The Clinical Trials Community is a platform of the African Academy of Sciences. Our goal is to increase the level of Clinical Trial investments in Africa by increasing the visibility of the African clinical trialists and sites and making transparent and accessible individual country regulatory and ethics procedures to inform decision making by sponsors. The Clinical Trials Community will provide a platform for constant engagement among key stakeholders to increase efficiency and promote steady collaborations:

• Increase visibility of African Clinical Trialists and Sites by indicating geographical location and corresponding disease burden
• Reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts by providing access to current site feasibility data
• Improving predictability by providing access to regulatory and ethics requirements across countries and an online platform for sponsor engagement
• Reducing bias in funding across countries and  disease areas by highlighting gaps and promoting synergy across strategic funders

Key Activities

Stakeholder Engagement, Needs Assessment and User requirements gathering

The Academy hosted seven consultative workshops for scientists, international clinical researchers, biopharma representatives, product development partners (PDPs), and African regulatory representatives across the continent to gather the user requirements. Stakeholder engagement has also been key to get buy-in and to establish the structure and format of this collaborative platform.

The meetings were conducted across the continent as shown in the below: