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An estimated five billion people worldwide lack access to surgical care, while LMICs including African nations require an additional 143 million life-saving surgical procedures each year. African hospitals are under-resourced and understaffed, causing global attention to be focused on improving surgical access in the continent. The African continent saw its first telesurgery application when the United States Army Special Operations Forces in Somalia used augmented reality to stabilize lifethreatening injuries. Various studies have been conducted since the first telesurgery implementation in 2001 to further optimize its application. In context of a relative shortage of healthcare resources and personnel telesurgery can considerably improve quality and access to surgical services in Africa. telesurgery can provide remote African regions with access to knowledge and tools that were previously unavailable, driving …