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Hospital Investment & Buyer Leadership Forum

  • 📅 3 June  2026 

Theme: Advancing hospital growth and innovation: Investment, strategic partnerships, and technology adoption in West Africa

Agenda

10:00

Welcome address 

Dr Mories Atoki, Chief Executive Officer, African Business Coalition for Health, Lagos, Nigeria

10:05

Opening remarks

Zouera Youssoufou, MD/Chief Executive Officer, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria

10:15

Keynote address 1

Dr Jide Idris, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (NCDC), Abuja, Nigeria

10:30

 Keynote address 2 - Transforming health care delivery through collaborative innovation

Dr Abdulhameed Adediran, Country Director/CEO, Doctors Medical Aid Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria

10:45

Panel discussion Part 1 - Foundations & Enablers

Moderator: Dr Chibuzo Opara, Chief Executive Officer, Drug Stoc, Lagos, Nigeria

Panellists:
Dr Mohammed El Sahili, Chief Executive Officer, Medland Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Fola Laoye, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Iwosan Healthcare Systems, Lagos, Nigeria
Dr Sade Ayo-Adebanjo, Chief Executive Officer, Principal Consultant/Lead Advisory, HealthCare Fusion Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria

Panel discussion Part 2 - Implementation & Impact
Moderator: Dr Ifunanya Ilodibe, Chief Executive Officer, EHA Clinics, Abuja, Nigeria

Panellists: Irfan Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Evercare Group, Lagos, Nigeria 
Dr Ibukun Tunde-Oni, Chief Executive Officer, Eight Medical, Lagos, Nigeria
Dr Funmi Adewara, Chief Executive Officer, Mobihealth International, London, United Kingdom
Dr Brian Deaver, Chief Executive Officer, African Medical Centre of Excellence, Abuja, Nigeria

11:45

Q&A with the audience

Moderators:
Dr Ifunanya Ilodibe
Dr Chibuzo Opara

11:55

Closing remarks

Dr Amina Mohammed Baloni, Executive Director, Fidson Pharmaceuticals, ExHealth Commissioner, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Kenneth Okolie, Chief Executive Officer, SYNLAB Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria

12:15

 Lunch 

14:15

 Sponsored session 

14:25

Sponsored session - LinkHMS

14:35

Healthcare Trade & Distribution Forum

15:00

WHX Connect

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