Kenya-Netherlands Life Sciences & Health Trade Mission

From the 9th to the 13th of November 2026, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), and Task Force Healthcare is welcoming a life sciences and healthcare delegation from Kenya to the Netherlands.

The delegation consists of 12 representatives from Kenya’s private healthcare sector, joined by two representatives from Willow Health Media, who will capture the stories of the visit. The mission is part of the Kenya-Netherlands Life Sciences & Health (LSH) Combination Track, which aims to strengthen the Kenyan healthcare system through long-term collaboration between Kenyan and Dutch stakeholders. It has been prepared together with our trusted partners CHAK, KHF and RUPHA.

The 2026 edition focuses on the private healthcare sector, recognising its growing role in delivering care, expanding access and driving innovation. The mission is not a platform to showcase individual solutions. Instead, it aims to start conversations on how Dutch and Kenyan organisations can jointly build practical, financially viable and scalable partnerships. That means looking beyond the technology itself to how it can be implemented, financed, maintained and embedded in existing healthcare structures over time. The ambition is practical exchange and lasting partnership development, connecting Kenyan healthcare providers with Dutch organisations that can offer expertise, implementation support, financing perspectives and long-term collaboration.

Three priority areas emerged as the strongest shared interests among Kenyan healthcare providers:

• Digital health, AI and healthcare transformation: from digital solutions in healthcare facilities and AI in radiology and diagnostics, to telemedicine, telepathology and Dutch experience with AI governance and safe adoption.
• Medical equipment, diagnostics and specialised care: strengthening diagnostic capacity in imaging, radiology and oncology, with attention to financing, maintenance, lifecycle management and regulation of medical devices.
• Sustainable healthcare financing and investment models: affordable financing for infrastructure and equipment, partnerships with investors and financial institutions, and models that support the growth of healthcare services.

Delegates also expressed interest in maternal and child health, green healthcare (including renewable energy for facilities), and quality improvement and accreditation, including learning from Dutch healthcare management approaches.