Kelly Chibale was a panelist in the session linked here: https://grandchallenges.org/video/african-entrepreneurship-research-and-development-driving-impact-continent-and-world
Bill Gates mentioned the TBDA in his remarks at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting in Brussels. Video here: https://grandchallenges.org/video/keynote-remarks-bill-gates-1 (fast forward to 11:53).
Congratulations to Eric Rubin who was recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine (link) for “pioneering bacterial genetic tools being used to create the next generation of anti-tuberculosis drugs.”
Members celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the TBDA with a commentary published in Nature Medicine about the mission, advantages, and disadvantages of the collaboration model, scientific contributions, and medical contributions.