How Digital Health Professionals Can Get the Most Out of GITEX Africa 2025
Africa's healthcare landscape is on the cusp of greatness. Population growth surges, urbanization is speeding up, and a booming middle class fuels more demand. Yet access remains quite patchy, funding inadequate, and the infrastructure in under strain.
GITEX Africa 2025, opened its doors today, April 14, in Marrakech, and is a gathering arena where innovators, startups, and policymakers will gather to bounce bold ideas off each other with a clear view on shaping the future of healthcare in the world's biggest continent.
To get the maximum value of their experience, visitors must approach this tech fair with purpose, strategy, and an eye for gleaning as many ideas as possible
Africa faces a $4.4 billion gap in healthcare funding, a daunting void but a golden opportunity for investors.
With only 6.1% of the continent's GDP channeled into healthcare – far below the global average – investors have an important role at hand.
If this problem not only peaks your interest, but plays an active role in your career, GITEX Africa 2025 has a series of events and speakers that are all about healthcare across the continent.
The Healthcare Investment Forum offers a stage for dealmakers to forge partnerships that promise to drive sustainable change. So, make sure you come prepared, know the key speakers, and engage with policymakers who hold the strings of reform.
Digital health isn't a luxury. It has become a necessity. Nearly half the continent lacks access to essential health services. Yet telemedicine has surged, reaching 75 million people. Electronic health systems are improving patient care by 90%. The question isn't whether tech will redefine African healthcare – it already is.
The GITEX Digi Health Africa Summit is bringing together the sector's sharpest minds to propel this momentum. Currently, only 30% of African nations have comprehensive eHealth strategies. This hub can provide a rare chance to be in the room where it happens – to influence the government agenda and to step up and pour more budget into innovative solutions for a steeper headway.
No nation thrives when its people suffer from preventable diseases. Governments and stakeholders must harmonize policies, strengthen digital infrastructure, and craft pathways for equitable healthcare. The sessions today dissected these frameworks, urging attendees to rethink inclusivity as more than an ideal — it's an economic necessity.
The GITEX agenda items on April 15 will be all about investment in digital health to overcome roadblocks. The forums covered AI-powered diagnostics, robust health data analytics, and scalable telemedicine solutions that could bridge critical gaps. In this context, visitors had the opportunity to reimagine healthcare delivery in ways that sidestep constraints of underfunded, overstretched systems.
Frontier Tech, the topic of the day on April 16, belongs to the pioneers. AI, blockchain, the Internet of Medical Things — technologies once confined to science fiction now define modern healthcare. From precision medicine to biotech, the frontier is here. Africa's embrace of these advancements is positioning it as a leader, not a follower, in global digital health innovation.
Conferences are only as good as their thought leaders.
This year's line-up includes Nanthalile Mugala, Chief of Africa Region for PATH, will be bringing expertise on advancing HIV care within public digital health. Talla Kebe from the African Affairs Task Force will provide crucial policy insights. Adeolu Arogundade of the Society for Telemedicine & eHealth is giving insight on how telemedicine and mhealth (mobile health) will speed up diagnosis and rid the healthcare systems of unnecessary paperwork.
GITEX Africa 2025 isn't just another event. It is serving as a catalyst for a realistic transformation of Africa's healthcare system.
Attendees must resist the urge to drift from panel to panel, collecting brochures and business cards with no clear objective. Put first sessions that align with your mission, seek out speakers who challenge your thinking, and identify investment opportunities with tangible impact.
The future of African healthcare won't be shaped by spectators. It will be forged by those who come prepared to engage, collaborate, and drive change.
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