Working Group Members	Name and	Surname	Qualifications	Expertise	Email address	Affiliation
Facilitator	Omar	Abidi	PhD Human genetics	Human genetics & molecular biology Education and Research; Coordinator of Master in Pedagogy of Nursing Sciences and Health Techniques	abidi.or@gmail.com	Institut Supérieur des professions Infirmières et Techniques de Santé (ISPITS) de Casablanca, Morocco
Facilitator	MB	Akanle	B.ENG, MICT	BigData, Machine learning, Cloud Computing, Bioinformatics and Data communication	bola.akanle@covenantuniversity.edu.ng	Covenant University Bioinformatics Research (CUBRe), Nigeria
WG Member, Planner, Advisor	Stuart Alvaro	Ali	PhD, FIBMS, FRSPH	Genetic testing, epidemiology,	stuart.ali@wits.ac.za	Precision Medicine for Africa - A Division of the Wits Health Consortium, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
Facilitator	Cliff Asher	Aliga	MSc Emerg. & Crit Nurse, BSN, PhD Candidate	Emergency and Critical Care Nurse Specialist	cliff.aliga@gmail.com	Aga Khan UNiversity, Uganda
Coordinator	Paballo	Chauke	Msc Biodiversity, Conservation and Managenent BSocSc(Hons)Environemental and Geographical Science	Bioinformatics Training and Outreach Coordinator Bioinformatics education and curriculum development, Bioinformatics Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Social Research, Facilitation and Lecturing	paballo.chauke@uct.ac.za	H3ABioNet, University of Cape Town
Planning Team	Minnet	Cotzee		Professor in Nursing	minette.coetzee@uct.ac.za	Child Nurse Practice Development Initiative, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Trainer, WG member	Collet	Dandara	BSc, BSc(Hons), PhD	Pharmacogenomics, Drug metabolism, Human Genetics, Genomics, epigenetics and tissue culture	collet.dandara@uct.ac.za	Pharmacogenomics & Drug Metabolism Research Group, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology & Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
Planning Team, Facilitator, Trainer	Faisal M.	Fadlelmola	PhD (Human Molecular Genetics & Bioinformatics)	Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Information Technology	faisal.mohamed@hotmail.com	Centre for Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, P.o. Box 321 Khartoum, Sudan
Facilitator	Michael B.	Fawale	MBBS, MSc Pharmacology, FMCP (neurology)	Clinical Neurology, Stroke genetics, Epilepsy Epidemiology of sleep disorders	bimbofawale@live.com	Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Planning Team, Advisor	Pedro L.	Fernandes		BioinformaticsTraining	pfern@igc.gulbenkian.pt	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
Trainer, WG Member	Anita	Ghansah	PhD Genetic Epidemiology	Molecular Biology, Genetics Molecular/genomic epidemiology	aghansah2013@gmail.com	Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon-Ghana
Facilitator	Karen	Kengne Kamga	MD	Physician, genetic counselling	kkarenke@yahoo.co.uk	Department of pathology, division of human genetics, University of Capetown
Facilitator	Zainab Abimbola	Kashim	B.Sc., M.Sc. (Microbiology) M.Sc. (Environmental Science	Microbiology, Bioinformatics	bimski4real@gmail.com	National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria
Planning Team,Trainer, Lecturer	Samar Kamal	Kassim	MD, PhD Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Diploma Clinical Nutrition	Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics Education, Clinical Nutrition	samar_kassim@med.asu.ed.eg	Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Facilitator	Morenikeji A.	Komolafe	MBBS, Dip. Clin Neurology, FWACP	Genetics, Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Sleep Disorders.	adeyoyin2001@yahoo.com	Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Trainer	Guida	Landouré	MD, PhD	Human genetics, Neurogenetics	guida@icermali.org	Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Mali
Planning Team	Cordelia	Leisegang	B.Nurs., M.Nurs. (Nursing)	Clinical trials, online learning/training and leadership	cordelia.leisegang@outlook.com	Global Research Nurses University of Cape Town/Private
Planning team, WG member,Advisor	Ebony B	Madden	B.S. Biology, M.S. Genetic Counseling, Ph.D. Genetics and Human Genetics	Genetic epidemiology, genomic medicine, population genetics, health disparities	ebony.madden@nih.gov	Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
Planning Team	Kuda	Majada		General Nurse	kudabango@yahoo.com	The School of Nursing, University of Western Cape,
