2023 Event Programme
Enhancing the sustainability of investment for Vaccines manufacturing in Africa 27-29 June 2023 UNECA Addis Final
AVMI's statement on behalf of the African vaccine manufacturers in attendance.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, African countries and development partners have prioritised investment into vaccines manufacturing capacity with a goal to produce 60% of African demand locally with a view to overcome health inequities and improve health security.
Akhona Tshangela (Ms)
Africa CDC
PAVM Program Coordinator
Kevin Irandagiye (Mr)
Africa CDC
PAVM Communications
Dickson Amenya (Mr)
Africa CDC
Photographer
Jean Kaseya (Dr)
Africa CDC
Director General
Yared Yiegezu Zegiorgis
Africa CDC
PAVM Sr. Data Analyst
Huguette Ngung
Africa CDC
Special Assistant to the Director General
Alain Cubahiro (Mr)
Africa CDC
PAVM Administrative Assistant
Chiluba Mwila (Mr)
Africa CDC
PAVM Talent Development Lead
Gideon Olaja (Mr)
Africa CDC
PAVM Sr. Data Analyst
Kim Sukyoung
Africa CDC
PAVM Regulatory Advisor
Ghada Abuzaid (Ms)
African Development Bank
Principal Industrial Program Coordinator
Fistum Adinew (Mr)
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Director, Pharmaceutical & Biological R&D
David Kafui Klutse (Mr)
Atlantic life sciences
Chief Operations Officer
Tolu Disu (Ms)
AVMI
Board Member
Kirsty King-Matongo (Ms)
AVMI
Administrative Assistant
Patrick Tippoo (Mr)
AVMI
Executive Director
Bharat Kumar Doshi (Dr)
Doshi Consultants
Director
Siddharth Doshi (Mr)
Doshi Consultants
Director
Lia Tadese (Dr)
Ethiopian Minister of Health
Minister of Health, Addis Ababa FDRE
Katja Meijaard (Ms)
European Commission
Senior Policy Officer Global Health, Ministry of Health
Lisa Cavalerie (Ms)
European Commission – Germany
Martin Seychell (Mr)
European Commission
Deputy Director-General DG INTPA
Bartlomiej Kurcz (Mr)
European Commission
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
Tobias Mac-Lean (Mr)
European Commission
Policy Officer – Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
Wolfgang Philipp (Mr)
European Commission
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
Benazzouz Safouane (Dr)
Institut Pasteur d’Algérie
Benazzouz Safouane
Amadou Sall (Dr)
Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
Director General
Nizar Laabidi (Dr)
Institut Pasteur Tunis, Tunisia
Production Manager and Responsible Pharmacist
Ike James (Dr)
Medicines Patent Pool
Head of Technology Transfer
Brent Kulik (Mr)
MSD
Director, Global Vaccines Strategy
Joshua Bright Eleblu (Mr)
Procurement and Supply Chain Management at Ministry of Health, Ghana
Head, Logistics Unit Procurement and Supply Chain Directorate Ministry of Health
Harsh Mehta
Revital Healthcare Kenya
Director of International Business Development
Krupali Shah
Revital Healthcare Kenya
Technical Director
Nebiyou Habtemariam
Thermo Fisher
Public Health Developer in the region
Barend van Vuuren (Mr)
Thermo Fisher
Emerging Market Manager Global Health Equity Business
Matthew Clayton
Thermo Fisher
Bioproduction Lead for the Region
Tania Rödiger-Vorwerk (Dr)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Deputy Director-General , Global health; resilience; equality of opportunity
Afewor Kassu (Prof)
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Director General
Messay Woldemariam (Mr)
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Director, Pharmaceutical Industry Development
Dereje Nigussie (Dr)
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Director, Vaccines, Medical Devices Diagnostics Directorate
Alemsegd Abdisa (Dr)
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Deputy Director General
Markos Abebe (Dr)
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia
Local Vaccine manuf. committee member
Dhananjay Tripathi (Mr)
Atlantic life sciences
Chief Executive Officer
Mina Adel (Mr)
BioGeneric Pharma S.A.E (BGP), Egypt
