Dr. Bessie Malila is a Junior Research Fellow in the Division of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. She completed the BSc degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering at the University of Zimbabwe in 2000; and the MSc and PhD in Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Cape Town in 2012 and 2017 respectively. Bessie has several years’ work experience in the telecommunications industry. She is currently conducting research in Digital Health applications and solutions, with a focus on how 5G/6G mobile technologies can be leveraged to address the challenges associated with the delivery of healthcare services in Africa, such as the shortage of skilled health professionals and poor health infrastructures. Some of her work includes investigating the concepts of 5G smart hospitals and virtual clinics, and how these can help improve healthcare coverage in remote, rural and underserved urban communities, towards achieving the INSDG goal of good health and wellbeing for all by 2030.