Business of Health 2026 · Recap

Reversing Medical Tourism:

Building the Infrastructure that Brings the World to Nigeria for Care

Nigeria should not only be a country people leave for healthcare. It can become a country people come to for healthcare.

• Held Saturday 17 October 2026 Lagos
• Venue Lagos Marriott Hotel Ikeja 122 Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja GRA
• Access Free to attend Held in person
• Livestream The day was livestreamed Watch the replay below

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Five focus areas

What the day set out to build.

• 01 Build The businesses and institutions that deliver care to a global standard.
• 02 Capital Financing that lets healthcare businesses grow.
• 03 Technology Digital infrastructure that connects care and builds trust.
• 04 Scale Systems and governance that take a practice from bootstrapped to scaled.
• 05 Global Care Care strong enough that the world comes to Nigeria for it.

The five conversations

What was discussed on stage.

1. 01

   Building global healthcare infrastructure

2. 02

   Bootstrapping to scale

   Panel: Infrastructure of Scale, Systems and Governance

   
3. 03

   Financing healthcare

   Panel: Infrastructure of Finance and Tech

   
4. 04

   Digital infrastructure

5. 05

   Marketing healthcare at scale

   Panel: Infrastructure of Marketing and Storytelling

   

Guests of honour

Who joined us.

Prof. Akin Abayomi Honourable Commissioner for Health, Lagos State Prof. Folasade Ogunsola Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos Panel: Building the Future of Healthcare in Nigeria With Prof. Akin Abayomi and Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, moderated by Dr Dami Adeniyi