Blog
The latest updates from Cambridge Africa and our initiatives.
Establishing collaborations to strengthen bioinformatics capacity in Ethiopia
Written by Amit Bhasin and Andries Van-Tonder During the week of the 17th - 21st January 2020, I accompanied Dr Andries van Tonder (Bioinformatician, Department of Veterinary Medicine) on a visit…
Strengthening the UCI - Cambridge collaboration
Written by Corinna Alberg, MUII/THRiVE Programmes Coordinator The new decade started well for the exciting developing collaboration between the Uganda Cancer Institute, CRUK Cambridge Institute, CRUK Cancer Centre and Cambridge-Africa.
Richmond Ehwi reflects on his time as a Cambridge-Africa Scholar
Cambridge-Africa scholar Dr Richmond Ehwi on his Cambridge experience and plans for the future.
Reliving the university student life experience in Cambridge
Written by Angelina Kakooza Mwesige, THRiVE-2 Postdoc Fellow Visiting the University of Cambridge over the late autumn/early winter 2019 was an adventurous experience for me because I left the comfort zone…
Uganda Cancer Institute - Cambridge Collaboration
Written by Amit Bhasin, C-A Programme Manager The latter part of 2019 saw some real movement in establishing and consolidating this new and exciting collaboration between the Uganda Cancer Institute UCI…
Reflections from Olamide Oguntoye on his Cambridge-Africa Scholarship
We talked to recent graduate and Cambridge-Africa scholar Dr Olamide Oguntoye about his time in Cambridge.
International Society of Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) conference highlights need for greater engagement with African researchers
Written by Tonny I Okedi, C-A Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge This October, I headed to the island of Okinawa, Japan, for the 7th biennial conference of the…
Passion pushes me to the laboratory at University of Cambridge
Written by Agnes Nyabigambo, PhD Candidate, Makerere University. Cervical cancer (CC) is the 2nd most common cancer. An estimated 119,284 new cases occur every year in Sub Saharan Africa.
Respiratory medicine, meningitis, mosquitoes... a THRiVE experience!
Written by Dr Robin Gore, Adult Respiratory Clinician, Cambridge University Hospitals. I recently travelled with colleagues from Cambridge to the THRiVE AGM in Kampala.
Uganda Cancer Institute Team visits Cambridge
Written by Dr Jackson Orem, Executive Director Uganda Cancer Institute. A team from Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), Kampala, Uganda visited University of Cambridge from 9th - 31st May 2019.
Ugandan cancer researchers spend the summer at CRUK Cambridge Institute
Written by Henry Wannume and Paul Katongole.