Vaccines Unit – Business Development and Regulatory Affairs Manager l Project Coordinator of WHO mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub Program
Farrah Losper (Ms)
Biovac, South Africa
Chief Commercial Officer
Farhan Khan (Mr)
DEK Vaccines | Kinapharma
Project Manager
Kofi Nsiah-Poku (Dr)
DEK Vaccines | Kinapharma
Managing Director
KyeongHo Min (Dr)
EuBiologics Co., Ltd, Korea
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Aklilu Desta
European delegation Addis Ababa
Project Office
Sylvia Vito (Ms)
EVA Pharma International
Africa Head
Benjamin Rolfe (Mr)
GAVI
Consultant, Senior Adviser, Development Finance
Nibal Dahaba (Dr)
Gennecs – Emerging Markets
General Manager
Ahmed Hossam Adam (Mr)
Gennecs – Emerging Markets
Investment relations officer
Sherine Shawky (Ms))
Gennecs – Emerging Markets
Public market & vaccines acquisition head
Holm Keller (Mr)
KENUP Foundation
Executive Chairman
Zachary Held (Mr)
Kroll
Director
Chris Masila (Dr)
Merck Lifescience
Director – PractHealth Consulting
Sarah Reynolds (Ms)
Merck Lifescience
Regional Strategy Manager – East and West Africa
Deepak Parayanken (Mr)
Mozambique Holdings Limited
Executive Director
Awuah Baffour (Dr)
National Vaccine Institute, Ghana
Acting Director Technical Coordination Directorate
William Ampofo (Prof)
National Vaccine Institute, Ghana
Chief Executive Officer
Esin Ozge Kavustu
Sanofi
Head of International Funded Public Market
Adélaïde Cejudo
Sanofi
Vaccine Public Affairs Lead – Zone: Africa and International Public Funded Market (IFPM)
Brett Willie (Mr)
Syntegon Technology South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Sales and Service Manager
Odilov Parviz
SK Bioscience Co Ltd
Manager, Office of Global Sales & Operations
Cederick Akwesigye (Dr)
Vaccine Access Initiative
Group Managing Director
Souleh Semalulu (Dr)
Vaccine Access Initiative
Head, Vaccine Division
Rania Mohsen (Dr)
VACSERA – Biological Products and Vaccines, Egypt
The head of Technical Office
Martin Nicholson (Dr)
WHO
Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR), Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB)
Dirk Meyer (Mr)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Head, Global Health; Economy; Trade; Rural Development Department
Jürgen Kretz (Mr)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Senior Policy Officer, Global health policy and financing
Minata Samate Cessouma
Africa Union Commission
Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development
Tadesse Mekonen (Dr)
Avacare Global
Executive: Clinical, and R&D
William Warr (Dr)
BioNTech
Senior Vice President Global Health Strategy
Philip Dorrell (Mr)
CHAI
Frauke Uekermann (Dr)
CHAI
Director, Vaccine Markets
Simone Blayer (Dr)
CHAI
Global Head, CMC & NCT, Essential Medicines
Rachel Park (Ms)
EuBiologics Co., Ltd, Korea
Director
Padmashree Gehl Sampath (Dr)
GIZ – African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF)
Senior Advisor to the President Pharmaceuticals and Health | Office of the President AfDB Group
Manuel Batz (Mr)
GIZ – Germany
BACKUP Health, Head of Component Vaccine Manufacturing TEI MAV+ Division Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation Sector and Global Programmes
Ariane McCabe (Ms)
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
Lead for Global Health Policy & Advocacy and Geneva Advocacy
Greg Perry (Mr)
IFPMA
Assistant Director General
Simon Agwale (Dr)
Innovative Biotech, Nigeria
Chief Executive Officer
Cecilia Wanjala (Dr)
Kenya Biovax Institute (KBI)
Head of Strategy, Planning, Regulatory and Quality
Hope Nyambu (Ms)
Kenya Biovax Institute (KBI)
Stefanie Perrella (Ms)
Kroll
Managing Director
Elijah Songok (Prof)
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Director General
Amenya Wokoma (Mr)
Nigeria Integrated Biopharmaceuticals Industries Consortium (NIBI)
Managing Director/CEO
Hun Kim
SK Bioscience Co Ltd
President, Global R&BD
Jin S. Park
SK Bioscience Co Ltd
VP, Head of Global BD
Mike An (Dr)
SK Bioscience Co Ltd
