CRIDCam

What CRIDCam does

CRID (Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases) is a not-for-profit research institution founded in 2017 and headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It conducts high-quality, internationally recognized research on major vector-borne infectious diseases in Africa, including malaria, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, and emerging threats such as Zika and dengue. The centre is led by Executive Director Professor Charles Wondji and serves national malaria control programmes, African ministries of health, academic and research institutions, and international health organizations including WHO, PMI, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The organization operates an integrated technical platform comprising three core facilities: a Molecular Biology Laboratory for genetic and genomic studies of vectors and pathogens (gene amplification, cloning, Sanger sequencing, genotyping); a Biosafety Level 2 Insectary for rearing mosquitoes and conducting insecticide testing; and an Experimental Field Station in Mibellon, Adamawa Region, for small-scale field trials on insecticide resistance and bed nets. It also offers Sanger sequencing services to external researchers and operates the African Centre for Vector Genomics (AVecGen), a Gates Foundation-funded training programme delivering specialized courses in bioinformatics, R programming, molecular entomology, and population genomics to African scientists.

CRID's revenue is generated almost exclusively through research grants and donor funding from international bodies including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (notably a $3.7M grant in October 2020), Wellcome Trust, UKRI/Global Challenges Research Fund, the EU's IMPACTING programme, PMI via Abt Associates under the Vectorlink project, Unitaid, the Science for Africa Foundation, and the Medical Research Foundation (UK). Go-to-market is event- and partnership-driven, relying on scientific conference participation, training-program recruitment, publications, and direct collaborations with national malaria control programmes and international research consortia. CRID has 12 employees and serves as the designated analytical laboratory for all PMI/Vectorlink entomological samples collected in Cameroon, giving it an unusually concentrated role in national vector surveillance.

Name

CRIDCam

Legal name

Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases

Website

https://crid-cam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CRID is a Cameroonian not-for-profit research institution founded in 2017 that conducts internationally recognized research on vector-borne infectious diseases (malaria, sleeping sickness, Zika, dengue), serving national malaria control programs, African ministries of health, academic researchers, and global health funders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infectious Disease Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Recruitment, Site Feasibility & Trial Enablement CROs (HLAGAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Therapeutic-Area CROs (e.g., oncology/rare disease) (HLAGAAAL)

Keywords

• Infectious disease research
• Vector genomics surveillance
• Malaria control research
• Molecular biology services
• Public health research

Headquarters

HQ city

Yaoundé

HQ country

Cameroon

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Donor Funding: CRID operates as a not-for-profit research institution funded primarily through international research grants and donor funding from organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, UKRI, EU (IMPACTING programme), and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CRIDCam (Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases) is a not-for-profit research institution based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, that conducts applied research on vector-borne infectious diseases — principally malaria and its Anopheles vectors — and provides specialized laboratory services, training programmes, and core research facilities. Its service portfolio includes Sanger sequencing, molecular vector surveillance, the AVecGen training curriculum (Bioinformatics and Vector Genomics, and Molecular Vector Surveillance), and access to its Molecular Biology Laboratory, Insectary, and Experimental Field Station for partner institutions and public-health agencies.

Product overview

CRID (Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases) is a not-for-profit research institution, not a commercial product company. It provides research services and core laboratory facilities rather than software products. The organization's main offerings include: a Molecular Biology Laboratory for genetic/genomic studies, a Biosafety Level 2 Insectary for mosquito rearing, an Experimental Field Station for field trials, and Sanger Sequencing Services. CRID also runs the African Centre for Vector Genomics (AVecGen) training programs in bioinformatics and molecular vector surveillance to build scientific capacity in Africa. The AVecGen training programs are capacity-building initiatives (not commercial products) focused on integrating genomic tools into vector control practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sanger Sequencing Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Researchers won first three prizes in all categories at PAMCA 2019 annual conference
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRID collaborates with LSTM on the Gates Foundation-funded project for detecting molecular markers of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. The project involves a Cameroon-based team at CRID and a UK-based team at LSTM, working with partners in Ghana and Uganda. LSTM and CRID also partner on a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship project led by Dr. Cyrille Ndo.
• Abt Associates (Vectorlink Project)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRID has established a partnership with Abt Associates under the Vectorlink project in which CRID has been tasked to analyse all samples from the Vectorlink project in Cameroon to better inform vector control initiatives nation-wide. The partnership provides support from PMI entomologists including Dr. Etienne Fondjo as Chief of Party.
• Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRID actively participates in PAMCA activities and was a major award winner at the 6th PAMCA Annual Conference in Yaoundé. CRID contributes to PAMCA work streams through knowledge generation and sharing activities focused on analytics and practice of entomological findings.
• University of FloridaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProf Rhoel Dinglasan from University of Florida and Director of CDC Southeastern Regional Center of Excellence for Vector Borne Diseases visited CRID to deliver a dengue science talk, exploring potential long-term collaboration on arboviruses and malaria research.
• World Health Organization (WHO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among CRID's institutional partners. WHO recognizes traditional medicine as part of knowledge systems that can contribute to health responses.
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among CRID's institutional partners and collaborators.
• Imperial College LondonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among CRID's institutional partners and collaborators.
• University of GlasgowminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among CRID's institutional partners and collaborators.
• Index CamerounminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndex Cameroun is listed among CRID's partners and collaborators, supporting the fight against infectious diseases in Cameroon.
• IVERM / PAMCAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIVERM (International Vector Control Research) listed among partners. PAMCA (Pan-African Mosquito Control Association) has phase II grant on 'Strengthening local capacity for malaria surveillance and elimination in Africa' with CRID as implementing partner in Cameroon.
• IVERM / TVCAGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRID participates in TVCAG (Technical Vector Advisory Group) annual meetings, bringing together expert researchers, stakeholders, research fellows/students and media professionals to assess progress in vector-borne disease control.
• WHO/TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed among CRID's institutional partners and collaborators.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH): Major European institute with extensive vector-borne disease, malaria, and capacity-building programmes across Africa, comparable research themes and donor base, but operating at much larger scale and global footprint.
• Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD): French public research organisation with long-standing presence in francophone Africa conducting infectious disease and vector research, overlapping CRID's Cameroon-focused mission and partnership landscape.
• Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC): Continental public-health body coordinating surveillance and response to infectious diseases across Africa. Sets priorities and channels funding that ultimately flows to research institutions like CRID.
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM): Large UK-based global health school with overlapping tropical disease, parasitology, and vector control research, frequently co-funding African institutes. Functions as both collaborator and competitor for the same grant pool.

Direct peers

• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM): Direct co-investigator on CRID's Gates-funded insecticide resistance project and a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship partner. Comparable research scope (vector biology, insecticide resistance, capacity building) at much larger scale.
• Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI): Well-established African government-affiliated medical research institute conducting infectious disease and vector biology research with international funder backing. Directly comparable to CRID in mission, funding model, and scope.
• MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM: Long-standing West African infectious-disease research unit with integrated laboratory and field capabilities, comparable funding base, and similar focus on malaria, vector control and capacity building.
• Ifakara Health Institute: Tanzanian research organisation with comparable vector-borne disease, entomology, and field-trial capabilities, also operating across multiple African geographies and collaborating with similar international funders.
• Pasteur Institute of Cameroon: Yaoundé-based sister institute of the Institut Pasteur network conducting virology, parasitology and vector-borne disease research in the same Cameroonian ecosystem as CRID.
• Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR): Leading Ghanaian biomedical research institute with strong vector-borne disease and parasitology programmes, also involved in Gates/Wellcome-funded malaria and insecticide resistance work alongside CRID's Ghana partners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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