Data limit: 11 December 2023
Applications are now open for the HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA) Accelerator Programme 2024. The HTHA Accelerator programme is designed to nurture healthtech start-ups and scale-ups that are committed to tackling Africa's urgent health challenges through partnerships with governments and the public sector.
They provide an ecosystem of supportive peers and partners, exclusive access to government stakeholders and extensive resources to foster innovation, promote scalability and contribute to the development of health technologies in Africa. They collaborate with government partners to create opportunities for ventures to demonstrate their solutions and make a substantial impact across the health sector.
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Thematic areas
- Cardiovascular health - Reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases at a population level through better screening, referral, diagnosis and management.
- Breast cancer - Reduce deaths from breast cancer at a population level through better screening, referral, diagnosis and management.
- Virtual health and care - Improving quality, access to equitable care and digital literacy through the remote provision of health services and preventive and curative care.
- Optimising data-driven decision-making - Improving health system capacities and epidemic preparedness through stronger integrated health information.
Benefits
- Participation in the 10-Month Acceleration Programme, which includes:
- For Growth Startups:
- Mentoring with strong expertise in population health and technology.
- Coaching and access to an interactive growth-level support platform allowing the structuring and refinement of existing and new business models and the preparation of executive summaries.
- Specialised masterclasses.
- Pitch practice sessions.
- Community support.
- Demonstrations of start-up solutions and opportunities to launch during the two annual HealthTech Summits in Kigali, Rwanda.
- Invitations to networking meetings and hybrid events throughout Africa and beyond.
- For increases in scale:
- Access to all the above benefits offered to growing startups.
- Free access to world-class legal services, accounting, marketing, talent acquisition and accelerated fundraising.
- Training and media exposure.
- For Growth Startups:
- Membership of HealthTech's network of public-private partners, which includes:
- Free expert-level support from established local and global organisations in the form of consultancy, facilitation, matchmaking with potential partners, advice and more
- Advantages in the form of free and/or heavily discounted infrastructure credits, software licences and technical and design services
- Access to the hub's circle of investors
- Access to various opportunities shared by the network
- Funding opportunities to strengthen innovation in public health: Through the hub's digital platform, all selected startups will be able to apply for funding and benefits totalling more than US$ 1 million.
- A full year's access to state-of-the-art coworking space: The membership comes with 12 months of office space, meeting and conference spaces and an invitation to start-up community events organised by Norrsken East Africa House in Kigali.
- Lifetime access to the Hub's alumni network and open-source resources: All start-ups and scale-ups that have completed the programme are awarded a Certificate of Participation and a lifetime alumni membership to HealthTech Hub Africa's resources and future opportunities.
Eligibility
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Open to all HealthTech startups with the following mandatory conditions:
For growth startups:
- African inscription: Start-ups must be registered in an African country.
- Team composition: A co-founding team with at least two members, including an African founder.
- Thematic alignment: The start-up's product or service must be aligned with one or more of the four thematic areas of HealthTech Hub Africa: cardiovascular health, breast cancer, virtual health and care, and optimising data-based decision-making.
- Revenue Internship: Start-ups can be pre-revenue or post-revenue.
- Financing Stage: Start-ups in the pre-SEED to SEED stage are eligible.
- Operational Duration: Start-ups must have been in operation for at least a year.
Para-scale-ups:
- African inscription: A start-up must be registered in an African country.
- Team composition: A co-founding team with at least two members, including an African founder.
- Thematic alignment: The product or service must be aligned with one or more of HealthTech Hub Africa's four thematic areas, which include cardiovascular health, breast cancer, virtual health and care, and data for decision-making.
- Evidence-Based Solution: The startup's product or service must be evidence-based and demonstrate positive health benefits.
- Impact monitoring: A rigorous approach to monitoring the impact of the solution on individuals is essential.
- Revenue stage: The startup must be post-revenue.
- Financing Phase: Pre-Series A or Series A
Application
