Breakout 2
Saturday
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11:25 am
Aldrich 110

Digital Infrastructure

Africa is in the midst of a digital revolution: approximately 473 million Africans are online, and an additional 300 million will likely join them by 2025. Average download speeds in Africa doubled between 2015 and 2019, while data costs halved. Underpinning this growth is the installation of digital infrastructure (fiber optics, data centers, and more) serving the continent. In this panel, we will hear from the folks building that infrastructure. We will understand the history, opportunities, and challenges in this sector.

Digital Infrastructure

Africa is in the midst of a digital revolution: approximately 473 million Africans are online, and an additional 300 million will likely join them by 2025. Average download speeds in Africa doubled between 2015 and 2019, while data costs halved. Underpinning this growth is the installation of digital infrastructure (fiber optics, data centers, and more) serving the continent. In this panel, we will hear from the folks building that infrastructure. We will understand the history, opportunities, and challenges in this sector.

America/New_York
Mar 25, 2023 11:25 AM
Aldrich 110

Other Sessions

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Breakout 1
Saturday
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10:15 am
Aldrich 110
Digital Health Transformation
Increasing Healthcare Access across Africa and the Role of Technology - Fact, Fiction and Opportunity
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Digital Health Transformation

There continues to be a significant gap across the African continent with regards to increasing access to high quality and affordable healthcare. Brick and mortar healthcare solutions continue to play a major role in improving access to care, accelerated by the push toward Universal Healthcare Coverage. Technology has demonstrated the ability to strengthen health systems, leveraging existing platforms to increase access. These innovative strategies such as digital health are needed to ensure long term success in the continent. However, their successful deployment on a wider scale faces several challenges on the continent. We will be discussing the opportunities, the risks and myths associated with digital health transformation and the successes achieved to-date.

America/New_York
Mar 25, 2023 10:15 AM
Aldrich 110
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Breakout 2
Saturday
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11:25 am
Aldrich 111
Affordable Housing
Delivering Innovative Solutions to Bridge Africa’s Housing Deficit
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Affordable Housing

Real estate can be a vehicle to leap the African middle-class into financial prosperity. The challenges are recognizing the barriers, finding new opportunities, and enabling access. In this session, we will cover the needs for better planning, construction, and access through the lens of people involved in both the public and private spaces. We will conclude with practical guidelines for investing in affordable real estate from within and beyond the African borders at the personal and institutional level. Affordable does not mean low-quality; it means scalable and replicable for the masses. Innovators are making a difference through new construction-technologies, collaborating with government to minimize risks, and bringing unique means to connect capital for developers, buyers, and investors.

America/New_York
Mar 25, 2023 11:25 AM
Aldrich 111
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Keynotes
Saturday
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1:45 pm
Klarman Hall
Spoken Word with Emi Mahmoud
Poet & UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
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Spoken Word with Emi Mahmoud

America/New_York
Mar 25, 2023 1:45 PM
Klarman Hall