Africa (and the Global South more generally) has been disastrously impacted by the history of colonialism and neocolonialism, a history which shapes the current burden of disease on the continent. My research focuses on addressing this burden through improving systems of disease surveillance and access to the tools needed to address infectious diseases. Specifically this follows three themes:

1. Developing bioinformatics tools, workflows, platform and capacity for genomic surveillance of pathogens in African public health.
2. Research software engineering and developing the computing infrastructure that underlies research, disease surveillance and public health.
3.  Public sector led innovation, particularly in the fields of digital public infrastructure, digital sovereignty and the production of pharmaceuticals and scientific reagents.