Unlocking Africa: Co-creating Impactful and Sustainable Youth-led Health Innovations
About the 2026 Convening
Since 2023, the Annual Convening of the Africa Health Collaborative has grown into a platform for advancing African-led, youth-driven health innovation and collaboration. Each Convening has intentionally built on the last, reflecting AHC’s commitment to strengthening inclusive and sustainable health ecosystems across the continent.
Convening Theme:
Unlocking Africa: Co-creating Impactful and Sustainable Youth-led Health Innovations
At a time when young Africans are reshaping the health sector as entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, and changemakers, the convening will explore and spotlight how young people are advancing health outcomes while also creating livelihoods, expanding economic opportunity, and strengthening community resilience.
More than a conference, the AHC Annual Convening is an evolving movement that brings together young leaders, health professionals, innovators, academia, governments, development partners, and private sector actors to collectively shape an Africa where health innovation is locally rooted, globally relevant, and driven by the aspirations and leadership of its people.
Event Line-up
- October 17th, 2026: Emerging Leaders Day by Young Leaders Table and Reach Alliance (by invitation only)
- October 18th 2026: ESC Masterclass & Founders Day Showcase
- October 19th – 21st 2026: 4th Annual Convening
- October 22nd & 23rd 2026: MELA Workshop
What to Expect
- Youth-Led Innovation Showcases – Discover bold, locally driven solutions and ventures transforming health across the continent.
- Impact Story Galleries – Experience stories of change, and community impact from AHC partners and young innovators.
- Young Leaders’ Forums – Engage the ideas and contributions of emerging health leaders.
- Experiential Learning Tours of Kenya – Visit health innovation hubs and community-based health projects in Nairobi.
- Plenary Sessions & Panels – Engage with continental and global leaders in health, policy, and innovation.
- Networking Sessions – Build meaningful partnerships across institutions, sectors, and regions.
Amref International University is a premier Pan-African health sciences university established in 2017 and built on Amref Health Africa’s 60-year legacy in public and community health. AMIU delivers competency-based training in primary healthcare and related disciplines, nurturing transformational leaders committed to advancing health equity and strengthening health systems across Africa.
Inside the AHC 2025 Convening
Highlights, Stories, and Moments from last year’s gathering
Moments
Stories
Program Schedule
Provisional line-up; updates may follow
Day 0: 17th October, 2026
- Emerging Leaders Day by Young Leaders Table and Reach Alliance (by invitation only)
Day 1: 18th October, 2026
- ESC Masterclass (by invitation only)
- Founders Day Showcase
Day 2–4: 19th– 21st October, 2026
- Opening & Pre-Meetings
- Working Sessions
- Young Leaders Meeting
- Breakout Sessions
- Site Visits
- Collaborative Planning/Commitments
- Closing Ceremony
- Gala Dinner
Day 5 & 6: 22nd-23rd October, 2026
- MELA Workshop (by invitation only)
Past Conversations
Primary Health Care Policy Dialogue
Innovating Health Systems in Africa for African and the World – Emerita Prof. Isabella A. Quakyi
Migration of Young People and its Impact on Health Systems
About the Africa Health Collaborative
The Africa Health Collaborative is a multi-year partnership working to strengthen primary health care systems across Africa through health workforce development, education, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The Health Collaborative brings together the Mastercard Foundation, Amref Health Africa, Addis Ababa University, African Leadership University, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ashesi University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Moi University, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Toronto.
By centering youth leadership, locally grounded solutions, and collaborative action, the Africa Health Collaborative is building a future where African-led health systems are resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.
Our Partners
Organiser’s Details
For more information about the 2026 Convening please contact organisers at:
- [email protected]
- +254 716 332821
- [email protected]
- +254 721 760575
Africa Health Collaborative
Africa Secretariat, Office of the Vice-President, International, University of Toronto
27 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A1