Deploying DeepTech at Scale: Health & Climate in Africa (Workshack)

HealthTech and ClimateTech Expo - Panel Discussions - Networking

Across Africa, innovation is shaped by access, affordability, and infrastructure constraints. Addressing these realities requires DeepTech approaches - using AI, hardware, biotech, and advanced manufacturing to build solutions that can work reliably at scale.

Hosted as part of the BRAIN Regional Bootcamp, supporting 10 DeepTech startups in Health and Climate, this event brings together startups, corporates, investors, researchers, and ecosystem enablers to move beyond theory - and into what actually works.

Join us for two panel discussions exploring what it really takes to adopt DeepTech in Africa’s health and climate sectors. Hear insights from leaders at NuvoteQ, Launch Lab, Steve Madden, and Octoco, among others. Alongside the panels, African and local startups will showcase their innovations through booths, fostering collaboration and investment opportunities with industry leaders.

Panel 1: AI, Diagnosis & the Future of Health in Africa

Heather Sherwin — Director, Impact Investment at ELMA Philanthropies

Ali Kiyaei — Co-Founder of OriGenes

Dali Lakhoua — Director at AfricInvest

Rihem Chahloul — Program Manager at Open Startup

Kisimbi Kyumwa Thomas — Senior Global Health Expert & PPL at Boston Consulting Group

Richard Gordon — Director of International Business Development, South African Medical Research Council (Moderator)

Panel 2: Sustainable Manufacturing in Africa

G-J van Rooyen — Director of Engineering and Innovation, Octoco

Mwiche Mukoma — Founder & CEO, GreenGiraffe

Prof. Cristina Trois — Director of the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, Stellenbosch University

Brandon Paschal — Deputy Director: Spinout Companies and Funds, Stellenbosch University

Chifae Laazouzi — Partnerships & Fundraising Officer at Open Startup

Made possible by Open Startup's organisational partners: AfricaGrow, AfricInvest Group, and Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF), Bpifrance, and The Dot. And program partners: Stellenbosch University, CERI - Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Steve Madden, MIT-Africa, MIT Executive MBA Program, and our local partner: LaunchLab.

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PARKING

You may park in any demarcated Workshack parking in the shaded bay area, on the grey paved area in front of the building or on the grass at the back of the shaded bay area.