RSG-Africa Decentralizes

 

The ISCB Regional Students Group (RSG-Africa) since its inception in 2007 has grown both in terms of number of students (nearly 500), and activities. Approximately 40 students have also been registered yearly with the International Society of Computational Biology Students council (ISCBSC) from 2007 to date. It has therefore become necessary to decentralize in order to maintain closer contact between leaders and members, and to make it easier (even cheaper) to organize events (workshops/conferences) as well as register members to ISCBSC. It was also felt that regional groups within the continent would better address more local issues, including language differences that can have an impact on effectiveness of some activities. Notably also, RSG Morocco already existed, and it was felt that merging this with the northern region of RSG Africa would better serve this end of the continent.  In line with this, four additional sub-regional groups were therefore created, with newly elected leaders as well as a new mentor to the additional list of committed mentors and faculty advisors.  The decentralization should facilitate much more activity at the grassroots level than was previously possible.

 

Please see RSG Africa Network for the countries under each region.

 

RSG-Northern Africa (Merger between RSG-Morocco and RSG-Africa Northern Africa region)

1.President:                 Noura Chelbat

2.Vice president           Majdi Dammak

3.Secretary:                 Amina Elgo

4.Webmaster:             Amel Ghouila

5.Faculty Advisor:        Dr. Amal Maurady

 

RSG Southern Africa

 (Currently undergoing elections)

 *RSG Eastern Africa*

1.President:                  Nelson Ndegwa

2.Secretary:                 Blanche Kaira

3.Webmaster:             George Githinji

4.Faculty advisor:        Dr. Etienne deVilliers

 

RSG Western Africa

1.President:                 Marion Adebiyi

2.Secretary:                 Ismaila Ishola

3.Webmaster:             Oluwagbemi Oluwagbenga

4.Faculty advisor :       Dr. Ezekiel Adebiyi

 

RSG Central Africa

1.President:                  Mbandi Stanley Kimbung (University of Buea)

2.Secretary:                  Emily Tangie (University of Buea)

3.Webmaster:              Assam Jean Paul (University of Yaounde)

4.Faculty advisor:         Dr. Fidelis Cho-Ngwa (University of Buea)

 *Grand Webmaster:*  Kenneth Babu