SMART HEALTH
AFRICA 2025

Smart Health Africa is where innovation meets impact, driving the future of sustainable healthcare.

What is Smart Health Africa?

Smart Health Africa is where innovation meets impact, driving the future of sustainable healthcare. Within the chasing time frame of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sustainability is at the forefront of topics, discussions and the minds of creative solvers. It is here at the Smart Health Africa Summit that visionaries and futurists in healthtech and strategy integrate to fuel ingenious ideas and build creative solutions that will redefine healthcare that pans the African continent.

 This summit indeed offered an opportunity to stimulate new thinking on leveraging technology and strategic partnership in SA, with a struggling public health system and with many low resourced communities, to bring health to all. 

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Your Hosts

Representative
Kelly Bently

CEO, the Rebel Element

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We enable meaningful B2B connections with technology providers through experience that merge bold strategies, intentional human interaction, and clear business objectives. Every engagement is crafted to feel authentic, purposeful, and aligned with sustainable industry growth. It's about creating impactful moments and driving lasting success in a fast moving, ever-evolving technology driven world.

Representative
Dr Unben Pillay

CEO, ASAIPA

ASAIPA

ASAIPA - is a leading professional organisation dedicated to supporting and representing healthcare professionals nationally. With a rich history of service and a commitment to excellence, we strive to elevate the practice of medicine, promote the highest standards of patient care, and advocate for the well-being of both patients and providers.

The Summit Focus

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Cutting-edge tech meets practical implementation

Discover how the latest advancements in digital health technology are being seamlessly integrated into real-world healthcare systems. From AI-driven diagnostics to telemedicine solutions and health data innovations, Smart Health Africa 2025 showcases practical applications that are transforming care delivery and improving outcomes across Africa. Experience technology with purpose, designed to address today’s challenges and build a healthier tomorrow.

 This summit indeed offered an opportunity to stimulate new thinking on leveraging technology and strategic partnership in SA, with a struggling public health system and with many low resourced communities, to bring health to all. 

 Absolutely a must attend conference.First class all the way! 

 This event was for all those who wish to harness the power of change. 

 An inspirational event for inspirational health leaders. 

 I was blown away, what a privilege to be invited to such a great event. 

 The Smart health Summit has found its niche by addressing innovation in a manner that hasn't been covered before in health. 

 This is an event that you can't afford not to be at. 

2025 Summit Themes

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AI Driven Healthcare: Transforming Diagnosis and Outcomes

AI is revolutionising healthcare by enhancing diagnostic accuracy, enabling earlier detection of critical conditions...

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Revolutionising Healthcare: The power of Robotics

Robotics is revolutionising healthcare by enhancing precision, improving efficiency, and transforming areas like surgery, rehabilitation, and patient care through cutting-edge, automated technologies.

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Virtual Care: Redefining Access and Personalising Healthcare

Virtual care is breaking barriers in healthcare, delivering real-time, personalised treatment while improving access, efficiency, and patient outcomes through digital innovations.

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Big Data: Shaping the Future of Precision Medicine

Big data is revolutionising precision medicine by driving highly personalised care through the integration of genetic, clinical, and lifestyle data to predict risks and tailor treatments.

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Tech-Driven Healthcare: Advancing Equity & Accessibility

Innovations like telemedicine and Al are transforming healthcare delivery, paving the way for equitable, accessible, and affordable universal care.

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Metaverse Medicine: Revolutionising Healthcare Education

The metaverse is redefining healthcare education by providing immersive, interactive training environments that improve skills and accessibility for learners worldwide.

