A united Africa

0318CW - The Insider - Analytical chemistry training partnership (PACN-GSK) in Kenya 2017 - HERO

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The chemists joining forces across the continent

2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Pan Africa Chemistry Network (PACN). ‘We wanted to bring together a community across the continent, internationally, to give Africa a push in the right direction to ultimately becoming a self-sustaining science community,’ explains the PACN programme manager Helen Driver. ‘We’re trying to put ourselves out of a job!’