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Session 5 Plenary: AI for Africa: Harnessing AI and Digital Technologies to Accelerate Health Innovation and Access in Africa
Session Chair(s)
Amel Ghouila
Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation, United States
Amira Deia Younes
Director- Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Science & Regulatory Policy, MSD, United Arab Emirates
AI and digital technologies are creating new opportunities to transform health innovation and access across Africa. This plenary will explore applications across regulatory science, clinical development, healthcare decision-making, and access, including AI-enabled products, digital health, and other emerging use cases. Discussions will also consider the data infrastructure, responsible governance, and other foundations needed to support sustainable adoption across the region.
Learning Objective : - Describe one regulator and one industry AI application presented by panelists
- Assess infrastructure and capacity gaps, including eCTD costs and limited reach across African NRAs, and identify ways to address them
- Identify two priority actions from the closing discussion: one for industry and one for NRAs/AMA to scale AI responsibly and support patient access
Speaker(s)
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Richard Rukwata
Director General, Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
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Representative Invited
Chief Operating Officer, South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
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Representative Invited
Associate Director of Health Security at the International Federation of Pharmac, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
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