Jonty Wright

In his early 20’s, Jonty Wright is already reshaping how South Africa thinks about healthcare, organ donation and the role of technology in saving lives.

Welcome our speaker, a sixth-year medical student at Stellenbosch University. Jonty has combined medicine, systems change and digital innovation. He is the founder and president of Save7, a nonprofit working to increase organ donation in South Africa, where thousands die each year waiting for life-saving transplants. The organisation’s name reflects a powerful truth:  one organ donor can save up to seven lives. Under Jonty’s leadership, Save7 has launched awareness campaigns, built artificial intelligence-powered education chatbots and, most recently, opened South Africa’s first lifepod — a dedicated ICU space for organ donors at Tygerberg Hospital. This milestone followed years of advocacy and over R3 million raised to expand the initiative nationally. Jonty is also a co-founder of HALO Medical, a healthcare startup using AI to reduce admin burdens for healthcare workers in low-resource settings. His work reflects a core belief that technology can help scale impact, reduce inequalities, and improve access to care across Africa.