--- title: "Healthcare without borders: The African perspective" description: There are some pretty extraordinary things happening in the health sector on the continent of Africa, image: https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/Dr%20Alice%202.png --- [![IH_Year_White](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/IH/IH%20Logos/IH_Year_White.png?width=4168&height=2485&name=IH_Year_White.png "IH_Year_White")](http://intelligenthealth.ai/) [BOOK NOW](http://intelligenthealth.ai/tickets/) ## **BLOG** # Healthcare without borders: The African perspective Posted by [Intelligent Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/author/intelligent-health) on Aug 25, 2020 4:38:21 PM ![Intelligent Health](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hubfs/IH/IH%20Logos/IH_2019_Squared_Blue200x200.png) Find me on: [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/Intelligent-Health-AI-188689545148326/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13578414) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/IntHealthAI) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) There are some pretty extraordinary things happening in the health sector on the continent of Africa, not least of which because there is a trend towards rapid technological adoption. With a fast-growing population and faster growing economy, the opportunity for tech-forward healthcare is profound.   When we researched the[ Intelligent Health agenda](https://intelligenthealth.ai/programme/) for 2020, we knew we would be remiss to not include a dedicated stream of content on HEALTHCARE WITHOUT BORDERS giving you a global perspective and democratised access.   Representing the African perspective, our speakers include:    **![Dr Alice ](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Dr%20Alice%202.png?width=150&name=Dr%20Alice%202.png)**   Dr. Ojwang Alice Achieng PhD, RD - Nutrition and Dietetic Faculty at the Technical University of Kenya discusses the current digital health landscape from mental health, emergency response activities, to communicable and non-communicable diseases.         ![Niyi Osamiluyi](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Niyi%20Osamiluyi.jpeg?width=150&name=Niyi%20Osamiluyi.jpeg)     Dr. Niyi Osamiluyi, Founder and CEO of Premier Medical Systems (PMS) joins a panel on the state of affairs to examine what Africa has in place and where to go next.         ![Anna Winters](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Anna%20Winters.jpg?width=150&name=Anna%20Winters.jpg)   Dr Anna Winters PhD, CEO of Akros presents on geospatial data disease eradication.             ![Dr Ismail 2](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Dr%20Ismail%202.png?width=159&name=Dr%20Ismail%202.png) Dr. Ismail D Badjie PharmD, Founder and CEO of InnovaRx Global Health shares insights on how to fully leverage available innovations to maximise existing infrastructure and enable a robust healthcare system in the future.             ![Ramatoulie](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Ramatoulie.jpeg?width=150&name=Ramatoulie.jpeg)   Ramatouilie Jallow MPH, Connector and Administrator of Pan African Women in Health shares her perspective on technology, Africa's women, and global health.         Join the global AI and health community for [Intelligent Health 2020](https://intelligenthealth.ai/) (9-10 Sept 2020, Online) to help create a future with AI in healthcare #withoutborders and #SaveLivesWithAI   Find out more and book your tickets at [intelligenthealth.ai](https://intelligenthealth.ai/)     **YOUR GLOBAL AI EVENTS CALENDAR** Here is your Global AI Events Calendar where you can meet your fellow 54,000 InspiredMinds community members of business leaders, heads of government, policy makers, startups, investors, academics and media.   **INTELLIGENT HEALTH ** 9-10 September 2020 Online [intelligenthealth.ai](https://intelligenthealth.ai/?__hstc=82997193.99af26b513a32996efda29a9b3fffe81.1586873860183.1591879083157.1591880953546.126&__hssc=82997193.4.1591880953546&__hsfp=693435645)   **INTELLIGENT HEALTH AI WEBINARS** [intelligenthealth.ai/webinars](https://intelligenthealth.ai/webinars/?__hstc=82997193.99af26b513a32996efda29a9b3fffe81.1586873860183.1591879083157.1591880953546.126&__hssc=82997193.4.1591880953546&__hsfp=693435645)   **WORLD SUMMIT AI WEBINARS** [worldsummit.ai/webinars](https://worldsummit.ai/webinars/)   **INSPIRED AI SERIES** Sept – Nov 2020 Online [inspired-minds.co.uk/inspired-ai](https://inspired-minds.co.uk/inspired-ai/)   **WORLD SUMMIT AI @ INSPIRED AI** 14 October 2020 Online [worldsummit.ai](https://worldsummit.ai/?__hstc=217063241.90051dd5fc8394ea768f77e7f56da493.1553087813520.1578347120674.1578394880245.512&__hssc=217063241.3.1578394880245&__hsfp=2240718579)   **WORLD AI WEEK** 12-16 October 2020 Amsterdam, Netherlands [worldaiweek.ai](https://worldaiweek.ai/)   **INTELLIGENT HEALTH UK** 3-4 March 2021 London, UK [london.intelligenthealth.ai](https://london.intelligenthealth.ai/?__hstc=82997193.99af26b513a32996efda29a9b3fffe81.1586873860183.1591879083157.1591880953546.126&__hssc=82997193.4.1591880953546&__hsfp=693435645)   **WORLD SUMMIT AI AMERICAS** 20-21 April 2021 Montreal, Canada [americas.worldsummit.ai](https://americas.worldsummit.ai/)     Topics: [AI](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/tag/ai), [Medicine](https://blog.intelligenthealth.ai/tag/medicine) ## Featured posts ### Posts by Tag - 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