Correction to: Understanding the key processes of excellence as a prerequisite to establishing academic centres of excellence in Africa.

Correction to: BMC Med Educ 21, 36 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02471-0 Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the author name of Conor R. Caffrey and also in his affiliation. The incorrect author name is: Connor Caffery The correct author name is: Conor R. Caffrey The incorrect author affiliation is: Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. The correct author affiliation is: Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA The original article has been corrected.