Coordinator	Malebo	Malope	BSc. Medical Sciences, MSc (Med) Genetic Counselling	Genetic Counsellor, Serious Congenital Abnormalities and Termination of Pregnancy	mlpmal005@myuct.ac.za	Department of Pathology, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Trainer/ WG	Mamadou	Kaba	MD, PhD	Microbiomics; Infectious Diseases; Medical Microbiology; Medical Virology	mamadou.kaba@hotmail.com	Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Facilitator	Keofentse	Mathuba		Registered Nurse/Midwife	kmathuba@baylorbotswana.org.bw	Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
Trainer, Planning Team	Alice	Matimba		Pharmacogenomics, Training	alice.matimba@wellcomegenomecampus.ac.uk	Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hunxton, UK
Facilitator	George	Mochamah	MSc. Clinical trials	Clinical trials	gmochamah@kemri-wellcome.org	KEMRI-wellcome Trust, Kilifi
Advisor	Sarah L	Morgan	BSc(Hons), MSc, MA, PhD (Tumour Diagnostics)	Programme and curriculum development (both training and higher education), trainer development, competency assessment, Molecular Biology, Ethics	sarahm@ebi.ac.uk	Training team, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK
Planning Team, Trainer	Nicola	Mulder	PhD Medical Microbiology	Bioinformatics education and curriculum development, Bioinformatics, Genomics	nicola.mulder@uct.ac.za	Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, IDM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Planning Team, WG Member	Nash	Oyekanmi		Genomics, Bioinformatics	oyekan.nash@gmail.com	Centre for Genomics Research and Innovation, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria
Trainer, WG member	Nchangwi S	Munung	M.Sc Med M.Sc Biochemistry	Bioethics	nchangwisyntia@yahoo.com	Division of Human Genetics and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinator, Trainer	Victoria	Nembaware		Bioinformatics, Genomics, Training, Capacity Building	vnembaware@gmail.com	Division of Human Genetics and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Facilitator	Temitope Esther	Owoeye		Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genomics	topmost0504@yahoo.com	National Biotechnology Development Agency, South-West Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria
Planning Team, Working Group, Trainer	Michael Sean	Pepper	MBChB, PhD, MD, PD	Genomics, cell and gene therapy	michael.pepper@up.ac.za	Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria
Advisor	Lunelle	Pienaar		Staff development and curriculum development	lunelle.pienaar@uct.ac.za	Department of Health Sciences Education UCT
Trainer	Elize	Pietersen	PhD (Med)	Clinical health research	elize.pietersen@gmail.com	University of Cape Town / Private
Planning Team, WG member, Facilitator	Fouzia	Radouani	PhD (Immunology	PhD Immunology; Research in Infectious diseases & public health problems; Molecular biology; Genomics and genetics; Bioinformatics (tools & database development, data analysis)	radouani@gmail.com	Chlamydiae and Mycoplasmas Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Morocco
Planning Team, Working Group Member	Raj	S Ramesar		Human Genetics	raj.ramesar@uct.ac.za	MRC Genomic and Precision Medicine Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town
Planning Team, WG Member	Michelle	Skelton		Human Genetics	michelle.skelton@uct.ac.za	H3Africa Administrative Coordinating Centre University Of Cape Town, South Africa
WG member, Facilitator	Sununguko Wata	Mpoloka		Molecular Biology, Population Genetics	mpoloka@ub.ac.bw	Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana (and CAfGEN)
WG Member	Wayengerera	Misaki	MD, PhD	Human Genetics & Genomics	waymisaki@gmail.com	Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
WG Member	Ambroise	Wonkam	MD, PhD	Genetic medicine Human Genetics Medical Ethics	ambroise.wonkam@uct.ac.za	Division of Human Genetics and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Facilitator, Trainer	Adetunji Samuel	Adesina	MSc (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)	Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics	asadesina@yahoo.com	Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Trainer	Tina-Marié	Wessels	MSc(Med) Genetic Counselling (PhD)	Genetic Counsellor Training	tina.wessels@uct.ac.za	Division Human Genetic Genetics, Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town