PCCr3 was scheduled to take place in in January 2021 in Nairobi (Kenya). Due to ongoing concerns around the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and COVID-19 disease, resulting in travel restrictions being put in place in many countries including Kenya, the Programme and Organizing Committees of PCCr3 have taken the difficult decision to postpone the conference to January 2023.

This conference opens opportunities African Crystallographers to exchange ideas and collaborate in use of crystallography in advancing science and engineering is important in the development of sustainable economic growth in Africa.

The African Crystallography Association (AFCA) will be launched during PCCr3.