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13–15 October 2026 | South Africa

Indigenomics Africa 2026

A premier Indigenous Knowledge Systems event dedicated to advancing wellbeing economies

About the Conference

Indigenomics Africa is an annual conference and system platform convening leaders from government, business, civil society, impact institutions, and academia, to align Indigenous Knowledge Systems with health, digital innovation, and economic transformation priorities across Africa.  

Why Indigenomics Africa?

Indigenomics Africa addresses the structural gap between Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the policy, innovation, and investment architectures required for scale. It provides a recurring platform for alignment, coordination, and system readiness to support wellbeing economies across Africa.

 

'06 Theme: Africa's Health, Wellbeing and Resillient Futures

The 2026 edition focuses on health and wellbeing as system outcomes shaped by governance, finance, innovation, and community systems. 

Explore the 2026 Theme

The Problem this Conference Responds To

Indigenous Knowledge Systems shape health, livelihoods, and environmental stewardship across Africa, yet remain outside the policy, innovation, and investment mechanisms required for scale.  This limits resilience, inclusive growth, and market participation.

More Than a Conference: A Systems Platform

Indigenomics Africa operates as an ongoing systems platform. Between annual conferences, policy dialogue, research collaboration, and partnership development continue under IPROSA’s institutional coordination to ensure continuity and alignment.

Location

Hosted in Southern Africa each October. The 2026 inaugural edition will take place in South Africa. Venue to be announced.

Wellbeing Economies as Foundations for Inclusive Growth

Wellbeing economies are systems where health, environmental stability, and inclusive participation are integral to long-term growth and performance.

A wellbeing economies framework

The platform applies a five-capitals framework as a practical systems lens to align governance, innovation, markets, and communities toward long-term, sustainable economic transformation.

Natural Capital

Cultural Capital

Natural Capital

Land, ocean, energy, and ecological systems supporting resilience and regeneration.

Social Capital

Cultural Capital

Natural Capital

Institutions, trust, governance relationships, and cooperation enabling action at scale.

Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital

Knowledge continuity, ethics, identity, and legitimacy guiding responsible innovation adoption.

Health Capital

Economic Capital

Cultural Capital

Wellbeing systems, prevention, care delivery, and population resilience across communities.

Economic Capital

Economic Capital

Economic Capital

Markets, enterprises, value chains, jobs, and investment pathways for growth.

The Programme

As an inaugural edition, the summit prioritises system alignment while creating space for aligned investment announcements linked to shared governance, evidence, and long-term wellbeing outcomes.


The programme recognises that inclusive finance must strengthen both system readiness and human capability, enabling Indigenous-led enterprises to access markets and participate sustainably in formal economies.


The programme is structured around interconnected streams where public–private dialogue and cooperation are essential for sustainable progress. Across all streams, growth, resilience, and innovation serve as cross-cutting imperatives guiding engagement with today’s complexity and tomorrow’s opportunities.


Streams address governance, science and innovation, markets and finance, community systems, and workforce development.


Each edition generates shared priorities, partnership pathways, and system insights that inform policy dialogue, investment alignment, and continued collaboration between conferences.

Between Conferences: Beyond the Event

Between annual conferences, IPROSA serves as the institutional coordinator, supporting continuity, learning, and collaboration across policy, research, investment, and implementation processes. 

Programme Streams

Sponsorship and Participation Pathways

Indigenomics Africa enables participation beyond attendance through structured, governed collaboration pathways stewarded by IPROSA.

Convene a Dialogue

Showcase System Initiatives

Showcase System Initiatives


Organisations may host curated roundtables, policy dialogues, or working sessions within the programme to advance investment readiness, and cross-sector coordination.

Showcase System Initiatives

Showcase System Initiatives

Showcase System Initiatives


Organisations may present governed programmes, or platforms, demonstrating credible progress in Indigenous-led health, environmental, or economic systems. This pathway enables visibility and peer learning.

Support the Platform

Showcase System Initiatives

Support the Platform


Institutions may support Indigenomics Africa as platform partners, contributing resources that sustain system alignment, coordination, skills development, and innovation investment between annual conferences.  Contributions are stewarded through IPROSA to ensure legitimacy, transparency, and long-term system value. 

Partners

Collaborating with leading institutions to support Indigenous-led system alignment across governance, cutting-edge research, innovation, and markets. Contributions enable policy dialogue, investment readiness, and long-term wellbeing outcomes across rural and local economies.

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