The proposed approach is to have a conference with plenary sessions, breakout and an exhibition focused on knowledge sharing, networking and building synergy.
Morning plenary sessions with carefully selected keynote speakers, fireside chats and panelists will set the stage for the day’s theme. The last sub-theme will give way to parallel breakout sessions where organizations and companies will showcase impactful projects and best practices and discussions will be held on challenges to scalability and select case studies. Parallel sessions will continue through the afternoon with discussions and expositions around research studies, mapping research gaps and identifying crucial interventions.
The proposed program will present as follows:
| DATE | TIME | ACTIVITY | RESPONSIBLE |
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| 8th December 2025 | 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration | • North Star Alliance |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening Remarks | Dr. John Deng Diar Diing Executive Secretary - NCTTCA Benard Kadasia Board Chair, North Star Alliance Conference Sponsors: Cooperative Bank and Terre de Hommes |
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| 09:30 – 10:00 | Keynote Address | Session Chair; Africa CDC - Dr. Fatuma Aden Intergovernmental Authority on Drought (IGAD) |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Official Opening | • Dr. Khamadi - KEMRI • Director General - KEMRI • PS Transport • CS Health |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea Break | • All | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Plenary Experiences and Charting the path to sustainable healthcare along Africa’s Transport corridors. | • Dr. Khamadi - KEMRI • Dr. Douglas Bosire - NSDCC CEO (With focus on workplace Policy as it relates to the transport corridor in Kenya). • Lillian Tatebwa - Head of Special programs Uganda Aids Commission (UAC). |
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| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch Break & walk through the exhibition | • All | |
| 1:30 – 14:30 | Expert Panel Connecting the dots: Strengthening cross-border health and trade systems. | NCTTCA • Dr. Joy Ebonwu - Technical Officer for Surveillance and Rapid Response, Africa CDC Eastern Africa RCC • Joy W. Zenz - CEO of Africa Women in Trade • Florence Mulenga-Sinyangwe - AfCFTA |
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| 14:30 – 15:30 | Plenary session Multimodal transport systems and their opportunities for health and inter-regional development along corridors. | NCTTCA • Gideon Chikimai - NCTTCA • Sean Cooke- UNEP Nairobi • Djibouti Ports Corridor Road SA (DPCR SA) |
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| 15:30 – 14:30 | Plenary Session Safety and security along the transport corridors. | • Jason Finch - Transaid • Dr. Kibogong - NTSA • David Wanjohi- St. Johns Ambulance |
| DATE | TIME | ACTIVITY | RESPONSIBLE |
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| 9th December 2025 | 09:00 - 09:30 | Day 2 Recap and Announcements | Moderator |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Plenary Session Disease surveillance and research: Shielding Africa corridors from epidemics. | Session Chair: Aggrey Aluso: The Pandemic Network Presenters: • Dr. Charles Akataobi Michael - Senior Technical Officer, Africa CDC, Eastern Africa RCC • Dr. Victor Ofula - KEMRI • Dr. Rosemary Nzunza -KEMRI |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea Break | • All | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Plenary Session Health and wellness programs along the transport corridors; GBV, Human Rights, NCDs, Mental health and other emerging challenges along transport corridors. | • Dr. Joy Kiambi - LVCT Group. • Stella Gitia - LVCT Health • Magdalene Muoki - Country Director, Terre des Hommes NL • Dr. Jesse Njunguru - Medtronics Labs. |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Plenary Session Disease Prevention strategies along the transport corridors including the use of Vaccines. | Session Chair - Lillian Tatebwa - Head of Special programs Uganda Aids Commission (UAC). • Daglus Ameyo- Universite Claude Benard Lyon 1 • Dr. Samoel Khamadi - KEMRI |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | • All | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Plenary Session Innovations & partnerships for Healthy and Prosperous Transport Corridors. | • Djibouti Ports Corridor Road SA (DPCR SA) • Dijhon Hilzingers-Mass - Business Development- North Star Alliance- SA • Leonard Kosgei - Dot Glasses. |
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| 15:00 - 16:30 | Lived experiences sharing session North Star Alliance Community actors and recipients of services. 1. Truck drivers 2. FSW 3. PLHIV | Moderator |
| DATE | TIME | ACTIVITY | RESPONSIBLE |
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| 10th December 2025 | 09:00 - 09:30 | Day 3 Recap and Announcements | Moderator |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Plenary Session Building Climate resilient corridors: Implication for health security and trade flow | • Session Chair - Dr. Eng. Festus Ng'eno - PS Ministry of Environment and Climate Change- and Director General- National Environmental Management Authority. • John Choptainy, PHD • Olivia Nalwadda - FIA Foundation • Dr. Charles Akataobi Michael - Senior Technical Officer, Africa CDC, Eastern Africa RCC |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea Break | • All | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Plenary Session Leveraging technology, AI and Data to increase access to health and enable smarter trade. | • Tom Kinyanjui - Neural Labs Africa • Amukune Ambuyo - Madavi Agency • Dr. Fred Mutisya - Qhala Limited. |
