Azza M. B. Ahmed
Azza Ahmed is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at HUMA and UCT Sustainable Development Goals and African Vision 2063 postdoctoral cohort funded by the University of Cape Town. Ahmed obtained her PhD in Anthropology form Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies in Germany. Her focus is on Urban Anthropology, Digital Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, and Science Technology and Society. Her current research is entitled: “No one is safe until everyone is safe”: decolonising science, technology, and innovation in vaccine development Hubs in Ghana and South Africa. The research focuses on the sociotechnical challenges facing vaccines discovery, development, and technology transfer in Africa and the efforts to overcome these challenges. Ahmed joined HUMA in January 2021 under the research project Future Hospitals: the fourth Industrial revolution and the ethics of healthcare in Africa (2021-2022), funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Her research focus was on the development and the deployment of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare systems in Africa with focus on Ghana. She held several positions, including, a research associate at the Institute of Geography- University of Bonn, Germany, and a Research associate at the Chair of Social Geography at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. She was a lecturer at the University of Gezira, Sudan and a Research and Coordination Assistant at the Gender and Development programme, Development Studies, and Research Institute (DSRI)- University of Khartoum, Sudan.
Azza is the 2025 Convenor for Ataya, The HUMA Interdisciplinary Seminar Series.
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