Kigali, Rwanda – October 15, 2025.The Africa Digital Health Networks (ADHN) convened its landmark General Assembly during the 4th Edition of the Africa HealthTech Summit (AHTS 2025), uniting over 150 leaders from government, the private sector, academia, and development agencies. The Assembly served as a defining moment for Africa’s digital [...]
Africa CDC acts as the anchor, convener, and custodian of the Africa Digital Health Networks, ensuring that digital health efforts across the continent are coordinated, standards-based, and country-driven to advance health system strengthening and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa. 1. Institutional Convener and Steward 2. Governance and Oversight 3. [...]
In the evolving ecosystem of digital health on the African continent, women are not just participants—they are leaders. Female founders are leading health tech ventures that address the most pressing challenges around maternal health, diagnostics, access, and equity. Their lived experiences, community ties, and empathy give them a unique position [...]
Every week, new digital health solutions emerge across Africa: apps helping mothers track pregnancies, drones delivering essential medicines, AI-powered tools supporting diagnostics. Many begin as small pilots, often backed by NGOs, donors, or enthusiastic startups. Yet far too often, they remain pilots. They never transition into national systems or reach [...]
By Africa Digital Health Networks (ADHN) 🌍 A Fragmented Digital Health Landscape Across Africa, the promise of digital health is immense — from mobile apps bringing care to remote villages, to national data platforms supporting epidemic surveillance. Yet, despite the momentum, many countries are working in isolation. Different data standards, [...]
Africa’s health challenges do not stop at borders. From epidemics like Ebola to the COVID-19 pandemic, the continent has witnessed firsthand how fragmented systems slow down response and cost lives. At the same time, digital health solutions are multiplying — mobile apps, electronic health records, telemedicine platforms — yet many [...]
