The Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) provides a shared research, development and innovation platform for working collaboratively to address some of Southern Africa’s key biosciences issues in health, nutrition and health-related intervention areas such as agriculture and environment.

SANBio was established in 2005 under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), as one of the five networks established under the African Biosciences Initiative (ABI) to cover the SADC region. The platform provides access to world-class laboratories for African and international scientists conducting research on Africa’s biosciences challenges.

The SANBio network covers 13 countries: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Seychelles, Madagascar, Republic of South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Network operations are facilitated by a Secretariat, located at and supported by the Hub (the CSIR) on behalf of all the stakeholders.