ELISA CONFAB EVENT

Our speaker, Lynda Arthur is the Africa Implementation & Access Lead, Vaccines for Johnson & Johnson’s Global Public Health (GPH) Organization. She is based in Accra, Ghana. In her role, she supports the development of and is responsible for the implementation of GPH’s vaccine access and value beyond product strategies in sub-Saharan Africa, including providing strategic recommendations on public health policies, gathering insights and intelligence on vaccines and vaccination at the last mile.

Lynda holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree from King’s College, University of London and a Master’s in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and an MBA from Lancaster University.

Lynda started her career as a Pharmacist working in both Hospital and Retail Pharmacy in the United Kingdom before relocating to Ghana. Her work in the Public Health began in Ghana and spans an 18-year period across Sub‐ Saharan Africa with Not-for-Profit Organizations, Government Agencies and Pharmaceutical Industries. A proven entrepreneur, she also established two Retail Pharmacy Businesses in Ghana, which she ran for ten years.

Prior to joining Johnson and Johnson, Lynda was the Program Director for the Ghana Access & Affordability Research Program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and three Bio‐ Pharmaceutical Companies – Pfizer, MSD & Sanofi.

Lynda has a wealth of experience in Advocacy, Partnership Building, Public Health Program Development, Project Management, Market Access, Training health care professionals & workers, Resource Mobilization and Research. She is a registered member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, a Reproductive Health Advocate.

Lynda is passionate about the development of Africa & mentoring young people to be change makers.

When you attend ELISA CONFABS you receive:

• 1 hour of virtual learning on the most important topics in entrepreneurialism
• the opportunity to ask questions directly to the CONFAB speaker
• networking opportunities with attendees from all over the world
• business development and visibility

Confabs are free events open to the entire ELISA portal community, which includes high potential entrepreneurs and founders with bold ideas for solving the greatest challenges we face in Africa. Attendees also include industry executives, investors, venture capitalists, philanthropists, researchers, educators, government regulators, policy makers, founders and entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey.

During the confab, an inspirational speaker or thought leader provides remarks for 10-minutes focusing on their professional journey, particularly as it relates to entrepreneurism in Africa. This is followed by randomly assigned small group virtual breakout sessions where attendees connect with others, discuss bootstrap briefs and gain recognition for their business, project or idea.

The mission of ELISA is to create jobs and support entrepreneurship in Africa. ELISA members and sponsors discover new opportunities for innovation, connect with others who share the mission, and grow professionally.

Date: March 3, 2022

Schedule: REGISTRATION for this event is now closed

Speaker: Lynda Arthur