Webinars
The Africa Centre regularly presents webinars that speak to our context of
inclusive health management, especially in an African context.
19 August 2026: Women as ‘entry points’ of care: Exploring transitory spaces of wellbeing and inclusive health management in Africa
When women are positioned as “entry points” into health systems, such as caregivers, mothers or health professionals, the system offloads its accessibility burden onto them. If women are the gateway to care, inclusion becomes conditional on their unpaid labour, social positioning and capacity to bridge institutional and relational gaps. This framing risks reinforcing gendered assumptions that women are naturally responsible for health-seeking, coordination and continuity of care, while obscuring structural failures in health system design. In this webinar, we examined the implications and critically reflect on what it means for advancing inclusive health management across the continent.
22 July 2026: How colonial health histories and geographies shape Africa’s health imagination and management
We’ve started a new webinar series called Health Histories, exploring the histories and geographies of health and disease in Africa. The series aims to re-educate African minds and reclaim Afrocentric narratives and solutions, bringing to life the embodiment of ubuntu (“I am because we are”).
In the first webinar, the panellists looked at how colonial health histories and geographies – which introduced segregation, hierarchies and marginalisation in the health space – shape Africa’s health imagination and management. The four experts discussed what decolonising public health means for equitable and inclusive health management in Africa today. What roles do Afrocentric management philosophies and African cosmologies of wellbeing play in decolonising health systems?
30 March 2026: Gender inequality and care work: Developing a blueprint for Sub-Saharan Africa’s care economy
Women perform over 75% of unpaid care work globally. This unequal distribution perpetuates gender stereotypes, hinders girls’ and women’s empowerment and contributes to economic and social inequalities. The speakers explored the gender, labour and economic context and trends in care work in Sub-Saharan Africa, making a case for developing gender-responsive care policies.
26 November 2025: The intersections between livestock herding and indigenous health knowledge and management
Indigenous health and wellbeing knowledge systems and practices of herders (and the livestock they look after) is an important aspect of men’s health, and the beliefs, norms and practices shaping their sense of masculinity and socialisation from a tender age. This informs how they perceive and treat women, their health-seeking behaviour and cultural practices. How is climate change impacting the environment that sustains the livestock environment and how does this in turn affect Basotho men’s health, masculinity, women and the economy? In this webinar, scholars who are well-connected with livestock herders in Lesotho share their views and experiences.
7 November 2025: Recognition of indigenous health systems: Reimagining health governance through an inclusive and pluralistic lens
Recognising indigenous health systems (IHSs) as knowledge systems in their own right and empowering traditional health practitioners (THPs) to participate in health governance, research and public health programming is essential to sustaining the broader health ecosystem in South Africa. In this webinar, the panel of experts discussed how IHSs can be positioned as legitimate and indispensable components of South Africa’s evolving health architecture in a way that honours both ancestral wisdom and scientific innovation.
15 October 2025: Unpaid carework: Reality, research and practice
Exploring support, care and empowerment of family caregivers
Caregiving is an essential component of healthcare systems globally, especially for people with chronic conditions, disabilities or age-related degenerative illnesses. Caregivers provide indispensable services, yet their contributions often go unrecognised and the challenges they face are rarely addressed through formal policy structures. The webinar explored a world where every family caregiver receives support, care and empowerment to lead a healthy and fulfilling life.
2 October 2025: AI for inclusive and equitable health management in Africa
Participants explored how AI can advance equity in service delivery ─ improving diagnostics, supporting health workers, optimising resources and expanding access for marginalised groups ─ while also examining risks such as bias and data governance. The webinar brought together scholars and practitioners to highlight opportunities for African-led innovation, including building local data ecosystems, fostering homegrown startups and shaping ethical AI policies.
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