The 2025 Conference

The 2nd Annual AI in Health Africa Conference successfully convened innovators, policymakers, and researchers to advance the conversation on how AI can ethically and effectively transform the continent's healthcare systems. Building on the foundation of the 2024 edition, this year’s focus was on creating ethical, scalable, and context-specific AI solutions tailored for Africa and the Global South.

Key Conference Takeaways:

Local Creation and Ownership: Emphasis was made on the critical need for African nations to move beyond dependency, urging local experts to "create, let us lead," ensuring economic sustainability and data ownership in innovation.

Capacity Building: Speakers consistently highlighted that capacity building remains the foundation for transformation, stressing the importance of equipping health workers, students, and policymakers with the skills to make a real impact.

Contextual AI: Discussions affirmed that AI solutions must reflect Africa’s diverse cultures and healthcare realities. As our lab lead Dr. Rose Nakasi noted, "It’s not just about the tech it’s about contextualizing AI to fit our unique systems," ensuring technology empowers, rather than replaces, healthcare workers.”

Collaboration: The conference underscored that breaking silos and building research-industry partnerships is essential to turn AI research into measurable health impact.

The collective vision reaffirmed that Africa must be seen not as a continent of problems, but as a continent of solutions, driven by purpose-led, locally-owned AI innovation. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each one of you for contributing to the success of the Second Annual AI in Africa Health Conference.