Recently, Dr Geoffrey Liu had to honour of hosting Dr Kelechi E Okonta from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Early in his visit, Dr Okonta presented a lecture entitled "Epidemiological, Molecular characteristics and Challenges with the Management of Lung Cancer – An Inquisitive look at Nigeria and Sub-Sahara Africa” to key audiences including the Thoracic Oncology - Global Cancer Program at UHN, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and the Prosserman Centre for Health Research at Sinai Health System (SHS). While at UHN, over 10 days Dr Okonta met with various researchers, oncologists and surgeons with the intent of building collaborations between the UHN, SHS and the University of Port Harcourt through discussions pertaining to the creation of a plan to develop a Sub-Saharan African Lung Cancer Altas (SALCA) pilot at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. Dr Okonta also had the opportunity to visit with medical oncologists to review the latest treatments in lung cancer and to tour labs at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.