The African Initiative Group

To improve the health and welfare of persons of African origin by fostering scientific collaboration.

Objectives of The Group

To formulate ways to address more effectively the microbiological needs of the various countries in Africa and the African Diaspora.
To make recommendations to ASM and or Other Agencies which have the financial resources to help, improve or implement our plan of action. .
To bring together in the spirit of friendship and brotherhood, people of African Origin and their descendants.
To facilitate scholarship support for students in the field of microbiology who are in need of financial aid
To be a creative and active force in ASM for promoting the best and most promising scientists of African descent..
To foster, through periodic and annual meetings, a spirit of good fellowship and cooperation within ASM and with other microbiological organizations.