Ten simple rules for successful and sustainable African research collaborations

• Roseline Dzekem Dine ,

  * E-mail: dineroselinedzekem@gmail.com (RDD); yahaya.yabo@udusok.edu.ng (YAY)

  Affiliation Rinda Ubuzima, Kigali, Rwanda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8210-9258

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• Lamis Yahia Mohamed Elkheir,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-334X

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• Morufu Olalekan Raimi,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Faculty of Sciences, Federal University Otuoke, Otuoke, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5042-6729

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• Micheal Alemayehu,

  Affiliation Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Tiruneshi Beijing General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Salem Youssef Mohamed,

  Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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• Justice Kwadwo Turzin,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6411-3694

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• Femi Qudus Arogundade,

  Affiliation Department of Non-communicable Diseases and Environmental Health, Public Health U–The Ulrich and Ruth Frank Foundation, Bethel, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Elizabeth Akinyi Ochola,

  Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kisumu, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-3115

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• Alex Mukungu Nasiyo,

  Affiliation Department of Management Science, Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Raziah Quallatein Mwawanga,

  Affiliation Discover Africa Thru Technology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Yahaya Abubakar Yabo

  * E-mail: dineroselinedzekem@gmail.com (RDD); yahaya.yabo@udusok.edu.ng (YAY)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto, Nigeria

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