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To spearhead the healthcare industry's change in Africa, a group of investors and entrepreneurs has formed the African Healthcare Funders Forum. This is the first annual meeting of its type to bring together the most influential donors and social entrepreneurs in Africa.

Boehringer Ingelheim's 'Making More Health' initiative funded the African Healthcare Funders Forum's founding organizations: the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), Ashoka, and the Social Innovation Circle.

There is no question that we are living in unprecedented times. The past three years, marked by the onset of Covid-19, were an era on its own. While a global challenge, the notion of the pandemic as the ‘great equaliser’ was a complete myth; indeed, it reinforced and deepened the existing systemic structures of violence and injustice, with disproportionate impacts on women, gender diverse persons, persons with disabilities, informal workers and people of colour.