‘People didn’t believe Africa could be a source of innovation’: how the continent holds the key to future drug research

‘People didn’t believe Africa could be a source of innovation’: how the continent holds the key to future drug research

28 OCTOBER 2024 – Africa has the greatest variety in human genes anywhere on the planet but the world is failing to capitalise on it, according one of the continent’s leading scientists, Prof Kelly Chibale, a man determined to change that. He believes the birthplace of humanity could hold the scientific key to its future.