When you join the APFP, you join a diverse and dynamic community of child health professionals from countries across sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom will be colleagues and friends for life. Here is the cohort of APFP fellows in training at UCT in 2025.

General Paediatrics

  • Martha Shongolo, Onanjokwe Regional Referral Hospital, Ondangwa, Namibia, 2021-2025
  • Joy Shilongo, Onanjokwe Regional Referral Hospital, Ondangwa, Namibia, 2021-2025
  • Herlinde Kutyowa, Katutura Hospital, Windhoek, Namibia, 2022-2026
  • Tadala M’mela Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2024- 2025
  • Harriet Potani, Kamazu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre Malawi 2024-2025
  • James Makina, Kamazu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre Malawi 2024-2025
  • Isaac Banda, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2025- 2026
  • Natasha Banda, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2025- 2026
  • Ntambose Simango, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2025- 2026
  • Zainab Maluk, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2025- 2026

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Sarah Wawa, Aga Khan University Hospital, Kenya, 2024-2026

Developmental Paediatrics

  • Caroline Nerima, Children’s Medical Centre – Bugolobi, Kampala, Uganda, 2023-2025
  • Anastacia Omoding, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 2025-2027
  • Victoria Ndembo, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania,2025-2027

Neonatology

  • Gae Mundundu, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, 2023-2025
  • Flora Ode Boakye-Mensah, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, 2024-2026
  • Selome Tsigedingle, Hawassa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethiopia, 2024-2026
  • Chinelo Obiora-Izuka, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria, 2025-2027
  • Hilena Sisay, Tulla Primary Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia, 2025-2027
  • Nna Djama Glover, University of Ghana Medical Centre, Accra Ghana, 2025-2027
  • Samuel Tibil Salamat, Holy Family Hospital, Berkum, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2025
  • Benedicta Awura Abena Antwi, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2025

Paediatric Allergology

  • Oluwatosin Amund, Paediatric Partners Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos 2025-2027

Paediatric Anaesthetics

  • Fredson Mwiga, Kilimajaro Christian medical Center, Tanzania, 2024-2025
  • Betty Nantonga, CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda, Mbale Uganda, 2025
  • Lukansola Mabusi, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 2025

Paediatric Cardiology

  • Dominic Moyo, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 2023- 2026
  • Bizuneh Abera, Hawassa University Specialised Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia, 2025-2028
  • Mawuse Akorli, University of Ghana Medical Center, Accra, Ghana, 2025-2028

Paediatric Critical Care

  • Happiness Malyas, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, 2025-2027
  • Ritah Nasiima, St Francis Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 2025-2027

Paediatric Electrophysiology

  • Dennis Magalu, St Francis Hospital, Nsambya, Uganda, 2025

Paediatric Gastroenterology

  • Khobieb Mohammed, Gaafar Ibnauf Specialist Tertiary Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan, 2023-2025
  • Livin Mumburi, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania 2024-2026

Paediatric Infectious Diseases

  • Patricia Akintan, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, 2023-2025
  • Chioma Odimegwu, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ozalla, Nigeria, 2025-2027
  • Charles Martyn-Dickens, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 5-month rotation, 2025
  • Islynn Graham, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 5-month rotation, 2025

Paediatric Nephrology

  • Datonye Briggs, River State University Hospital, Nigeria, 2024-2026
  • Oluwatosin Oshomah-Bello, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, 2024-2026
  • Nan Afua Blay, Holy Family Hospital, Techiman, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2024-2025
  • Annie Owusu, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2024-2025
  • Anastasia Prosorova, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2025
  • Francis Akwetey, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye, Ghana, 6-month rotation, 2025

Paediatric Neurology

  • Halima Naiwumbwe, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 2023-2025
  • Obrey Urio, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Uganda, 2024-2026
  • Joyce Nalwoga, Bethany Women and Family Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 2024-2026
  • Cyprian Birmeh, Ghana Police Hospital, Ghana, 2024-2026

Paediatric Neurosurgery

  • Japhet Ngerageza, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania 2024-2027

Paediatric Oncology

  • Stella Mzumara, Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation, , Lilongwe, Malawi, 2023-2025
  • Linda Kassila, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania, 2024-2026
  • Yaa Oppong-Mensah, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, 2024-2026
  • Mekelaye Nghaamwa, Namibia, 2025-2027

Paediatric Physiotherapy

  • Catherine Mallya, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, 2025
  • Josephine Nabisubi, Mulago National Specialised Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, 2025

Paediatric Pulmonology

  • Naomi Adjetey, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 2023-2025
  • Jean Bangirana, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, 2024-2026
  • Paul Mwanyika, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, 2024-2026
  • Thabo Dambe, Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Gaborone Botswana, 2025-2027

Paediatric Radiology

  • Dorcas Addo, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, 2025-2027

Paediatric Surgery

  • Moruf Abdulsalam, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, 6-month rotation, 2025