Paul Okwalinga is an esteemed Biorisk management expert and Consultant certified by IFBA in Biorisk management, Biosecurity, Biological Risk assessment, and Waste management. He is enlisted as a Biosafety and Biosecurity subject matter expert under the Africa CDC regional certification program. As a group CEO of Hitex consortium Ltd and consultant with Africa CDC, Paul has spearheaded several Biosafety Biosecurity initiatives in the region including the development of the guidance framework for the management of High Consequence agents and Toxins (HCATs) and the capacity building framework for training legal and technical drafters of the Biosafety law among the Africa Union Member States.