Sessions

• Healthcare Innovation: Strengthening Africa’s health systems by supporting the development of local therapeutics, vaccines, and preventive care technologies that address diseases disproportionately affecting African populations.
• Agrotech & Food Security: Advancing agricultural biotechnology to increase crop yields, enhance soil health, and reduce post-harvest losses through precision farming, biofertilizers, and genetic improvement of crops and livestock.
• Diagnostics: Developing affordable, rapid diagnostic tools for infectious and chronic diseases empowering health workers with real-time data for disease surveillance and community-level health management.
• MedTech & Medical Devices: Supporting the design and local manufacturing of medical instruments, biosensors, and imaging tools tailored to African health challenges and infrastructure realities.
• Digital Health: Integrating mobile health platforms, telemedicine, and data analytics to improve healthcare access, strengthen patient monitoring, and bridge urban–rural healthcare divides.
• Clinical Trials & Regulatory Innovation: Building Africa’s capacity for ethical, high-standard clinical trials ensuring that African populations are represented in global research and that innovations are tested and approved locally.
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Data Science: Harnessing AI for predictive diagnostics, precision agriculture, and bioinformatics using African data to train global models that reflect the continent’s genetic and environmental diversity.
• Climate Tech & Sustainability: Developing bio-based solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change including carbon capture through biotechnology, drought-tolerant crops, and circular bioeconomy innovations.
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Supporting the growth of Africa’s pharma industry through partnerships, technology transfer, and the development of local capacity for drug formulation, production, and quality control.
• Supply Chain & Bio-Infrastructure: Building resilient supply chains for scientific equipment, reagents, and medical logistics ensuring sustainable access to research and healthcare resources across the continent.