Join us for Cape HealthTech Connect 2026, where researchers, startups, investors, industry leaders and healthcare innovators come together to connect, exchange ideas and help shape the future of health innovation in Africa.
Following the success of our inaugural event in 2025, Cape HealthTech Connect returns with another day dedicated to turning promising ideas into meaningful healthcare impact.

This year’s programme will feature two timely panel discussions:

• AI and Data in African Healthcare: Built for Our Context – Examining how AI and data-driven solutions can be developed and applied to address the realities and needs of African healthcare systems.
• Funding the Pipeline: Investors, Grants and the Innovation Challenge – Exploring how we fund health innovation from early-stage research through commercialisation and scale.

You can also look forward to:
•    Startup and researcher pitches showcasing emerging HealthTech innovations
•    Exhibitors from across the health innovation ecosystem
•    Networking opportunities with researchers, entrepreneurs, funders, investors and industry
•    Conversations designed to spark new partnerships and collaborations

Whether you are developing the next health innovation, looking for technologies and startups to support, or simply want to connect with the people shaping Africa’s HealthTech ecosystem, Cape HealthTech Connect is the place to be.

Event details
Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Venue: Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI), Tygerberg
Time: 08:30-16:00

Tickets available from Radi

R400 – general admission. R3000 – exhibitors

Cape HealthTech Connect 2026 is hosted by Stellenbosch Network, in collaboration with Stellenbosch University LaunchLab, Innovus Technology Transfer Office, the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), and SWEAT Africa.

We look forward to connecting with you at Cape HealthTech Connect 2026.