Established in 2019 to become a core provider for DNA barcoding, sequencing and environmental DNA services in southern Africa. GeneLethu’s staff has over 15 years combined experience in the fields of botany and molecular biology. The core team are alumni from the University of Johannesburg’s African Centre for DNA Barcoding where they actively worked on many local and international projects encompassing aspects of molecular biology such as molecular systematics, DNA barcoding, wildlife crime & forensics, herbal product authentication and evolutionary molecular biology.