Foundation for Analytical Science & Technology in Africa

FASTA is a registered charity comprised of chemical scientists from the UK and other countries, including Kenya and Canada. It was founded by me and a group of colleagues from BP and Barrie Nixon from Mass Spec UK on September 20, 2006 to support scientific education and the preservation of the environment in Africa via capacity-building and technology transfer.

As scientists with a passion for chemistry and a dedication to the preservation of our environment, we have made an enduring commitment to provide participating laboratory facilities and collaborators with the tools they require to establish themselves and succeed.  Several organisations, especially The British Mass Spectrometry Society, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Mass Spec UK and Perkin-Elmer, amongst others have been very supportive by providing generous grants and lots of moral support for us and this was instrumental in allowing us to set up the first GC-MS facility at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology in Nairobi.  To this end, we purchase and install laboratory equipment and offer training, ongoing maintenance, and technical and professional support