B3Africa Work Package 5 (WP5) launched the Webinar series with the first session on Thursday 29 September, 2016, targeted particularly at IT Focal Points. This webinar was led by Robert Reihs and Heimo Müller of Medical University of Graz, Austria, WP2, with a short introduction by Rafael Hernández, on behalf of B3Africa coordinator Dr Eric Bongcam-Rudloff of Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU). The presentation was followed by a lively question and answer session.