HELINA 2025 Scientific Conference – August 28–29, 2025​

The HELINA 2025 Scientific Conference successfully took place on 28–29 August 2025 at the Royal Aria Convention Centre, Gaborone, Botswana. Delegates from across Africa and beyond gathered for two days of knowledge exchange, networking, and discussions shaping the future of digital health and health informatics in Africa.
Read more about the conversations and takeaways from the week.

Highlights & Outcomes​

HELINA 2025 featured:

  • Keynotes exploring AI in health, interoperability, and digital public infrastructure.
  • Plenary sessions on localizing WHO SMART Guidelines for country impact.
  • Scientific sessions on mHealth, telemedicine, AI and machine learning, and health informatics education.
  • Poster exhibitions and networking opportunities.
  • Conversations that emphasized Africa-owned, people-centred approaches to digital health transformation.
Highlights from the week are available on HELINA’s LinkedIn page.

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Pre-Conference Highlights – August 25–29, 2025

Continental Digital Health Interoperability Workshop

📅 August 25–26, 2025

This closed workshop, hosted by Africa CDC, GIZ, HELINA, brought together key stakeholders to advance health data interoperability across Africa. Discussions centered on aligning frameworks and laying the groundwork for connected health systems that serve patients, clinicians, and health institutions across borders.

Digital Transformation Technical Consultative Meeting

📅 August 25–26, 2025

This meeting, jointly convened by Africa CDC and the GIZ Office to the African Union (GIZ-AU) and facilitated by HELINA, engaged digital health leaders from AU Member State leaders on the next phase of Africa CDC’s Digital Transformation Strategy (2025–2030). Key conversations focused on aligning with the Lusaka Agenda, addressing persistent gaps in infrastructure and financing, and ensuring countries can move from strategy into practical, country-owned implementation.

Digital Health Leaders Forum 2025

📅 August 27, 2025

This exclusive forum brought together AU Member State Digital Health Leaders for peer learning and exchange, organized by Regenstrief, Africa CDC and HELINA. Leaders shared governance models and leadership approaches aimed at scaling sustainable digital health transformation across the continent.

Africa on FHIR

📅 August 25–29, 2025

This week-long connectathon and hackathon convened developers, implementers, and standards experts from across Africa to build capacity on HL7 FHIR. Sessions, led by trainers from HL7 International, HELINA, WHO, Jembi, Google Health, and IntelliSOFT, included hands-on learning, real-world use cases, and country-prioritized scenarios to strengthen Africa’s health data interoperability ecosystem.

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Day Two Recap

Sponsors Partners Who Made HELINA 2025 Possible

Platinum Sponsor- MEDITECH

Platinum Sponsor- MEDITECH

MEDITECH South Africa empowers healthcare organizations to expand their vision of what’s possible with Expanse, the intelligent EHR platform you can trust. MEDITECH transforms care and ushers health systems into the future with AI-infused solutions, personalized workflows, next-level interoperability, and predictive analytics- all working together to drive better outcomes.

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Bronze Sponsor- DIAGNOFIRM

Bronze Sponsor- DIAGNOFIRM

Diagnofirm Medical Laboratories (DML) is a proudly locally owned diagnostic laboratory with over 35 years of dedicated service in the healthcare sector. Specializing in a broad range of diagnostic testing including pathology, microbiology, and molecular diagnostics.DML is known for its unwavering commitment to quality, accuracy, and patient-focused care. With 6 main branches and a growing network of over 60 collection points across the country, DML ensures accessible and reliable testing services for individuals and healthcare providers nationwide.

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Bronze Sponsor- Bofedile Tech Services (Pty) Ltd

Bronze Sponsor- Bofedile Tech Services (Pty) Ltd

Bofedile Tech Services ( Pty) Ltd is a Distributor and System integrator of engineered solutions for the Botswana Market. Having established relationships with leading technology providers in different engineering fields around the world, Bofedile Tech Services ( Pty) Ltd serves in various industries including Healthcare, Finance, Manufacturing of Fire and Rescue Systems, Energy Solutions, ICT Solutions, Robotics, Civil Engineering and Mining Mobility.

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