Mr Daniel Ndima

Mr Daniel Ndima

Founding CEO Capebio

Daniel Ndima is a structural biologist of infectious diseases with a new dissertation on genome editing innovations. He is an Allan Gray Fellow, Mandela Rhodes Scholar, Brightest Young Minds Alumnus, Mail & Guardian Top 200 South African in Science and Technology and one of the African Influencers for Change (by UNDP Africa). He serves as a Council Member at South Africa’s National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) – under the National Department of Technology and Innovation (DSTI).

Daniel is one of South Africa’s recognised Black Industrialists, and his company, CAPEBIO, won the Presidential Black Industrialist Award in the Innovation and Technology Category in 2022. He also won the Top African Biotech Entrepreneur Award at the BIO Africa Convention in 2022. In 2023, he won All Africa Innovator of the Year at the All-Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) Ceremony. Capebio was also recognised for its highly commendable artificial intelligence (AI) technology by Sentech at the Africa TechWeek Awards. The AI platform enables robust development of the biomanufacturing processes for diagnostic reagents and will soon be launched in the market for novel biomolecule discovery research and innovation capabilities.

Daniel strongly advocates for scientific innovation that creates jobs, improves the quality of ordinary lives, and contributes to social development and the economy.