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Regional & Sub-Regional Representatives

Dr. Anke Weisheit

Regional Representative for Africa

East and North Africa

About

Anke Weisheit has more than 18 years of experience in tropical agriculture, value chain development and agri-business in Eastern and Southern Africa. Currently, she is a Co-founder and Chair Innovation and Business Management of the Pharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine Centre (PHARMBIOTRAC) at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.

Anke is also an External Expert to the European Commission Horizon 2020, a Member of the Governing Council of the Sub Saharan Open University (SSOU) and serving on the WHO Regional Expert Advisory Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 response.

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