About us
The African Pharmaceutical Forum (APF) was founded in 2004, in Harare, Zimbabwe. Its inaugural meeting took place on 6 and 7 April 2004 with 15 countries in attendance (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe) along with FIP president Jean Parrot and the World Health Organization (WHO) representative for Zimbabwe, Dr Everist Njelesani. Click here for more about this meeting and history of the forum.
Objectives and regional priorities
The objectives of the Forum are to encourage and support dialogue and collaboration among national and regional pharmaceutical associations in the region using all the tools, resources and expertise available to it through FIP and its various partners and allies.
Our priority FIP Development Goals are:
- DG 1 (Academic capacity)
- DG 16 (Communicable diseases)
- DG 17 (Antimicrobial stewardship)
- DG 18 (Access to medicines, devices and services)
Other key priorities are:
- Producing an “Africa situation report”, providing an overview of pharmacy practices in the sub-Saharan region and addressing the critical healthcare areas aligned with WHO’s global health priorities. The collected insights will provide an update on the current landscape regarding workforce development and shortages, the role of pharmacy in managing and preventing both communicable and non-communicable diseases, pharmacies’ contributions to humanitarian efforts, and the implementation of sustainable pharmacy practices.
- Leading the transition of the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence in Africa to an Africa-wide association of schools of pharmacy. This will be the first of its kind on the continent and bring together academic institutions to deliver on initiatives to transform education and facilitate the sharing of resources and best practices.
- Working with the FIPWiSE initiative as well as FIP’s Early Pharmaceutical Career Group to identify gaps/needs/solutions for inequalities for women in science and education and for early career pharmacists across the region. There will be a survey to assess these, then follow-up actions will be set for the region.
How we work
Our executive committee 2026-2027 is as follows:
President: Jocelyn Chaibva, Zimbabwe (2026-2030)
Vice president: Dr Didier Mouliom Ngambe, Cameroon (2024-2028)
Vice president and treasurer: Dr Arinola Joda, Nigeria (2024-2028)
Secretary of pharmacy practice: William Anuekatoa Adjabui, Ghana (2026-2030)
Secretary of pharmacy education and pharmaceutical workforce development: Prof. Mohamed Selka, Algeria (2025-2028)
Secretary of pharmaceutical sciences: Prof. Pascal Tshisekedi Tshibangu, Dem. Rep. of the Congo (2026-2030)
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Delegates and APF executive committee members at the 84th FIP world congress in Montreal |
Members of the executive committees of all Regional Pharmaceutical Forums, together with FIP vice presidents and FIP team members |
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| Delegates and APF executive committee members outside the Palais des Congress in Montreal |
FIP organisations in membership and regional representation
The Forum reported active collaboration and communication with national and regional pharmacy organisations, associations, professional societies, syndicates and regulatory stakeholders across the Africa Region.
Visit FIP’s directory of organisations in membership to see FIP’s members across the region.
General assembly and governance
The current statutes of the African Pharmaceutical Forum were adopted in April 2024.
The latest annual report covers APF activities from August 2025 to July 2026.
If you have any questions or want to learn more about the APF, please contact us at apf@fip.org
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Activities and projects
Database
The Executive Committee of APF is in the process of collating a database of expertise across the continent to make it easy to target appropriate people for engagements across the continent. Details of this project will be provided shortly.
Resources
APF hosted the following digital events.
| Title: AMR/AMS in private health facilities in Africa II Date: 18 December 2025 Access here |
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| Title: Expanding the scope of pharmacy practice – The role of a sports pharmacist Date: 5 June 2025 Access here |
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Title: Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship in private health facilities in Africa |
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Title: Abstract preparation and submission |
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Title: Expanding primary health care services provision to the pharmaceutical private sector across the region |
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Title: Never waste a crisis: Disruptive technologies in Africa during and post COVID-19 pandemic |
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Title: Experiences from the field: Re-inventing the roles of pharmacists in Africa post-COVID-10 |
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Publications
The forum’s official journal is “The African Pharmacist”. 
It is also available in French and Portuguese.