This document discusses epidemics of non-typhoidal Salmonella sepsis and meningitis in Africa. It notes that invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is a major cause of bloodstream infections and death in Africa, with an estimated 681,316 deaths annually. Two novel Salmonella Typhimurium sequence types have caused epidemics in Malawi since the late 1990s. The emergence of these strains has been linked to the spread of antimicrobial resistance and HIV/AIDS. Ongoing surveillance efforts are aimed at understanding reservoirs and transmission modes to help develop public health interventions against iNTS disease in Africa.