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inqaba biotec is now local in Uganda as Inqaba Biotec East Africa Ltd, Uganda (IBUG). Our new home at Regency Plaza on Lugogo Bypass in Kampala will enable us to serve our loyal customers even better. Our researchers in Uganda who have trusted us for the last 20 years, Mweebale! and you should look forward …

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inqaba biotec is now offering the various solutions for the detection of plant pathogens from BIOREBA in sub-Saharan Africa. While we are celebrating our 20 year anniversary this year, BIOREBA is 40 years old in 2022. Since the foundation of BIOREBA in 1982 in Switzerland, they have established collaborative relationships with research institutes and universities …

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The inqaba biotec group of companies has close to 150 employees in sub-Saharan Africa with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. In 2022, we are opening branch offices in Cameroon, Senegal and Uganda. inqaba biotec is a truly African life science company.

inqaba biotec had six staff members in 2002. After 20 years, 4 of them, namely Melvin, Vani, Margaret and  Oliver (from left to right on the picture) are still dynamically  involved with the company. Our executive director Dr Oliver Preisig is the longest serving employee and director as he started his work on 1st April 2002.

Starting with an idea conceived in 2000, the makings of inqaba biotec as a commercial entity slowly began to take shape around this time 20 years ago. The seed funding for inqaba biotec was secured at the end of 2001 from private investors mainly from Germany, South Africa, and Switzerland. However, the company would not …

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The inqaba biotec team wishes you a Happy Festive Season and all the best for 2022! Thanks for your support over the past two decades. Let us all take actions against global warming and protect our biodiversity.

After all the interesting, informative and fun submissions, we would like to thank the participants for taking time to be part of the Inqaba’s Africa Genome Challenge, and we would like to finally announce the winners. Winners with the highest number of likes are announced for each category as well as courtesy ones, which are …

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The Legend of Inqaba: As the great Winston Mackay once said, “Everyone can steer a ship, but only he with a clear vision can be a captain”. It was said that once upon a time in the year of Horse, a colt was born named Inqaba, born to be the one to battle an unknown …

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Voting is open now. Videos have been received, stage set and now it’s time for you to have your say. You can vote for your favourite project by clicking on the like button on the comment section with the name of your favourite topic and the video number. You are encouraged to watch all the …

Inqaba’s Africa Genome Challenge 2021: Please make your selection! Read More »

Shoreline Biome’s microbiome products now available in Sub-Saharan Africa FARMINGTON, Conn.— Shoreline Biome, a microbiome research company that develops complete solutions for characterizing microbiome populations down to the strain level, has entered into a partnership with Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd for product distribution and StrainID services in Sub-Saharan Africa. Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd, …

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