Health Tech Africa

In this episode of the Health Tech Africa podcast, Dr Chinasa T. Okolo expounds on artificial intelligence (AI) applications in Africa’s health sector. Dr. Okolo is a Fellow at The Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies programme, and a Consulting Expert for the AU-AI Continental Strategy for Africa. AI is a branch of computer science focused on building machines programmed to perform human-like tasks.

In this episode to commemorate World TB Day 2024, Dr Leyla Abdullahi, Senior Research and Policy Analyst at AFIDEP Senior Research and Policy Analyst at AFIDEP, Ms Evaline Kibuchi, Chief National Coordinator of Stop TB Partnership Kenya, and Ms Nkirote Mwirigi, Public Private Collaborations, Human Rights and Gender Coordinator in Kenya’s National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program, discuss prospects of achieving the global goal to end TB by 2030.

In this episode of Health Tech Africa podcast, AFIDEP’s Director of Public Policy and Knowledge Translation, and Head of Kenya Office, Dr. Rose Oronje, shares insights on why conversations on health technologies in relation to the continent are important.

In this episode of the Health Tech Africa podcast, Dr Damaris Matoke-Muhia, Principal Research Scientist at Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), takes us through considerations of gender when developing and applying health technologies. 

Strong governance and regulatory systems are necessary in ensuring emerging health technologies truly address Africa’s high burden of disease. In this episode of the Health Tech Africa podcast, Dr Roy Mugiira, the Chief Executive Officer of Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority outlines what it would take to institute these strong systems.

The African Union High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies (APET) has singled out ten emerging technologies as priority areas of relevance for Africa’s socio-economic development following an extensive survey. In this episode of the Health Tech Africa podcast, Dr Barbara Glover, Programme Officer of the APET, working at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) outlines the technologies evaluated and recommended and what it means for health on the continent.

In this episode of the Health Tech Africa podcast, the Project Director of the Platform for Dialogue and  Action on Health Technologies in Africa, Professor Richard Mukabana,  discusses new technologies that if well developed and proven safe and  effective, have enormous potential to eradicate disease on the  continent.