The Ministry of Well being and Social Safety, the Mohammed VI Basis for Science and Well being, and Kaoun Worldwide announce the launch of the inaugural version of GITEX Future Well being Africa, to be held from 4 to six Might 2026 in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco, beneath the Excessive Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
At a time when African well being techniques face main structural challenges, the Kingdom goals to carry collectively public decision-makers, know-how leaders, and buyers round a transparent precedence: constructing extra resilient, equitable, and technologically sovereign healthcare techniques.
The occasion aligns with Morocco’s profound transformation of its nationwide healthcare system and its dedication to actively contributing to Africa’s well being sovereignty. African Ministers of Well being, senior authorities officers, worldwide establishments, scientific specialists, trade leaders, startups, and funding funds will collect in Casablanca to speed up strategic dialogue, worldwide cooperation, and funding in options tailor-made to African realities.
Over three days, Casablanca will host high-level scientific conferences, specialised workshops, and a significant exhibition and innovation house. Discussions will give attention to synthetic intelligence in healthcare, telemedicine, hospital info techniques, knowledge interoperability, cybersecurity, and the regulation of medical AI. Financing mechanisms and pathways for scaling e-health tasks will represent a central pillar of this system.
Greater than 300 nationwide and worldwide exhibitors are anticipated, alongside 200 startups — together with robust Moroccan illustration — and roughly 100 worldwide buyers.
On this context, the Minister of Well being and Social Safety, Amine Tehraoui, said:
“Guided by the enlightened Imaginative and prescient of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Morocco has chosen to place digital know-how, knowledge, and synthetic intelligence as key drivers of a decisive qualitative leap in its healthcare system. Expertise is a structural lever to enhance high quality of care, optimize useful resource allocation, and guarantee territorial fairness. With GITEX Future Well being Africa, Morocco totally assumes its function as a catalyst for an revolutionary and sovereign African digital well being ecosystem.”
Professor Youns Bjijou, Managing Director of the Mohammed VI Basis for Science and Well being, emphasised the significance of structuring an built-in ecosystem:
“Assembly the healthcare wants of a quickly rising African inhabitants can’t be lowered to infrastructure alone. It requires constructing an built-in ecosystem primarily based on coaching, analysis, innovation, and equitable entry to care. GITEX Future Well being Africa embodies this convergence between scientific information, breakthrough applied sciences, and public coverage, with the target of accelerating the implementation of concrete and sustainable options serving the continent’s populations.”
This continental ambition can also be supported by the occasion’s worldwide companions. Trixie LohMirmand, Govt Vice President of the Dubai World Commerce Centre and CEO of KAOUN Worldwide, said:
“The launch of GITEX Future Well being in Morocco marks a strategic milestone within the evolution of African healthcare techniques towards built-in and technologically superior fashions. This platform goals to foster cross-border partnerships and speed up innovation to sustainably improve healthcare efficiency and outcomes throughout the African continent.”
Updates and additional details about the occasion can be found on the official web site:
www.gitexfuturehealth.com
