Capacity Building
Capacity Building
TACII is committed to building scientific expertise and infrastructure to ensure that African cancer researchers are trained, supported, and recognised across the continent.
BRAINS Staff Mobility
MoBility for Research and African Integration through Health Sciences
The TACII website was built through the BRAINS Staff Mobility Programme. BRAINS is the acronym for MoBility for Research and African Integration through Health Sciences. It was a collaboration that brought together communications expertise and technical development skills across Morocco and South Africa.
Over three weeks in Casablanca, Bon Holtak (Stellenbosch University / Immunopaedia Foundation, Cape Town) and student developers (Aya, Abdellah, Hamza) based at Hassan II University of Casablanca worked together to design, build, and launch this platform.
This collaboration illustrates TACII’s values: shared capacity, equitable partnership, and African-led knowledge production.
An AI chatbot is also in development as a Master's project for Immunopaedia. This is a BRAINS-sponsored project supervised by Prof Ghita Zaz (ENSAM, Casablanca) and Prof Clive Gray (Stellenbosch University, Cape Town). Many other students have enjoyed 3-6 month placements in labs across Africa, sharing knowledge and skills.
Immunopaedia
Free Online Immunology Education
Immunopaedia is a free immunology education platform used by students, clinicians and researchers across Africa and beyond. Immunopaedia is available to teachers and students as a comprehensive learning resource. Foundational immunology, clinical case studies and cancer immunology courses are available.
Cutting-edge cancer, microbiome and infectious disease research is published three times a week as breaking news. Immunopaedia exemplifies TACII’s aim of making education accessible to scientists and clinicians in Africa and beyond.
FAIS Legacy Project
Recognising Africa's future immunology leaders
The FAIS Legacy Project invests in Africa’s future immunology leaders. Established under the Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS), the project supports mobility across Africa and beyond.
By providing travel grants, research fellowships, and training workshops, the project enables young African scientists to gain international experience and bring valuable skills back to their home institutions.