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Advancing Health Research Across Africa, Together

The VIBRI Africa Consortium is a multi-country research partnership uniting leading institutions from Kenya, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to design and deliver high-quality clinical and public health research across the African continent.

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Countries: 🇰🇪 🇷🇼 🇨🇬

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Partner Institutions

20 +

Years combined community research experience

About the Consortium

What is the
VIBRI Africa Consortium?

The VIBRI Africa Consortium brings together four complementary institutions, each a leader in their national health research landscape, to collaborate on multi-country clinical trials, diagnostic research, and public health programmes.

The Consortium was forged through shared values: scientific rigour, community-centred research, and a commitment to generating evidence that shapes health policy across Africa. It has already demonstrated its capacity through a CEPI-funded COVID-19 study, one of the most demanding multi-country research environments in recent history.

Together, the Consortium covers country-level implementation in Kenya, Rwanda, and the DRC, with cross-cutting project management, regulatory, and quality assurance support spanning 35 African countries.

Consortium Partners

🇰🇪 | Lead Institution & Country Implementation Partner

Victoria Biomedical Research Institute

Victoria Biomedical Research Institute (VIBRI) is a non-profit health research organization in Kenya, leading a Consortium responsible for coordination, strategic leadership, and country engagement, while also managing country-level implementation across all workstreams in Kenya.
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🇨🇩 | Country Implementation Partner

UNIKIN - Department of Tropical Medicine

UNIKIN, the largest public university in the DRC, is a leader in health research and training. It collaborates with the Ministry of Health on clinical trials and operational research, focusing on various national health programs and strategies.
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🇷🇼 | Country Implementation Partner

Rinda Ubuzima

Rinda Ubuzima is a non-profit at Kigali University with over 20 years of experience in community-focused health research and program implementation in Rwanda, leading country-level projects and operational research within the Consortium.
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🇰🇪 | Cross-Cutting Support Partner

ACE Research

Founded in 2014, ACE Research is a full-service CRO based in Kenya, with offices in the DRC and Sierra Leone, offering project management, regulatory support, monitoring, quality assurance, and document translation across five Consortium countries.
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What We Do Together

Our Collective Capabilities

Multi-country Clinical Trials

Design and implementation of clinical trials across Kenya, Rwanda, and the DRC simultaneously.

Regulatory Affairs

Navigating national regulatory frameworks across multiple African jurisdictions.

Community Engagement

Decades of community-centred research experience across diverse populations.

Quality Assurance & Monitoring

End-to-end monitoring and QA support across all sites.

Operational Research

Generating evidence to inform national health policy and programmes.

Document Translation & Adaptation

Multilingual capability across English, French, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda.

Proven in the Field:
CEPI-Funded COVID-19 Study

The VIBRI Africa Consortium demonstrated its multi-country research capacity through a CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) funded COVID-19 study, coordinating complex clinical research simultaneously across Kenya, Rwanda, and the DRC. This collaboration established the operational framework, governance structures, and cross-country workflows that now underpin all Consortium activities.

“A consortium built not just for one study, but for the long-term advancement of health research across Africa.”

Geographic Reach

Where We Work

Primary research countries: 🇰🇪 Kenya · 🇷🇼 Rwanda · 🇨🇬 Democratic Republic of Congo. Regulatory & project management reach: 35 African countries via ACE Research

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Why Partner With Us

Why Work With the VIBRI Africa Consortium?

Pan-African reach

One partnership, access to research infrastructure across East and Central Africa.

Regulatory expertise

Active registrations and established relationships with national regulators across multiple countries.

Community trust

Decades of community-centred research means faster recruitment and higher retention.

End-to-end capacity

From protocol development to data management, monitoring, and dissemination.

Partner With Us

Whether you are a global sponsor seeking African research capacity, a funder looking for a proven multi-country platform, or a researcher exploring collaboration, we welcome the conversation.

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