Keynote Speaker ‍ ‍“We need a convening, a roundtable for African business leaders to discuss financing the health sector because the solution to healthcare financing in Nigeria and in Africa will have to come from within Africa, from within Nigeria and cannot continue to be from outside.”

National Coordinator - Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain (PVAC)

“Today’s conversation is really not about whether the healthcare sector needs capital, it is about how we mobilise capital. It is not a talk shop, as the intention is to leave the room with practical instruments. The objective is practical pathways and a focus on tangible solutions.”

Executive Director, Africa - ONE

“We talk about healthcare and finance, but the question is which side are we talking about? There are two sides to every economy. A lot of the time, we concentrate on the supply side, but the bigger problem sits with the demand side, and until that is addressed, the challenges that we see in the whole ecosystem will remain.”

MD/CEO - MedServe

“Financials must be ready and clear and there must be ratings, and that will be a useful factor for disclosures for investments and capital markets. . Any entity that is health-based and wants to raise funds from the capital market must have ratings. The instruments exist, the framework exists, the structure exists, the need exists.”

Group Chief Strategy Officer - Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX)

“There is also a class of investors willing to support healthcare initiatives, but many are yet to find the right platforms through which to invest. In terms of solution, I want us to start thinking on impact investment and blended financing. There is an ecosystem of investors who desire to finance healthcare. Hence the need to structure the type of investment to attract them.”

Executive Director - AfyA Care

“Healthcare financing requires permanent capital and termed financing, which means it is not a banking market issue and not a foreign currency investment. Blended financing is fundamentally important; capital markets are most fundamental as they represent the investible capital.”

CEO - Chapel Hill Denham

“So, while there are challenges, we also see opportunities, and for us as investors, we see the need to change our stance and become involved in different ways and present instruments that are appropriate and relevant for the current landscape, so that we remain impactful.”

Senior Investment Officer - International Finance Corporation (IFC)

“A key outcome from this roundtable is that capital always follows capacity and management. Other important points include the need for a unified platform to address healthcare financing in Nigeria, the need for clearly defined return pathways for prospective investments, the importance of local currency-denominated funding in healthcare.”

Co-Founder - Future Perspectives