Session 10 of the 2026 Monthly Speaker Series
Africa’s Market Access Opportunity for Pharmaceutical Innovation.
A market-development view of what drives healthcare demand across Africa, why access to medicines still lags, and where industry, governments, and local partners can work together for the greatest impact.
Kwaku Marfo, PharmD, MBA, MPH Africa Market Development Specialist, IQVIA
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Date
Wed 28 Oct
2026
Time
12:00 PM CT
5:00 PM Accra · 6:00 PM Lagos · 8:00 PM Nairobi
Format
60 min
Talk + live Q&A on Zoom
Cost
Free
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Kwaku Marfo, PharmD, MBA, MPH
Market Development · IQVIA
A pharmacist working on access to medicines across Africa.
Kwaku Marfo, PharmD, MBA, MPH, is an Africa Market Development Specialist at IQVIA, the global healthcare data and analytics company. Trained as a pharmacist, Dr. Marfo works on how pharmaceutical markets across Africa are developing and what it takes to widen access to medicines.
This session brings a health-system lens to the opportunities and constraints facing industry, governments, and local partners, and to the collaborations that can move access forward.
IQVIA
Africa Market Development Specialist
PharmD · MBA · MPH
Pharmacy, business, and public health
African markets
Market development focus
AHA Speaker Series
October 2026 speaker
Who should attend
Physicians & specialists
Clinicians across every specialty who prescribe, and advocate for, access to medicines
Nurses, midwives & allied health
Frontline care teams in hospitals and communities
Pharmacists & lab scientists
Medicines, diagnostics, and laboratory professionals
Students & researchers
Medical trainees, academics, and public health researchers
Not a clinician? Industry, policy, public health, and investment professionals, and anyone interested in African healthcare markets, are welcome. Registration is free and open to all.
Four forces to understand.
Bring your questions. The final part of the hour is open Q&A with Dr. Marfo.
What is driving demand
The demographic, market, and disease-burden forces driving healthcare demand across Africa.
Why access still lags
Why access to medicines remains constrained despite the region’s long-term commercial and public-health potential.
What sustainable markets need
The key enablers shaping sustainable healthcare and pharmaceutical markets, from financing models to regulatory evolution.
Where to collaborate
How to apply a health-system lens to identify high-impact collaboration priorities for industry, governments, and local partners.
Save your seat for 28 October.
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Wednesday 28 October · 12:00 PM CT · Zoom · 60 minutes
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25 · 12:00 PM CT
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Dr. Denise Uzoma Ejoh, PhD
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18–19 · Accra
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