27–28 March 2026
1-4PM GMT
Virtual on Zoom
(Registration is now open)
The Living Digitally Well Africa Summit is a virtual 2-day Summit focused on helping Africa & its Diaspora thrive in the digital age.
There will be 4 modules related to:
Children & Youth Digital Wellness
Everyday Digital Life & Adult Allies
Workplace Digital Wellness & the Future of Work
Ethical AI & Responsible Tech
Each module will contain a short keynote talk and a panel discussion.
Four Digital Opportunities & Threats We Are Exploring!
Digital's Omnipresence
Digital technologies shape how we learn, work, parent, relate, worship, access services, and participate in public life. They bring real opportunity, but also real strain. Many people feel more connected yet more distracted, exhausted, and emotionally stretched.
Digital's Hazard
All technologies are capable of benefit as well as harm. Too often we hear about, and even experience, the consequences of the unskillful use of digital devices, channels and content, which leave us overwhelmed, distracted, lonely and addicted. when we are not aware, mindful ad accountable in our use of digital technologies, we are harmed as well as our families and communities.
Africa's Unique Perspective
Mostly, the discourse on digital technology and digital health fails to reflect African realities such as shared devices, limited data, extended family life, community norms, and social, and spiritual worldviews, inclusive of Ubuntu, etc. This Summit creates an Africa-centered, and evidence-informed to explore what it truly means to live digitally well from an African perspective. We believe that for Africa, its Diaspora, and for cultures beyond, an adoption and affirmation of African values and practices have alot to offer to our digital wellness.
Digital Wellness' Potential
Amid the concern over the harms of digital tech, we often fail to consider that this tech is just as capable of making us well, in terms of our sleep, eating & drinking, movement, relaxation, and relationships. We believe this tech application is among the greatest unrealized public health opportunities of our time.
What Will You Gain by Attending?
Strategies
Strategies for parents, educators, and adult allies supporting children and youth
Tools
Tools to build healthier digital habits that support focus, relationships, and mental health
Workplace Approaches
Workplace approaches that reduce overload and improve sustainable performance
Ethics
Ethical questions and guardrails for AI and technology shaping African futures
Who is this Summit for?
Parents, caregivers, and families navigating children and technology
Educators, school leaders, youth workers, and student-support professionals
Working professionals seeking healthier digital habits and stronger focus
Business leaders, founders, managers, HR, and workplace culture leaders
Mental health, public health, and wellness professionals
Policymakers, civil society leaders, and digital rights advocates
Technologists, designers, product teams, and AI practitioners
Members of the African Diaspora and anyone committed to African flourishing in the digital age.
Meet The Speakers
We are assembling a roster of digital wellness subject matter experts from across the African Diaspora and beyond to deliver keynote talks and lead panel discussions on digital wellness topics related to youth, adults, the workplace and ethics.
SPECIAL GUEST:
Dr. Ayodele Bakare, FIIM, FIBD
Assistant Director, Cybersecurity Department
Representative of the Director General, NITDA
Nigeria
Digital Health Strategist & Educator
WiseWorking Leadership
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Event Agenda
Below take a look at the various sessions which will make up the Summit!
Welcome!: 1300 - 1305 GMT
Welcome address and opening remarks (10 minutes)
This session will cover Summit objectives, schedule and code of conduct.
Day 1: Goodwill Message: 1305 - 1310 GMT
Dr. Ayodele Bakare, Assistant Director of Cybersecurity at NITDA, will deliver the opening address on behalf of the Director General.
This session examines the critical intersection of technology policy and human wellbeing across a hyper-connected continent.
Day 1: Chief Keynote: The African Digital Wellbeing Landscape: 1310 - 1332 GMT
This Opening Keynote (25 minutes) will provide a compelling overview of the forces shaping digital life today—attention, mental health, work, and technology—and what they mean for African communities. This keynote sets a shared language for the Summit and frames digital wellbeing as both personal practice and collective responsibility.
You will leave with a clear map of the challenges and opportunities, and how the summit tracks connect into one coherent pathway to thriving.
Day 1, Track 1: Children and Youth Digital Wellness: 1337 - 1447 GMT
This session will explore the question of how we protect young minds while nurturing creativity, learning, and agency online. It will offer culturally grounded guidance for families, schools, and communities across the life cycle from early childhood to young adulthood.
This track moves beyond “screen time” debates to focus on purpose: how digital life shapes learning, identity, confidence, and mental health from early childhood through young adulthood. It’s not just how many hours young people spend online—it’s how those hours are spent, and at what cost.
