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Quest for Research Freedom Fuels African Biotech Boom Tired of dancing to the tunes of international funders, and doubtful that long-promised national grants will come, a handful of African biomedical scientists have turned to private investors to bankroll their dreams of autonomy in the lab. Linda Nordling Jul 1, 2021 54GENE Returning to his native Ghana after a postdoc in the United Kingdom, Yaw Bediako thought he had his future pretty much mapped out. “I felt everything was leading me to the usual model of academic research full professor before I’m forty-five, with my own research group, a good grant portfolio, and students working for me,” the immunologist says. 

United kingdomSouth africaUniversity of cape townWestern capeUnited statesGreater accraTom jacksonDelali attipoeSiya ntutelaKelly chibaleUniversity of ghanaInternational finance corporationInternational council of biotechnology associationsMelinda gates foundationYaw bediakoWest african centre