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HealthTech
Digital health
Telemedicine, diagnostic AI, connected devices, mobile patient records, sexual & reproductive health and rights, epidemic management.
21 – 23 Octobre 2026 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Africa Last Mile Summit 2026
Access to the last mile.
Sustainably connecting African communities to essential services — health, finance, agriculture, education, housing — built around sovereign artificial intelligence and African data governance.
J-—days until the summit
Central theme
Access to the last mile:
sustainably connecting African communities to essential services.
HealthTech
FinTech
AgriTech
EdTech
ImmoTech
Five balanced verticals, all crossed by a strategic horizontal thread: sovereign artificial intelligence and African data governance.
The 5 themes + AI
Five essential levers to transform the last mile.
Manifesto
Abidjan, October 2026
The last mile is no longer solved in silos.
A telemedicine platform needs mobile money to get paid. A digital agricultural service needs micro-insurance to be adopted. Distance learning needs accessibility and the right spoken language. For three days, Abidjan brings together — for the first time — the convergence of the five verticals of African last-mile access (health, finance, agriculture, education, housing), crossed by a sovereign artificial intelligence.
500+
Qualified attendees
50+
Leading speakers
20+
Countries represented
5+1
Verticals · 1 AI thread
Five themes · one common thread
Access to the last
mile.
Five balanced themes — Health, Finance, Agriculture, Education, Housing — crossed by a strategic common thread: sovereign AI and African data governance. The summit brings them together for the first time.
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FinTech
Economic inclusion
Mobile money, micro-insurance, rural credit, digital identity, cross-border payments, SME financing.
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AgriTech
Food security
Connected agriculture, satellite data, digital agronomic advisory, cold chain, traceability, index insurance.
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EdTech
Human capital
Distance learning, vocational training, digital literacy, content in local languages, certification.
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ImmoTech
Housing & territories
Affordable housing, digital land registry and titles, modular construction, inclusive smart cities, rental platforms, housing IoT.
Cross-cutting thread
Sovereign AI
& data governance.
Present in every theme and every session: models trained on African data, AI in local languages, personal data protection, African compliance, ethics, technological sovereignty.
FormatAn experience
An experience
in four layers.
ALMS 2026 goes beyond the classic conference format. Four interlocking components generate operational value for every attendee — from code in 48 hours to a ministerial declaration.
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Pre-event
Hackathon "Last Mile 48h"
October 19–20, 2026
Fifty developers, designers, agronomists, finance professionals and healthcare workers spend 48 hours tackling five concrete challenges set by ministries, NGOs and corporates. Five finalist teams pitch on the main stage on October 21.
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Heart of the event
The Summit
October 21–23, 2026
Three days of plenaries, panels, vertical-focused parallel sessions, hands-on workshops, abstract presentations and an exhibition. 500 attendees expected, 20 countries represented, 100 leading speakers.
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By invitation
Investor Corner
Day 2 · afternoon
A half-day dedicated to pitches by twelve pre-selected African startups (three per vertical) before some twenty pan-African and international investors. An intimate format, followed by one-to-one meetings.
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Closed-door
Policy Roundtable
Day 3 · morning · closed-door
A closed-door morning bringing together Ministers, CEOs, WHO Africa, AfDB, ECOWAS, Smart Africa and donors around cross-sector digital interoperability. Output: the Abidjan Declaration.
Flagship deliverables
Three days that leave behind
two lasting marks.
Beyond the conversations, ALMS 2026 leaves a reference that will travel through capitals, boardrooms and pan-African newsrooms throughout the year.
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Pan-African index
Africa Last Mile Index 2026
The first pan-African cross-sector digital maturity index. Official launch at the opening plenary, public release, year-round dissemination throughout 2026 to public decision-makers, operators and donors.
Day 1 · 11:15 am · Opening plenary
Learn moreΔ 02
Ministerial commitment
Abidjan Declaration
A signed text from the closed-door Policy Roundtable. It commits Ministers, WHO Africa, AfDB, ECOWAS, Smart Africa, GSMA and donors on cross-sector digital interoperability across the ECOWAS region. Public release and official signing.
Day 3 · 12:00 pm · Public release
Learn moreCall for abstractsA leading
A leading
scientific
platform.
The summit hosts a full day of academic and professional presentations across six thematic tracks, each broken down into sub-themes. Researchers, startups, students, developers, operators and institutions are invited to submit a summary of their work or field experience.
Submit an abstractSubmissions open until July 31, 2026
Six thematic tracks
SpeakersOne unique voice
View all speakersOne unique voice
per decade of transformation.
To be confirmed
CEO · Pan-African logistics champion
To be confirmed
Minister · Digital economy
To be confirmed
Founder · Mobile money fintech
To be confirmed
CEO · Off-grid energy operator
To be confirmed
Investor · Infrastructure fund
To be confirmed
Director · Community health
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21 – 23 Octobre 2026 · Abidjan, Côte d'IvoireThe gathering Africa
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