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Speakers

Zanele Njapha is the leading voice on using key unlearningprinciples to support the world's best organisations buildcultures where instead of annoyed and frustrated by change —people are EXCITED to transfonm and innovate!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zanelenjapha

MC

Zanele Njapha

The Unlearning Lady

CEO

The UnLearners

Award-winning

Business Woman

Forbes Contributor

Navigating organisational change

Certified Neuro Coach

Transformative leaders/businesses

Chair

The UnLearning Children Foundation

Award-winning

TEDx speaker

Faculty

Duke Corporate Education

Host

The UnLearners Podcast

Dr. Sana Farid is a pioneer in Extended Reality (XR) industry standards and safety guidelines, ensuring the ethical, responsible, and inclusive integration of emerging technologies. As a surgeon, author, and thought leader, she shapes policies that drive safe, impactful innovation, redefining XR’s role in healthcare, education, and beyond for a more equitable future.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsanafarid

Keynote

Dr. Sana Farid

Surgeon, Entrepreneur, and Futurist

Healthcareglobal.com

Top 10 Healthcare technology influencers 2021

Brandon Kerman

25 Most Influential People to Follow in VR in 2020

Women of Wearable

Top 100 Women in Wearable and Consumer Tech

VUdream

Ultimate List of 101+ Leaders the VR Industry

Omnia Health Magazine

Magnificent Seven: Leaders in healthcare

Unlimited

Human Intelligence And Emerging Technologies

Startup MGZN

100 Bahraini notable women who transformed Bahrain

EdArabia

Top 20 Middle East Most Influential Educationist

A sought-after speaker across Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Deeply passionate about digital transformation and sustainability, he believes in placing humans at the center of innovation, aligning technology, nature, and humanity in harmony.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippegerwill

Keynote

Philippe Gerwill

Digital Healthcare Humanist & Futurist

30+ years experience

Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biopharmaceuticals

Speaker

Thought Provoking International & TEDx

Globally Recognised

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital healthcare

Adjunct Professor

Rome Business School, Master of eHealth program.

Advisor and Ambassador

Carevision, Healthspan Digital, Med-Tech World

Board Advisor

VRAcademi Ai & Metaverse Lab

Healthcare and Life Sciences Consultant

Tata ElxsiHealthcare

Industry Advisor for Healthcare

AllThingsConnected

Innovation Showcase

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Connect With Purpose

In 2025, Smart Health Africa continues to lead the way in transforming healthcare across the continent. This year's primary focus is on leveraging advanced technology in a practical form to deliver efficient, accessible, and timely healthcare services to communities throughout Africa. If it’s not practical it’s not useful to the African landscape. Our event serves as a vibrant platform to share insights, inspire collaboration, fuel innovation, and spark groundbreaking ideas. Most importantly, it’s where meaningful connections are formed to accelerate the digital healthcare agenda across Africa.

Join us for this extraordinary two-day gathering, where top pan-African medical professionals, healthcare organisations, government agencies, and cutting-edge technology providers come together in one dynamic space.

Let’s shape the future of healthcare, together.

⚕️Healthcare Associations
🧬Pathologists
👥Associations
💊Pharmaceuticals
🎓Education professionals
🏥Hospitals
⚖️Regulators
🏪Pharmacies
💰Funders
🤝NPO's
🌍African Governments
🚑Emergency service

Venue

Venue

Smart Health 2024 Recap

Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Keynote

Prof. Shafi Ahmed

An unforgettable opening act

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High Value registrations

Engaged decision makers

and key stakeholders

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Inspiring Speakers

20% of whom were international

Influencer Panels

Dynamic discussions

led by industry

changemakers

Sponsors

Industry Leading strategic partners

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Fresh Energy

Attendees joined for

the first time

New
innovation showcases

Groundbreaking technologies

redefining the future

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Net Promoter Score

Customer loyalty & Satisfaction metric

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Countries

Global reach across

multiple nations

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Ronald Whelan

CEO Discovery Health

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Prof. Shafi Ahmed

Futurist,Innovator, Entrepreneur, Humanitarian

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Dr. Rubin Pilay

Medical Futurist

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Aki Anastasiou

Technology, Media, Facilitation & MC

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Dr. Riaz Motara

Cardiologist & CEO, Brandmed

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Dr. Chrisna Ravyse

Medical Director, HealthFOX

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Dr. Reuben Gobezie

Founder & CEO, Genie Health

2024 Attendance Per Sector

Video Recap