Akhona Gura is currently the Purification Scientist at Biovac.

He has obtained his Master of Science Degree (M.Sc.) at University of Western Cape, where he specialised in Nano chemistry. Akhona’s is currently the Purification Scientist at Biovac and his current interest is in the development of vaccines and his expertise lies in the purification, characterization and process development of these biological. Since 2016, Akhona has been working with the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) Secretariat as administrative support.