Vice President, Head of Global Sales & Operations
Catherine Dujardin
Team Europe
Support Structure MAV+
Laura Moreno Reyes
Team Europe
Support Structure MAV+
Marianne Mouly
Team Europe
Support Structure MAV+
Sofia Imad
Team Europe
Support Structure MAV+
Ambassador Rémi Maréchaux (H.E)
France
French Ambassador in Ethiopia and to the African Union
Clélia Chevrier Kolacko(Ms)
France
Deputy Director for Sustainable Development at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jeanne De Wendel (Ms)
France
Global Health Partnerships Unit Lead, Direction for Sustainable Development, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sarah Rueda (Ms)
France
Global health advisor at the French Embassy in Ethiopia and to the African Union
Christian Ndikumagenge (Ms)
France
Manager, Export Development
Stefaan Thijs (H.E)
Belgium
Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti Permanent Representative to the African Union, IGAD and UNECA
Zelalem Sahile
USAID
PQM+ lead
Alison Collins
USAID
Health Systems Advisor, Office of Health Systems, USAID
Irina Hoehn (Ms)
German Embassy
Political Affairs
Morenikeji Adebiyi (Ms)
Afrexim Bank
Manager, Trade Finance
Richard Krampitz (Mr)
KENUP Foundation
Nazeem Mohamed (Dr)
African Development Bank
International Pharmaceutical Consultant
Holdings Limited Stavros Nicolaou (Dr)
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited
Group Senior Executive: Strategic Trade Development
Lancina Soro
BIOLYNX&TIC, Bénin
Co-founder
Arthur Salaün (Mr)
Boston Consulting Group
Principal
Matthias Magoola (Mr)
DEI Biopharma, Uganda
Chief Executive Officer
Sarfaraz K Niazi (Dr)
DEI Biopharma, Uganda
Advisor
Hisham Stait (Dr)
Egypt: Unified Procurement Authority – UPA
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Remonda Shenouda (Dr)
Egypt: Unified Procurement Authority – UPA
Kina-Kira Hiller (Ms)
GIZ – Germany
Sektorvorhaben Globale Gesundheit Gruppe Gesundheit, Bildung und
Bernhard von der Haar (Mr)
GIZ – Germany
Group leader collaboration with the private sector
Tobias Buender (Mr)
GIZ – Germany
BACKUP Health Advisor Division Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation Sector and Global Programmes
Francis Kofi Nunoo (Mr)
GIZ – Germany
Financial Controller, Ministry of Heath
Axel Klaphake (Dr)
GIZ – Germany
Director of Economic and Social Development, Digitalisation
Jasper Sablah (Mr)
GIZ – Germany
Technical Advisor – DeveloPPP in Health
Ariane von Maercker (Ms)
GIZ – Ghana
Head of Component – Support to Vaccine Manufacturing in Ghana
Rick Stock (Dr)
BDO
Director
Arnaud Bonnet (Mr)
Lion’s Head Global Partners
Managing Director
Younes Hillali (Mr)
MARBIO
General Manager
Bokani Soko (Mr)
Pharmonova Zambia
Consultant
Mohammed Umar (Mr)
Pharmonova Zambia
Chief Executive Officer
Maimuna Hamisu (Dr)
Nigeria, National Primary Health Care Development Agency NPCDA
Head NPSIA - Department of Disease Control & Immunization
Ntinda Kandeke (Mr)
Pharmonova Zambia
Andrea Kim
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
Business Development Associate
Junhee Lee
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
Business Development Manager
Ermias Biadgleng
UNCTAD
Legal Affairs Officer, Intellectual Property Unit, Division on Investment and Enterprise
Judith Ameso
UNCTAD
Economic Affairs Officer
Alastair West
UNCTAD
Consultant
Stephen Karingi
UNECA
Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division
Tazebeyachew Sintayehu Tefera
UNCTAD
Programm Associate UNCTAD, Regional Office for Africa
Dorcas Noertoft
UNICEF
Chief of Procurement Services
Andisheh Ghazieh
UNICEF
Manager, EPI Unit Vaccine Center
Benoit Gregoire
Unizima
Business Development Manager & Tech Transfer Sr Expert
Nick Bertrand Nthahokaja
Unizima
Sr Strategic Advisor Africa
Johnny Vlaminck
Unizima
Business Development Manager and licensing expert
Hala Audi
Unizima
Chief Executive Officer
Anh Wartel (Ms)
IVI
Deputy Director General, Europe office, / Regional Director