Drug Discovery Africa Conference 2025

The University of Ghana (UG) and Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) invite you to join the Drug Discovery Africa Conference in Accra. The aim is to showcase African led drug discovery research against endemic infectious diseases.

Date: March 12 – 14, 2025

Location: Accra, Ghana

The conference will bring together leading drug discovery researchers from across Africa and those from Industry and Product Partner Development organisations working alongside them. The conference aims to strengthen existing networks, generate new collaborations, and share knowledge.  Attendees at all stages of their careers are welcome.

There will be travel bursaries to support the attendance of early career researchers from across Africa. All African ECRs submitting an abstract for a poster or short talk will be eligible to apply.

Themes:

  • Clinical trials and Field studies
  • Drug targets and Drug target validation
  • Medicinal and Computational drug discovery
  • DMPK and Toxicology
  • African drug discovery networks

Important dates:

  1. Abstract Submission Deadline (travel bursary) – October 27, 2024
  2. Early-bird Registration Deadline – December 8, 2024
  3. Registration Deadline – January 31, 2025

Read more here.

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