An important resource in biomedical research is biorepositories where samples can be stored and retrieved when needed. However, such repositories are lacking in many parts of Africa, and this negatively affects sample sharing (Adoga et al., 2014). In order to improve this situation, H3Africa is funding the establishment of biorepositories that will store samples obtained in the H3Africa project (Adoga et al., 2014). The establishment of biorepositories is expected to help improve biomedical research across Africa through the safe storage and retrieval of samples,