The International Health Insurance Forum West Africa 2024
The role of technology in delivering healthcare for all How technology is the key to accessible, affordable and quality healthcare
Date: 11 – 13 November | Venue: The Wheatbaker Hotel Ikoyi Lagos, Nigeria
About the International Health Insurance Forum
The Forum is a brand of The Consilient Consultancy Limited founded by Robin Ali, an insurance and health system financing specialist with over 33 years' experience in insurance and the last 13 years as an adviser and consultant to insurance companies and governments. His work today includes being the Head of Program Content for the IHIF series of events.
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The Forum consists of six events across the world including:
- 1. Middle East (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2. East Africa (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- 3. West Africa (2021, 2023)
- 4. Southern Africa (2022
- 5. SE Asia, Latin America (2023)
Our event philosophy
There have been few events in Africa dedicated to health insurance as a health system financing tool. We are changing that. Our events are “how to do” not “what to do” affairs and they are “quality” not “quantity” events.
Our format
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We believe that smaller, more intimate events offer greater, more valuable networking and knowledge transfer opportunities. Our events aim to do the following:
- • Provide content relevant to the region
- • Bring engaging speakers from within and outside the region
- • Offer first class venue facilities
- • Educate and inform
- • Be affordable in relation to the region
- • Deliver actionable outcomes
- • Above all, be an enjoyable experience.
The themes
The themes Many African countries struggle to finance healthcare with many relying on government funding which is inefficient in both financing and delivery of healthcare with little or no private insurance.
Technology is the key to providing accessible, affordable and quality healthcare making financing go further in a more efficient manner. This event will highlight the role of technology in delivering healthcare for all.
Why Nigeria?
The passage of the National Health Insurance Act in Nigeria in 2022 brought new opportunities for all in the health insurance ecosystem but also challenges. Although one of the most populous countries in Africa, the previous NHI scheme failed to reach more than a small proportion of the population.
Neighbouring countries in West Africa are also at different stages of development of their health systems and much can be learnt from an exchange of ideas and solutions to extend the reach of Universal Health Coverage.
The audience
We expect the forum to be attended by insurers and reinsurers, intermediaries, regulators, IT firms and telcos, pharmacos, investors and healthcare providers.
I hope our approach will inspire you!
Robin Ali
Head of Program Content
International Health Insurance Forum
