AstraZeneca · GITEX Future Health Africa Morocco

Sixty-eight placements at Africa's first health-tech summit

Casablanca, May 2026: the continent's first major health-tech summit, held under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. DaBuzz ran AstraZeneca's press operation across all three days, through a landmark Ministry of Health MoU and 68 media placements.

Client
AstraZeneca
Sector
Pharmaceutical / Healthcare
Year
2026
Media placements
68
Unique outlets
42
Combined content views
120,700+
Positive sentiment
100%

Challenge

The inaugural GITEX Future Health Africa Morocco brought the continent's health-tech conversation to Casablanca, and AstraZeneca arrived with news of substance: a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, framing clinical research, AI-driven healthcare and early-detection programs.

A three-day summit, a government signing and a trilingual media landscape: the coverage had to be everywhere at once, and entirely on-message.

Approach

DaBuzz provided end-to-end PR support across all three event days: press invitations, on-site coordination with a dedicated press attaché and account manager, and interview facilitation, including a TV interview, an interview with AZ MENA President Rami Scandar, and a media tour with Amine Sekhri of AstraZeneca Morocco.

Two press releases carried the story, covering the MoU signing and the event wrap-up, while media collaborations with Telquel, Hespress, Le New and MAP deepened the coverage. Daily recap videos and a best-of highlight reel gave the summit a video-first record.

Launch choreography

  1. May 4Summit opensInaugural edition in Casablanca. Press operation begins
  2. May 4–6On-site coveragePress attaché and account manager across all three days
  3. May 6Le New email pushAnnouncement delivered to 40,123 inboxes
  4. May 6Summit closesWrap-up release and post-event monitoring

Results

68 media placements across 42 unique outlets in French, Arabic and English, with 100% positive, on-message sentiment. Hespress and Telquel alone drove 120,700+ combined content views; MAP published seven articles across four of its platforms.

Coverage centred on the MoU, digital health and AI, and the expansion of the Healthy Heart Africa initiative.

As seen in

MAPHespressTelquelLe NewL'EconomisteSNRT News2M TVLe360Le MatinLa Vie EcoLe DeskYabiladiMedi1 NewsMorocco World News

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