The MBA is developed in collaboration with the Stellenbosch Business School, which is among the top three business schools in Africa. The MBA will be a 24-month programme and has modules focused on business, finance and management geared for health care leadership. The knowledge and skills acquired through this MBA training can be applied in the public and private health care industry. The MBA will entail course work, including functional areas of management, the policy landscape and health systems and the challenges of finance and funding in health care, taking cognizance of the limited-resource context in Africa and a research assignment. In total, we expect to host 14 MBA fellows. The MBA training and placement fellowship will consist of:

• Five blocks of MBA teaching of 6 weeks of training, including business, finance and leadership modules.
• A 12-weeks research project on health and biotechnology innovation.
• A thesis production and open defense presentation on the research project to the African STARS Programme leadership.

In addition to the three structured training opportunities described above, some of the fellows will attend the International Bioinformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME) workshop, which we will organize for the next 3 years. The 29^th edition of this workshop was co-hosted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and CERI in Brasilia in August 2024. The 30^th edition will be hosted at IPD in Senegal in August 2025. The 31^st and 32^nd edition will be hosted by CERI. VEME is one of the most advanced workshop of its kind in the world and will allow the ATT fellows to network with over 150 fellows and 50 faculties, who are leading scientists in the world.