AfriLAB: Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Africa | First meeting. 21 - 24 May 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya

1. Current status
Positives
Good grounding in empirical
knowledge and classical
analytical chemistry
techniques
Provide teaching to students
Gaps
Lack of kit
All the other stuff mentioned
Aim
Trust & confidence
in laboratory data
Competitive with
international labs
Plan for 36-60
month timeline
Theory of Change- aim & objectives for African labs
Objectives – Evaluation and monitoring
3-6 months
Following GAP
analyses:
•Formal SOPs
•Management systems
•Buy-in from
management – plan for
investment
•Training
•Design Quality
Management system
•Select current
operations as beacon
for developing success
•Revise Action Plan for
capacity strengthening
6-24 months
•Inter-lab / document
review – internal +
external audits
•Inter-lab round-robin
analyses
•Present progress to
management &
colleagues – build trust
•Plan to management for
investment
•Training - North-South,
but now include South-
South training provision
•Revise Action Plan for
capacity strengthening
24-36 months
•Inter-lab / document
review – internal +
external audits
•Inter-lab round-robin
analyses
•Training - North-South,
but now include South-
South training
provision
•Revise Action Plan for
capacity strengthening
for 36-60mths