As Africa’s population increases and as more Africans enter the middle-class and adopt western diets, non-communicable diseases are growing rapidly as a leading cause of death and illness, and now approach the same level of impact as communicable diseases.  While cancer is one of the fastest growing areas of concern, there is significant scope to improve medical outcomes by expanding diagnostics and training for medical staff to catch more cases earlier, while also expanding the range of equipment and treatments available to improve outcomes.  Given that, by 2050, one in three cancer patients worldwide will be African, the time is now to increase attention on this set of issues.  This panel will feature leading experts from industry and governments as they discuss practical steps that can be taken now to increase the capacity of African health sectors to detect and treat cancer earlier.