 3.0 Prize
Muzalema Mwanza, FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme Season 2 winner and founder of the Zambian non-profit organisation, Safe Motherhood Alliance, was recently announced as the overall prize winner for the Pitch@Palace Africa 3.0 at St James’s Palace, London.
NEPAD SANBio Welcome Back Message
On behalf of the NEPAD SANBio and BioFISA II Programme Unit and all stakeholders, it is with great pleasure to welcome you all to 2019! We hope you had a peaceful, safe and relaxed festive season, and that you are fired up for the New Year.
SANBio Fostering Regional Collaboration in Ethnomedicine and Product Formulation
The Southern Africa Network for Biosciences supported by the BioFISA II Programme recently held a Principles of Phytomedicine, Ethnomedicine, Science and Product Formulation course in Seychelles in collaboration with Seychelles Bureau of Standards (SBS), National Institute for Science, Technology and Innovation (NSTI) and the
FemBioBiz entrepreneurs attend Cosmetics Formulation Training
Just a few weeks after the completion of Season 2 of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme; finalists who competed under the Cosmetics category underwent training in Cosmetics Formulation.
FemBioBiz Season 1 winner gets AIF 2018 nomination
FemBioBiz Season 1 winner, Professor Keolebogile Shirley Motaung’s two natural solutions for skeletal regeneration and repair ointment/cream La-Africa Soother and Plant based morphogenetic factor implants (PBMF) has been shortlisted amongst the best Top 10 applications for the $185,000 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2018 in Afri
A new breed of entrepreneurs – Social Entrepreneurship
As the African proverb says, “you empower a woman, you empower a nation”. Taking this powerful thought forward, the 2nd season of the FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme aims to trigger the possibility of empowering a generation by empowering the women.
Age is just a number
Meet 67-year old Charline Rosie Morel, the oldest FemBioBiz Season 2 participant from Seychelles, a qualified nurse by profession who got her start in entrepreneurship later in life.
Afri’can Do – FemBioBiz culminates in Regional Pitching Event
Africa continues to be defined by stereotypes: it is poor; it is conflict-ridden; it is starving and dangerous. Subsequently we have come to believe and even been retold our own narrative based on this skewed perception.
Superheroes without capes
As the country celebrates the centenary of one of the great daughters of the African soil Mama Albertina Sisulu, this women’s month NEPAD SANBio is shining a light on females who are continuously playing their part in recognising and emulating Mama Albertina’s values.
Zambian flair – FemBioBiz Season 2 in Zambia
The 2nd phase of the Zambian edition of FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme Season 2 concluded on Friday last week in Lusaka, with four female bio-entrepreneurs selected to represent the country at the annual SA Innovation Summit to be held in September in Cape Town.
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