Pan Africa Chemistry Network - Supporting African Science

This video provides an insight into the work of the PACN and the breadth of its reach across Sub-Saharan Africa. This footage was taken at the University of Nairobi who hosted the Royal Society of Chemistry – Procter and Gamble Symposium: Regulatory Harmonisation, Hygiene and Sustainability. The conference focused on the scientific challenges of hygiene, health and sustainability and featured a range of speakers from across Africa and from P&G global research centres.

Together with our partners we have invested £1.5 million in the PACN and have collaborated with over 35 different organisations on events and activities.

In partnership with Syngenta, who donated £1 million over five years we established the first three PACN Centres of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry in Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia.

Since December 2011, Procter & Gamble have been working with the PACN and leading scientists and students to exchange knowledge, enhance skills and generate opportunities for innovation in the areas of hygiene, health and waste management. We have established the Collaboration Lab at the University of Lagos in Nigeria which includes provision of analytical equipment and internships for Nigerian scientists to apply their knowledge to real life industry challenges.

We have a long-term commitment to African chemistry and would like to build on the success so far. To do so, we are keen to expand our network of colleagues and partner organisations who share our vision for Africa.

The PACN is open to anyone. So whether you are an African scientist, a company working in Africa or just interested in our activities, you can be part of this expanding network of colleagues working towards a sustainable science base in Africa.

[rogomichael]

Great work PACN/RSC are doing in terms of collaborative science. Kudos

[youhgv]

I like the cleaning of water and the medical field science but they need to put their eyes towards some other directions also like computer industry. Transportation industry, AI and unfortunately they need to work on their own military weapons. Not waste of people being able to wash their clothes by hand. Look at China it wasn’t until China got their great military together with weapons were they able to make a difference in their power. And then they were making all different types of things and technology now they got the flying cars