Contributors
Leaders and experts contributing regulatory, patient, frontline, technical, industry and implementation perspectives to the Forum.
Dr. Lenias Hwenda
Chief Executive Officer, Medicines for Africa
Dr. Lenias Hwenda is the Chief Executive Officer of Medicines for Africa and Chair of the Africa Patient Safety Summit, leading its strategic direction and development.
Nozipho Tshabalala
CEO, The Conversation Strategists
Nozipho Tshabalala will guide the Leadership Forum discussion, connect diverse perspectives and support the clear synthesis of Summit contributions into practical priorities and outcomes that advance patient safety across Africa.
The people taking part
The contributors bring perspectives from across the patient safety ecosystem. Additional contributors will be added as participation is finalised.
Dr. Delese Mimi Darko
Director General
African Medicines Agency
Professor Raymond Muganga
Acting Director General
Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)
Pharm. Asmau Abubakar
Chief Regulatory Officer
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria
Professor Papa Madièye Gueye
Chair, Regulatory Council
Senegalese Agency for Pharmaceutical Regulation (ARP)
Professor Alex Dodoo
Senior Advisor to the Director General
African Medicines Agency
Mafora Florah Matlala
Pharmacovigilance Manager
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
Musa N. Corr
Principal Regulatory Officer
Medicines Control Agency, The Gambia
Dr. Joël Ouoba
Head, National Pharmacovigilance Centre
National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (ANRP), Burkina Faso
Dr. Marius Janvier Dossou-Yovo
Head of Legal Affairs
Beninese Agency for Pharmaceutical Regulation (ABMed)
Dr. Ambrose Talisuna
Chief Executive Officer
Africa Public Health Foundation
Theobald Habiyaremye
Division Manager, Drugs Imports and Exports Control Division
Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA)
Kaisa Immonen
Patient and Consumer Liaison
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Adji Marieme Ndiaye
Regional Africa Patient Safety Manager
Novartis
Ellos Ellard Lodzeni
Founder Trustee & Patient Safety Advocate
Patient and Community Welfare Foundation of Malawi; Regional Coordinator, AMR Patient Alliance: Africa Chapter
Felistas Mudzimu
Sister-in-Charge
St Clements Oncology Clinic, The Avenues Clinic, Harare
Dr. Jennifer Sarpong
Senior Pharmacist
Tema General Hospital, Ghana
Dr. Maria Mavris
Patient Liaison
European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Juma Mwashuruti
Associate Director, Anti-Falsified Medicines Africa
Novartis
Dr. Karim Bendhaou
Head of Africa Bureau
Merck Group
Mokgadi Molebatsane
Country Patient Safety Head
Novartis South Africa
James Bellamy
Head of Client Solutions
Qinecsa
Dr. Nomsa Tsikai
Clinical Oncologist & Founding Director
Harare Oncology Centre, Zimbabwe
René Ngaboyisonga
Cluster Patient Safety Head, West Africa
Novartis
Sihle Mchunu-Mtetwa
Cluster Patient Safety Head, East & Southern Africa
Novartis
Professor Star Khoza
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
University of the Western Cape
Dr. Vivian Akwuaka
Director of Patient Safety and Governance
African Medical Centre of Excellence, Nigeria
Claire Webster
Founder
Survival Guide Foundation, Zimbabwe
Pharm. Helfrid Bernard Ilomo
Pharmacovigilance Specialist | Quality Management System and Compliance
Muhimbili National Hospital; Honorary Lecturer, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Samuel Yawson Ayikanle, MBA TQM
Regulatory Officer / QC Chemist
Drug Laboratory Department, Center for Laboratory Service and Research, Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Ghana
Dr. Jacqueline Sarpong
Institutional Contact Person for Pharmacovigilance
Tema General Hospital, Ghana
Dr. David T Chonzi
MD
PV Safety Solutions
Zandi Nkopane
Associate Director – Pharmacovigilance Audit Operations Head
Kenvue
Dr. Kimmo Makinen
Co-Founder and COO | Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Medicines for Africa
Collins Joshua Kaboggoza
Biomedical Engineer
Mbarara University of Science & Technology, Uganda
Ezekiel Tinashe Mukanga
Senior Lead, Digital and Data Transformation
African Medicines Agency / Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ)
Christopher Cox
Pharmacovigilance Assistant
National Drug Authority (NDA), Uganda
Victoria Nambasa
Principal Technical Officer
African Medicines Agency
Malin Jakobsson
Product Portfolio Officer
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC)
Samuel Ngum
Director of Health Services
Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
Phil Tregunno
Deputy Director of Patient Safety Monitoring
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Foulo Basse
Chief Executive
Brazzaville Foundation
Wayne Muller
Chief Inspector
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
Billy Chablange
Regulatory Affairs Consultant and PhD Candidate
Independent; formerly Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA)
Dr. Purity Wanjiku
Pharmacist and Pharmacovigilance Consultant
Kenya
Sarah Vaughan
Head of Vigilance Operations, Patient Safety Monitoring
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), United Kingdom
Davies Omondi
Patient Programs Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa
Novartis Global Health
Professor Thomas Nyirenda
Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Development Manager; Head of the Africa Office
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)