ProgrammeDay 1
09:00–09:10
Opening
Welcome and Forum orientation
Nozipho Tshabalala
Invitation-only · Leadership Forum 2026
Following the medicine. Learning from patients. Preventing the next failure.
Two focused days for African regulators, clinicians, patients, researchers and industry leaders to turn evidence and experience into shared action.
16–17 September 2026AMA Headquarters · Kigali
Host and convener
Medicines for Africa
Convening leaders around safer medicines and stronger patient-safety systems across Africa.
Programme update · 31 August
The full two-day working programme is now available.
Browse every presentation, interview, panel, working session and the AMA rooftop Leadership Dinner. A small number of panel roles remain to be confirmed.
The Forum arc
1
Understand the challenge
Where risks arise and how systems respond.
2
Co-create the solutions
Learn from patients and prevent the next failure.
Hosting the 2026 Leadership Forum at its headquarters in Kigali and contributing continental regulatory leadership.
Supporting the 2026 Leadership Forum and the development of the wider Africa Patient Safety Summit.
