Data for Health in Africa Meeting
&
5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
23 - 29 August 2025
CEDI Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Accra
| Data for Health in Africa Meeting & 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting | ||||||||
| Friday 22 August 2025 | ||||||||
| Pre-Meeting Activities/Office Hours/Datathon Meet & Greet | ||||||||
| Saturday 23 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 8:30 - 11:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rolanda Julius & Sumir Panji Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Rolanda Julius & Sumir Panji Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators:Rolanda Julius & Sumir Panji Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Sunday 24 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 8:30 - 11:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators:Rolanda Julius & Sumir Panji Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Datathon/Toolathon
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
African Microbiome Symposium Facilitators: Ovokeraye Oduaran Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||
| Monday 25 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
Joint session: "Predict, Prevent, Personalize: The Future of Health Diagnostics in Africa” Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Showcase: “African Populations Cohorts Consortium” (TBC) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 10:00-11:00 |
Plenary/Joint Session: Engaging Strategic Partners: Leveraging existing networks and forgeing new partnerships Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30-13:00 |
Funders Forum Facilitators: Venue: Auditorium Rapporteur: |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Welcome & Opening Facilitators: Venue: Auditorium Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 19:30 |
Network Exchange Poster Viewing/AI/ML technology; tools; resources demo's/mhealth apps/Cocktail Dinner |
Science Communications Exhibition (PUBGem) Facilitators: Nchangwi Munung Venue: |
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| Tuesday 26 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
DS-I Africa Working Group Session:
Data Governance 1hr Open Discucssion; 1 hr WG Business Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Session: "Tracking the Tides: Innovations in Infectious
Disease and Surviellance in Africa "
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Side Meeting: State of Data Science in Africa Writing Project – Session 1 |
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| 10:00-11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 |
Plenary Session: Data Science Ethics: Contextual Considerations
and Best Practice Models for Data Sharing and Reuse in Africa Facilitators: Nchangwi Munung & Shawneequa Callier Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 13-00- 1400 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary Session: Data Science Ethics: Contextual Considerations
and Best Practice Models for Data Sharing and Reuse in Africa Facilitators: Nchangwi Munung & Shawneequa Callier Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 18:00 |
Showcase: Unlocking African Biomedical Health Data” Developments and Opportunities with the eLwazi Open Data Science Platform Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Spotlight on ECR Presentations | ||||||
| 18:00-20:30 | Cultural Celebration Event | |||||||
| Wednesday 27 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
Joint Session:
"Counting What Matters: Data-Driven Approaches to Mental Health in Africa" Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Session:
"Heat Waves & Health in Africa" Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 10:00-11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 | Capacity Building: Growing Africa’s Data Talent/Mentoring the Next Generation/Strategic Career Paths | |||||||
| 13-00- 1400 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Plenary/Joint Session: AI for ALL Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 18:30 |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Partnerhips & Outreach WG 1hr Open Discucssion; 1 hr WG Business Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
DS-I Africa WG Session: Training & Education WG 1hr Open Discucssion; 1 hr WG Business Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Wellcome Project Team Meeting (TBA)
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Wellcome Project Team Meeting (TBA) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| Thursday 28 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
DS-I Africa WG Session:
1hr Open Discucssion; 1 hr WG Business Data Management Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Showcase: “From Data to Discovery: Opportunities with the African Bioinformatics Institute” Facilitators: Munadia Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 10:00-11:00 | Spotlight on ECR Presentations | |||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 |
Plenary/Joint Session: Data Science & Genomics Capacity Building in Africa Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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| 13-00- 1400 | Lunch | |||||||
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14:00 -16:00
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Report Back/Wrap Up/Prize Giving/Closing | |||||||
| Friday 29 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 09:00 -17:00 |
elwazi ODSP SAB Meeting/Closed Ad hoc Project Meetings
(Pre-Arranged) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
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