The African Alliance

30/01/2026

🔥 ARE YOU AFRICA’S NEXT HIV CURE MASTER TRAINER? 🔥

The African Alliance, in partnership with the Africa HIV Cure Consortium, is recruiting national trainers in Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia to roll out our HIV CUREiculum to other trainers.

We are building a small, high-quality pool of trainers who will be supported and paid to deliver Africa’s first community-led HIV cure training programme at the national and sub-national levels.

What’s involved
• Two-week, in-person Training-of-Trainers in March 2026
• Deliver 5 trainings in your country during 2026 - costs will be covered
• Work with communities, advocates, and national stakeholders shaping HIV cure research

Who should apply
- Be passionate about HIV in our lifetime
- Experienced trainers or facilitators (HIV, public health, research, rights, advocacy)
- Strong communicators who can translate complex ideas for real people
- Based in Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, or Zambia

HIV cure expertise NOT required. Training experience IS required

Languages: English required. Swahili, French, or local languages are a plus.

📅 Deadline: 10 February 2026
📩 Questions: [email protected]

Link to application: https://lnkd.in/duRWbsiP

20/11/2025

We're looking for South African artists to help us commemorate the mothers lost during COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out the criteria below and apply by 30 November.

Everard Read Gallery Johannesburg Stevenson

07/11/2025

A Statement by South African Civil Society, Global Organisations and Individuals regarding the Health Professions Council of South Africa's attack on Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng. On-going endorsements welcome via the link the document.

25/09/2025

🎨 Today we’re featuring Jordan, a designer from Johannesburg. ✨ Jordan believes it’s time for schools to teach how to insert the inner condom alongside the external condom in s*x ed, becausel protection starts with knowledge. 📚💡

Her story shows why giving young people the full picture matters. 🙌

FC2 Profiles: 25 Years

22/09/2025

📝 Today we’re featuring Lily, a q***r journalist in Johannesburg. 🌈✨ Lily wants everyone to know that using both the inner and external condom is an option, and that the more we know about protection, the more power we have over our health. 💪

Check out Lily’s story and learn how choice means stronger protection. 👀

FC2 Profiles: 25 Years

18/09/2025

🌈 Today we’re featuring Lee, a q***r, non-binary entrepreneur from Johannesburg. 💡✨
Lee shares their experience with the inner condom — showing how it gives more choice, more control, and puts protection back into the hands of those who need it most. 🙌 Hear their story and why the inner condom matters. 👀

FC2 Profiles: 25 Years

17/09/2025

📷 Today’s inner condom story features Billie, a q***r filmmaker from Johannesburg. 📷📷 Billie tried the inner condom solo for the first time — showing that protection isn’t only about your partner, it’s also about exploring your own body and taking control of your s*xual health. 📷📷

Check out their full profile to hear what they thought! 📷

FC2 Profiles: 25 Years

16/09/2025

✨ Last week was the SA AIDS Conference. This week, we’re starting a new series sharing real stories from young people who’ve tried the inner condom. 💬

Unlike the external condom, the inner condom puts the power of protection in the hands of women and other receptive partners — giving more choice, more control, and more freedom. 🙌

We’re kicking off with Molebogeng Mokoena, who works at a research institute in Johannesburg. 👩🏽‍🔬💡

FC2 Profiles: 25 Years

29/08/2025

Meet Shango Fellow, Jessy Mutale Nkonde, a dental surgeon, epidemiologist and avid bird watcher from Zambia. Her work in communities is driven by ubuntu and a commitment to education initiatives that foster collaborative learning and unity.

Jessy Mutale Nkonde is a dental surgeon, epidemiologist and avid bird watcher from Zambia.

28/08/2025

Meet Shango Fellow, Jean Paul Enama, a q***r community activist from Cameroon with 13 years of experience. He's with the Global Network Coalition Plus at the moment where he advocates for the health and human rights of the people on the sidelines of Sub-Saharan African society. When Enama was a young boy, his peers teased him for being feminine. These days, he sees his differences as a strength.

Jean Paul Enama is a q***r community activist from Cameroon with 13 years of experience.

27/08/2025

Meet Shango Fellow, Belachew Umeta Chali. He's a pharmacist from Ethiopia whose research focuses on regulation, infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance and traditional medicine. In Ethiopia, traditional medicine is passed down by oral tradition rather than in books, emphasising the importance of intergenerational communication and the preservation of cultural heritage within a community.

Belachew Umeta Chali is a pharmacist from Ethiopia whose research focuses on regulation, infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance and traditional medicine.

26/08/2025

Meet Shango Fellow, Olúwábunmi Bernard. She holds a Ph.D. in Yorubá Language and Literature from Obafemi Awolowo University; her research employs an interdisciplinary approach with interests in Yorubá literature, gender & s*xuality, postcolonial, and environmental studies. She is driven by the need to prove through research that the decolonisation of research and development in Africa must start with the decolonisation of the African mind while also acknowledging that cultural adaptation leads to culture longevity.

Olúwábunmi Bernard holds a Ph.D. in Yorubá Language andLiterature from Obafemi Awolowo University; her research employs an interdisciplinary approach with in...