AFRICA IS BECOMING THE WORLD’S 2ND LARGEST HEALTH MARKET
Africa’s health market will be the second biggest market by 2030 at $259 billion, accounting for 14% of the global health market, with the U.S. at 21%.1

AFRICAN ECONOMIES ARE BECOMING MORE INTEGRATED
This is an ideal opportunity to create partnerships with companies that will collaborate to launch African manufacturing and research facilities for ‘the next pandemic’ and critical diseases, like malaria, HIV and NCD treatments.

AFRICA IS BUILDING ITS MANUFACTURING & RESEARCH FACILITIES
Goal: This is an ideal opportunity to create partnerships with companies that will collaborate to launch African manufacturing and research facilities for ‘the next pandemic’ and critical diseases, like malaria, HIV and NCD treatments.

AFRICA IS LOOKING TO GROW ITS TRADE & INVESTMENTS
Africa is already doing innovative things, but there are opportunities for trade and investment.

AFRICA IS LOOKING TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR STRONGER HEALTH SYSTEMS
The steps Africa will need to take to recover from the COVID pandemic will help create a much stronger healthcare system – partnering with private and public institutions.

VACCINATIONS IN AFRICA IS THE ROAD TO ENDING THE PANDEMIC
To end the COVID pandemic, the world will need to vaccinate at least 70% of all people.
The disparity in vaccination rates is emerging as the greatest threat to ending the global Pandemic.
Africa vaccination rate is under 10%.

AFRICA IS WORKING TO INCREASE ITS VACCINE SELF SUFFICIENCY
Only manufacturing 1% of the vaccines it needs leaves Africa vulnerable to supply chains.

AFRICAN UNION’S (AU) GOAL IS 60% VACCINE MANUFACTURING ON THE CONTINENT
The AU is seeking private sector investment to reach this goal by 2040. This goal is achievable if investment starts now!

AFRICA HAS CREATED UNIQUELY SUCCESSFUL GOVERNANCE PLATFORMS
While the needs are great, the opportunity is greater. We need a new model that gets beyond charity to commercially sustainable partnerships. (e.g. AMSP and AVATT).

THE PANDEMIC HAS SPURRED MORE INNOVATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS
African countries have shown some of the greatest public health innovations during the COVID crisis, particularly in digital health, replicating the incubator role they played in developing fintech.

STRENGTHENING AFRICA’S HEALTH SYSTEMS WHILE EXPANDING THE MARKET
A two-year initiative that will bring together major U.S. and African leaders, corporations, multilateral organizations, foundations, and other stakeholders to collaborate on developing policies, promoting strategic partnerships, providing critical Africa health-related information, and facilitating investment to strengthen Africa’s health system while expanding the market.

EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASE RETURN FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE INVESTMENT
Identify and create opportunities to leverage private sector skill to improve results.

INCREASE TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Promote and drive African health sector trade and investment – including the capacity to manufacture medicines, health equipment and other health products; and to foster health sector trade and market linkages, as well as diverse health product supply chains.

IMPROVE DISEASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH STRONG PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATIONS
Identify and create private sector solutions for disease management and promote strong collaborations and partnerships for more effective disease prevention, preparedness and management (communicable and non-communicable).

DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERSHIPS
The initiative assists in developing new partnerships and better integrates corporate, African, international and host country partnerships to raise Africa’s profile and deliver results through the HSRI three pillars

FOCUS ON AFRICA’S HEALTH SYSTEMS
The initiative focuses on the practical steps governments can take to attract needed investment and expand health services. It will also help focus companies on where and how they can invest now in Africa’s health care system

BOOST AFRICAN CAPACITY AND TRAINING
HSRI focuses on how to boost African capacity and training, and how to more effectively deliver better quality results in the health sector.