Kwanele Asante is the Former Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention and Control, Republic South Africa. She is the Secretary-General of the African Organization of Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC). Asante taught and was the Unit Head of the Health Law module at the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She has received several awards for her African health equity activism, including the Harvard Global Health Catalyst – 2016 African Ambassador Award.

She serves in several health and human rights advisory positions in South Africa, Africa and internationally.

Asante holds a B. A. Liberal Arts (Psychology-Sociology major) degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. LLB and MSc Medicine: Bioethics and Health Law degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.