They do it...
They dream big but prioritise to respond to the most pressing problems...
They are a consortium of scientists, clinicians and public health officials. They build in their successful experience of the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) with like minded people who do generate ideas and realize them.

The first phase of the CERI is supported by many of Africa’s most influential and respected scientific organisations: the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), Stellenbosch University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). In the second phase, they may incorporate the other members of NGS-SA, which includes the University of Cape Town (UCT), University of the Free State (UFS), National Laboratory Health Systems (NHLS) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).