On 18 November 2025, ComBac-Africa’s team at CEMTROD-UITH hosted a symposium for World AMR Awareness Week, highlighting the project’s mission to combat antimicrobial resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa.

On 20 October 2025, members of the ComBac-Africa consortium gathered in Guinea-Bissau for the project’s national kick-off meeting, marking an important milestone in one of ComBac-Africa’s key partner countries.

On 1 October 2025, members of the ComBac-Africa consortium from Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire (IPCI) and Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte D'Ivoire (CSRS) brought together key stakeholders to strengthen collaboration in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and chart the next steps for the project’s implementation.

On 25 September 2025, ComBac-Africa’s coordinator Prof Sören Becker and scientific lead Prof Aaron Aboderin presented the project’s mission to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in sub-Saharan Africa during a session hosted by Global Health EDCTP3 at the UNGA80 Science Summit.

From 2-4 July 2025, partners from across Africa and Europe convened in Saarland, Germany, to officially launch the ComBac-Africa project. The meeting provided an opportunity for partners to strengthen relationships, advance their collective efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa, and set their ambitious plans into motion.