Conference Programme
9th PIDA Week 2026
Conference Theme:
Regulatory Harmonisation: Unlocking Africa's Potential in Health Product Manufacturing and Trade
Regulatory Harmonisation: Unlocking Africa's Potential in Health Product Manufacturing and Trade
Monday, November 16, 2026
⏰ 09:00 - 17:00
registration
Arrivals & Delegation Registration (Pre-Event)
👤 Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas - Chief Executive Officer
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Arrival of delegations and early badge collection. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 14:00 - 17:00
workshop
Closed Technical Meetings (Invitation Only)
👤 Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas - Chief Executive Officer
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Closed preparatory technical meetings of the co-conveners and working groups. Invitation only. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
⏰ 09:00 - 12:30
workshop
Technical Training & Preparatory Workshops (Pre-Event)
👤 H.E. Ms. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge - Commissioner, Infrastructure & Energy
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Training and preparatory workshops for clinics and programme delivery teams. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 14:00 - 17:00
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Pre-Event Site Visits
👤 H.E. Ms. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge - Commissioner, Infrastructure & Energy
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Technical site visits in and around Brazzaville. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
⏰ 08:00 - 09:00
registration
Registration & Badge Collection
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Registration and badge collection for all accredited participants. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 09:00 - 10:30
opening_ceremony
Official Opening — Republic of Congo, AUC, CEEAC, AUDA-NEPAD
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Official opening ceremony of PIDA Week 2026 by the co-conveners. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 11:00 - 12:30
plenary
Presidential Session: Accelerating Alignment for Delivery
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
High-level session on accelerating legal, regulatory, institutional, technical, fiscal and planning alignment for regional infrastructure delivery. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 14:00 - 15:30
roundtable_discussion
Ministerial Round Table & RECs Regional Portfolio
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Ministerial round table with regional economic communities on the regional project portfolio. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 16:00 - 17:30
panel_discussion
Water & Sanitation Panel (AU 2026 Priority)
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Panel on the AU 2026 theme: assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 18:00 - 20:00
side_event
Bilaterals & Official Reception
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Bilateral meetings followed by the official reception hosted by the Republic of Congo. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
Thursday, November 19, 2026
⏰ 09:00 - 10:30
workshop
Alignment Clinics: Legal, Regulatory, Institutional, Technical
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Working clinics locating alignment blockers across the delivery sequence: political, legal, regulatory, fiscal, technical, institutional and operational. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 09:00 - 10:30
workshop
Preparation & Maturation Clinics
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Maturity diagnostics, preparation clinics and links to preparation finance for priority regional projects, with focus on the CEEAC/Central Africa portfolio. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 11:00 - 12:30
panel_discussion
Productive Use: Corridors, Value Chains & Energy
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Corridors, value chains, local content, industrialisation and energy investment that put infrastructure assets to work. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 14:00 - 15:30
workshop
Water & Sanitation Workshop
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Technical workshop on bankable water access, sanitation, standards alignment and resilience. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 16:00 - 17:30
roundtable_discussion
Project–DFI–Investor Meetings
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Structured meetings between project owners, development finance institutions and investors on preparation and financing needs. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
Friday, November 20, 2026
⏰ 09:00 - 10:30
plenary
Clinic & Workshop Conclusions
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Presentation of conclusions from the alignment and preparation clinics and thematic workshops. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 11:00 - 12:30
roundtable_discussion
Partners Round Table — Accelerating Delivery
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Round table of partners on commitments to accelerate delivery, formalised without pre-judging amounts. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 14:00 - 15:30
closing_ceremony
Adoption of the Brazzaville Roadmap & Closing
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Adoption of the Brazzaville Roadmap — an acceleration agenda with clear responsibilities and a follow-up mechanism — followed by the closing ceremony. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 15:30 - 16:00
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Joint Press Conference
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Joint press conference of the co-conveners. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.
⏰ 16:00 - 18:00
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Site Visit: Brazzaville–Kinshasa Road–Rail Bridge
📍 Brazzaville — room TBC
Site visit to the Brazzaville–Kinshasa road–rail bridge — a flagship cross-border PIDA project on the Congo River. Provisional — subject to validation by the Joint Organizing Committee.