You will leave with practical strategies for homes, schools, and communities to protect young minds while nurturing agency, creativity, and empowered digital citizenship.
This session will include a keynote (15 to 20 minutes), panel discussion (55 minutes) and break (5 minutes)
Day 1, Track 2: Everyday Digital Life and Adult Allies: 1452 - 1602 GMT
This session will explore how adults can build a healthier relationship with technology and show up as better allies for themselves, children, youth, elders, and vulnerable people. It will explore attention, emotional well-being, relationships, digital citizenship, and daily digital habits.
Many adults across Africa and the diaspora feel constantly connected yet increasingly exhausted—pulled by notifications, work demands, and social platforms, while relationships and inner calm quietly suffer. This session invites us to pause and redesign our relationship with technology: attention, emotional well-being, intimacy, faith, and the daily habits that shape how you show up for others.
You will leave with reflective questions and a clear roadmap for reclaiming attention, setting healthier boundaries, and becoming a stronger adult ally in a hyper-connected world.
This session will include a keynote (15 to 20 minutes), panel discussion (55 minutes) and break (15 minutes)
Day 1: Closing Session: 1602 - 1607 GMT
This session will provide time (10 to 12 minutes) for reflections and synthesis of Day 1 discussions with an encouragement to note 5 key insights from the day, 3 actions participants can take immediately and 1 question to carry forward.
Day 2: Welcome: 1300 - 1305 GMT
A practitioner-led view of how digital health can improve care and wellbeing—without losing privacy, inclusion, or trust. This keynote focuses on what it takes to move from pilots to impact in real African contexts.
You will leave with clear principles for designing and adopting HealthTech that people can trust.
Day 2: Keynote: Trustworthy HealthTech: 1305 - 1320 GMT
As digital health platforms expand across Africa, a central question is trust. How do we design tools that improve care while preserving dignity, privacy, cultural context, and economic inclusion?
This keynote explores HealthTech through the lens of cooperative responsibility, communal care, and equity. It addresses how digital health solutions can move from pilot projects to sustainable impact, serving not just individuals, but communities.
You will leave with clear, actionable principles for designing, adopting, and governing HealthTech systems that are inclusive, culturally grounded, and worthy of public trust.
Day 2, Track 3: Designing Healthy Workplaces: 1320 - 1430 GMT
This session will explore the design of healthier digital cultures in support of deep work, mental health, and sustainable performance. This session focuses on boundaries, meeting and messaging overload, hybrid work realities, leadership practices, and culture design.
In today’s workplace, the battle is often for attention and energy—constant messages, meetings, and multitasking create “busy days” with little deep progress. This session will explore how to move from digital burnout toward sustainable ways of working, combining global research with African workplace realities and resource constraints.
You will discover practical frameworks for deep work, boundary-setting, and healthier digital norms—so teams can reduce overload while improving clarity, focus, and wellbeing.
You will leave with actionable ideas for leaders and professionals to redesign communication, meetings, and culture for sustainable performance and mental health.
This session will include a keynote (15 to 20 minutes), panel discussion (55 minutes) and break (5 minutes)
Day 2, Track 4: Ethical AI and Responsible Tech: 1435 - 1545 GMT
This session explores how we ensure AI and datatech-driven systems strengthen dignity, justice, trust, and well-being rather than amplifying harm. This session connects ethics to practical decisions in policy, product design, mental health, education, and civic life.
As AI and datatech-driven systems shape how Africans learn, work, and seek care, we must ask whose values and incentives are built into these tools—and who bears the risk when things go wrong. This session will focus on the real social implications of AI for vulnerable communities, dignity, trust, and fairness.
You will leave with frameworks you can apply in policy, product design, advocacy, and institutional leadership to build technology that is responsible and trusted.
This session will include a keynote (15 to 20 minutes), panel discussion (55 minutes) and break (10 minutes)
Day 2: Closing Session: 1545 - 1605 GMT
This session will provide time (10 to 12 minutes) for reflections and synthesis of Day 1 discussions with an encouragement to note 5 key insights from the day, 3 actions participants can take immediately and 1 question to carry forward.
In this final session, there will also be a reveal regarding the date of related 2026 and 2027 events. Information on how to continue to partner with this network, as well as information on the network's mailing list.
Finally, thanks and close.
Please join us to explore, and shape both discussion and action to grow our digital wellness.
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