Africa’s health runs on Sport.
ASPHA brings together decision-makers, scientists and champions around one conviction: physical activity is the continent’s foremost public health lever — and an engine of prosperity.
The urgency in numbers
Why act now.
Non-communicable diseases are surging across the continent. Sport is the most cost-effective answer — and the most unifying.
of GDP lost to diabetes alone in some African countries
the global sport market — a share for Africa to capture
decision-makers and experts gathered on site in Dakar
participants joining via streaming — hybrid format
Ils construisent l'Agora avec nous
Our flagship event
Agora Dakar 2026.
In 2026, Dakar becomes the beating heart of world sport as it hosts the Youth Olympic Games. Ahead of it, ASPHA launches l'Agora Dakar 2026 — three days of keynotes, panels and round tables at the CICAD and the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium.
“Health through sport: building a prosperous Africa”
Conceived by Sine Qua Non Conseil · Chaired by Ms Achta Mahamat Saleh
Time remaining
Three thematic days
- 25 October Sport & public health
- 26 October Health–economy synergies
- 27 October Pan-African vision
Who we are
Our fight, our vision.
Faced with the alarming rise of non-communicable diseases, ASPHA breaks down the silos between medicine, public policy and sport to build a healthier — and more prosperous — Africa.
Founded in July 2025 in Brussels, the association brings together governments, WHO, the African Union, FIFA, CAF, private investors and young leaders around a shared, actionable continental roadmap.
Diabetes alone costs some African countries up to a twentieth of their annual GDP.
Prevention through movement
Physical activity reduces the incidence of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
A continental agora
A non-profit founded in Brussels in 2025, working across all 54 African countries.
Objectives
Our strategic priorities.
Four pillars to make Africa a global model for using sport as a lever of public health and economic prosperity.
Bend the NCD curve
Break down professional silos
Build inclusive infrastructure
Advocacy & sovereignty
The mobile app
Your health coach, My Coach.
The movement’s digital extension: a pocket coach putting physical activity within every African’s reach.
Get involved
Join the Agora.
Experts, federations, institutions or committed citizens: every voice counts in making sport the continent’s first medicine.
Health through sport: building a prosperous Africa where every movement counts towards a healthier future.
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