Overview

Co-sponsored by the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) in collaboration with the Gates Foundation

The DIA Africa Access Summit is the premier new forum for leaders committed to expanding access to healthcare innovation across Africa.

This inaugural Summit brings together senior decision-makers from government, regulatory agencies, healthcare, industry, and global health organizations to align around solutions that improve patient outcomes at scale. The invite-only Government Leadership Forum will convene some of the region's most influential policymakers and stakeholders, setting the stage for two days of meaningful collaboration, partnership building, and action-focused discussion for conference attendees.

Through strategic dialogue, interactive workshops, case studies, and collaborative discussions, participants will exchange experiences, explore innovative approaches, and identify scalable solutions that support access to medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices, and emerging health technologies.

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What you will learn

Examine key opportunities and challenges impacting healthcare access across Africa.
Explore strategies to strengthen health systems, financing, manufacturing, digital health, and supply chains.
Share best practices and innovative approaches that improve patient access.
Identify opportunities for regional and cross-sector collaboration.
Build partnerships that support sustainable healthcare solutions.

Learning objectives

Upon completion, participants should be able to:
- Examine emerging opportunities and challenges influencing equitable and sustainable access to healthcare innovation across Africa.
- Discuss strategies to strengthen health systems, partnerships, and infrastructure that enable meaningful patient access and improved health outcomes.
- Explore innovative approaches to financing, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain resilience, workforce development, and digital transformation that support sustainable healthcare delivery.
- Identify opportunities for regional and cross-sector collaboration to address shared healthcare priorities and accelerate access across diverse health systems.
- Exchange lessons learned and best practices from successful healthcare access initiatives across Africa and around the world.
- Evaluate approaches for measuring impact, strengthening accountability, and advancing long-term health system resilience.
- Build new partnerships and professional networks that support continued collaboration beyond the Summit.

Program Committee

Mark Abdoo Associate Commissioner for Global Policy and Strategy
FDA, United States
Abdulrahim Alyahya Director
Biogen, Saudi Arabia
Zainab Aziz, MSc, RPh Associate Director- Regulatory Policy MEA
Novartis, South Africa
Delese Mimi Darko, MBA, RAC Director General
African Medicines Agency (AMA) , Rwanda
Asmaa Fouad Head Central Adm. of Biological, Innov. Products & Clinical Trials
Egyptian Drug Authority, Egypt
Ali Ghamrawy Chairman
Egyptian Drug Authority, Egypt
Amel Ghouila Senior Program Officer
Gates Foundation, United States
Martin Harvey Allchurch, LLM Head of International Affairs
European Medicines Agency, Netherlands
Osama Hatem EDA Chairman Associate for Policies & International Cooperation and Supervisor o
EDA, Egypt
Sarah Ibrahim, PharmD, PhD Acting Deputy Center Director for Regulatory Programs
FDA, United States
Kwaku Marfo, PharmD, MBA, MPH Africa Market Development Specialist
IQVIA, Ghana
David Mukanga, PhD, MPH Deputy Director, Africa Regulatory Systems
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
John Mwangi Regulatory Policy Lead
Bayer, Kenya
Amira Younes Director- Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Global Regulatory Policy
MSD, United Arab Emirates

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