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About AGBL Sub-Sahara AGBL Sub-Sahara is a member of the AGBL Group of companies, a region’s largest distribution group for biomedical products and technologies. The group’s stated mission is to bring innovative technologies and products to researchers, clinicians, and diagnostic users in the emerging healthcare markets. Alliance Global (AGBL) opens its country office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia AGBL Abyssinia is now fully operational and ready to deliver novel biomedical products and technologies) to the Ethiopian and Northeast African market. “Ethiopia’s central location, large population and abundant resources, allied to its rich history and stable social policies make it strategically important for AGBL to have presence in this pivotal market”; says Dr. Nassim-Marie Hambouz, Director of commercial operations at AGBL The AGBL Abyssinia launch event took place at the Addis Ababa Hyatt Regency and was attended by HE Jemal Beker, State Minister for Innovation and Technology, Dr. Kassahun Tesfaye, Director General of the Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute (EBTi), Dr Tamer Degheidy, AGBL Chief Executive Officer, Rodolphe Vetchenou, Illumina Executive Territory Manager, and other dignitaries. AGBL Keynote speakers addressed corporate overview of the AGBL Group, Next Generation Sequencing solutions and introduced the audience to Illumina's benchtop sequencer; the iSeq 100 system. AGBL also celebrated the establishment of its training Lab at Ethiopian Biotechnology institute (EBTi) and there was an official signing of the MoU between AGBL and EBTi. AGBL West Africa Supplies the first Illumina NovaSeq 6000 to Africa AGBL West Africa announced that they have supplied the World Bank funded African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) with the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 DNA sequencing machine. The system, the first to be supplied to Africa, will be installed in the campus of Redeemer University, Lagos, Nigeria. ACEGID stated mission is to develop a critical mass of well-trained African genomic scientists and to empower African researchers and health workers to utilize genomic-based tools towards the control and elimination of infectious diseases. AGBL West Africa has been collaborating with ACEGID since 2015, both parties signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019, and AGBL supplied a benchtop sequencing system; the iSeq free of charge to boost ACEGID’s sequencing capacity. Professor Christian Happi, ACEGID director, declared that ACEGID was committed to the Illumina platforms for genomics sequencing. He envisaged that NovaSeq 6000 would transform genomics research in Africa and enable prompt diagnosis and characterization of infectious pathogens and contribute to the achievement of global health security. He proudly announced, “We are planning to sequence 5000 human genomes in the next 5 years as part of the African Pharmacogenomics project. We are also planning to carry out 50,000 viral and microbial sequences in the next five years.” AGBL Managing Director for North and West Africa, Mr. Mourad El expressed AGBL’s enthusiasm for these developments, “Supporting scientific research capability in Africa is strategically important for our group, and we believe it will have positive impact on the future of the continent and world in general.” About AGBL West Africa AGBL West Africa is a member of the AGBL Group of companies, the largest biomedical gateway to the emerging markets of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The group is dedicated to bringing innovative technologies and products to researchers, clinicians, and diagnostic users in the emerging healthcare markets throughout the regions.