
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