SANBI employees, Peter van Heusden and Eugene de Beste, founded RSSE Africa in 2019. Subsequently they lead a three-month project as part of the Open Life Science programme to create the website and help foster the community. Peter plays an important role in the community as mentor, adviser, and advocate for African RSSEs.
Talarify has been supporting the African research software community since 2016. We have dedicated staff supporting communication, projects, events, connecting with the stakeholders in the global RSE network, mentorship, and more.