Day 1 | African Medtech

Agenda - Day 1

Theme: The Big Picture: Setting the Stage for MedTech Transformation

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Registration

Meet innovators, investors, and policymakers

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Plenary Opening Ceremony

National Anthem
EAC Anthem
Shamba Cafe (Sound Team & Event Security Rep)

Welcome Address and Opening Prayer (10 mins)

Wilfred Njagi, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Villgro Africa, and Chairperson of TAMC

Guest of Honor Remarks (20 mins)

Dr. Lerato Moeti, Programme Office - Medical Devices, AUDA-Nepad

Chief Guest Opening Remarks (20 mins)

Dr. Bereket Zelalem, National Health Innovation Program Lead at Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
Dr. Ayub Manya, Head of Health Financing, Digital Health, Policy and Research

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Interactive Mega Panel

To have the summary of the presentations from each track (5 minutes poster presentation), followed by the panel discussions

Panellists: Leaders from Product Development, Investment, Market Shaping, and Regulatory groups

Plenary panel discussion and presentations:

How have these groups shaped the industry since TAMC 2024?
What are the emerging trends at a Macro level since the last TAMC?
What are the biggest cross-sector opportunities and challenges?

Moderator:

Moses Waweru

Speakers

Prof Jeremmy Okonjo
Wilfred Njagi
Khatuchi Khasandi
Winnie Kibiru

11:00 am - 11:30 am

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Networking Break

Talk Presentations (TED Talk Style)

10 minutes to speak (Should be focusing on the solutions)

Moderator:

Khatuchi Khasandi

Speakers

Frontiers in Deep Tech: Leveraging AI, Robotics, and Mechatronics to Transform African Healthcare
- Dr Deogratias Mzurikwao - Presentation
- Jamie - Case Presentation

From Diagnostics to Discovery: Re-Writing the Future of Medicine with AI
- Lorna Omondi, Google for Health

MedTech Talent
- Millicent Alooh, ABEK/IBL

Regional Regulatory Level from AMA to speak to the governing body, APPM for the procurement platform and the regional secretariat etc
- Alex Juma Ismail

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lunch Break

Startup Pitching Competition

15-20 startup presentations (3 min pitch, 2 min comments)

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Judges:

Natnael Shimelash - UGHE
Emmanuel Kamuhire - A-Lite Uganda
Emily Njuguna - PATH
Dr Ahmed Osman - Access Health International

Networking Break

Engage Sessions - Breakout into the 4 tracks - Part 1

Facilitator: Led by the respective track leads

Session Title: How Architecture shapes the future of MedTech?

Explore the impact of architectural and space design in medtech deployment
Foster collaboration between architects, innovators and healthcare system planners
Identify the practical design considerations for health facilities that integrate new technologies
Highlight architectural innovation that enables safe, scalable medtech

objectives:

Keynote speaker

Form support function of space design for medtech innovation (20 minutes)

Architect Emery Karenzi

Case studies dialogue

Building for healing with 3 case studies. Examples from hospital, mobile health units and pediatric design solutions (30 minutes)

Architect Emery Karenzi - Hospital design solutions
Naom Monari - Mobile health units
Laud Antony - Experience of a biomedical engineer

Design charrette

Group Based co-creation session addressing a real world infrastructure challenges

Session Title: Investment Strategy Studio: Designing Blended Financing Models for MedTech in Africa

Session objectives:

Unpack the unique financing needs and risks in African MedTech
Explore how to layer different types of capital across a venture’s lifecycle
Identify roles for universities, donors, DFIs, governments, and commercial investors in de-risking MedTech
Co-create viable capital stack models through a live design exercise
Spark connections between funders, enablers, and entrepreneurs

Panel discussion + Workshop

Investment Strategy Studio: Designing Blended Financing Models for MedTech in Africa

Moderator:

Wilfred Njagi

Hiroki Ishida
Alex Juma Ismail
Mohamed Dhaouafi
Rowena Luk

Speakers

Panel discussion: 45 minutes

Title: Bridging Innovation and Access: Voices from the Field

Description: This session will feature diverse perspectives from innovators at different stages of product development to a distributor working with locally developed innovations. Panelists will share their experiences engaging with government, the lessons they've learned, and the opportunities that exist to demystify the process for others navigating similar pathways.

Moderator:

Maureen/Khatuchi

Speakers:

Washington Dinga
Dick Oranja
Dr Bereket, MOH Ethiopia

Ted Talk: Two speakers, each allocated 15 minutes to:

Introduce themselves and their work
Share how they have engaged with the government
Highlight the challenges and opportunities in government engagement

TED Talk Participants

Session Title: Reimagining the East African regulatory framework for MedTech

Session objectives:

Co-designing responses to activities aimed at reimagining a robust regulatory environment that supports the availability and access to key Medtech in Kenya:

Consider potential ideas for disrupting the status quo, envisioning different future events and activities, and preferred ideas for the future that differ from today's experiences.
Possible implications of different future outcomes by systematic investigation of the ‘what-if’ chains of influence, drawing on different actions and their impacts on different groups in the MedTech sector.
Discussing potential ideas and ways to actualise some of the key scenarios by identifying and proposing areas for action in the short, medium, and long-term policy planning and strategy development

Presentation

Key findings from the project and introduction to activity (15-20 minutes)

Moderator:

Dinar Kale

Activity with participants (30 - 40 minutes)

Responsive regulations and standards for local innovations and domestically manufactured MedTech in Kenya

Case 1
Case 2

What next? – How to achieve this?

Summing up: 15 minutes