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Hilton Cairo Heliopolis

Dec 01, 2026 5:30 PM - Dec 03, 2026 5:00 PM

El-Orouba, Sheraton Al Matar, El Nozha, 11361 Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Africa Access Summit 2026

Global Expertise | Regional Priorities | Shared Commitment. Working Together to Strengthen Healthcare Delivery and Improve Patient Access.

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Agenda

Day 1 Dec 01, 2026

8:00 PM — 10:00 PM

Opening Ceremony and Gala Dinner

Day 2 Dec 02, 2026

9:00 AM — 9:30 AM

Opening Remarks

9:30 AM — 10:45 AM

Plenary Session 1: Leveraging Global Regulatory Partnerships to Strengthen Africa's Regulatory Ecosystem

11:00 AM — 12:15 PM

Plenary Session 2: Strengthening Coordination Across Africa's Regulatory Ecosystem to Advance Patient Access

12:15 PM — 1:00 PM

Refreshment Break

1:00 PM — 2:00 PM

Session 3A: Regulatory Capacity That Delivers: Strengthening Regulatory Systems to Advance Access

1:00 PM — 2:00 PM

Session 3B: Advancing Africa’s Clinical Trial Ecosystem: From Readiness to Global Competitiveness

2:00 PM — 3:15 PM

Lunch

3:15 PM — 4:15 PM

Session 4A: Who Will Pay for Africa’s Health Innovation? Building Sustainable Financing Models to Expand Access Across Africa

3:15 PM — 4:15 PM

Session 4B: From Patient Voice to Patient Impact: Engaging Patients and Communities Across the Medical Product Lifecycle

4:15 PM — 5:00 PM

Refreshment Break

5:00 PM — 6:15 PM

Session 5 Plenary & Closing Remarks: AI for Africa: Harnessing AI and Digital Technologies to Accelerate Health Innovation and Access in Africa

Day 3 Dec 03, 2026

9:00 AM — 10:15 AM

Opening Remarks and Session 6 Plenary: Protecting Patients by Addressing Substandard and Falsified Medical Products and Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience

10:15 AM — 11:00 AM

Refreshment Break

11:00 AM — 12:30 PM

7A: Making Regulatory Reliance Work: From Principles to Practice (Workshop)

11:00 AM — 12:30 PM

Session 7B: Made in Africa: Building Sustainable African Markets Through Manufacturing and Pooled Procurement

12:30 PM — 1:15 PM

Refreshment Break

1:15 PM — 2:30 PM

Session 8A: Attracting Investment and Innovation to Advance Health in Africa: From Discovery to Scale

2:30 PM — 3:45 PM

Lunch

3:45 PM — 4:45 PM

Session 9 Plenary: Closing the Last-Mile Gap: Turning Health Innovation into Patient Access Across Africa

4:45 PM — 5:00 PM

Closing Ceremony: Cairo Call to Action

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