We are excited to announce the opportunity to join the HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA) Accelerator Program for the year 2025. Our mission at HTHA is to revolutionize healthcare in Africa by fostering innovation and collaboration. We are proud to have a physical co-working space in Kigali, Rwanda, thanks to the support of the Novartis Foundation, the Global Fund, and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
At HTHA, we believe in the power of partnerships with government stakeholders to address health challenges and integrate groundbreaking solutions into public health systems. With the guidance of Jhpiego and Villgro Africa, our accelerator program provides a platform for entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses and make a meaningful impact on healthcare.
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We are looking for visionary startups from all corners of Africa to participate in the 2025 HealthTech Hub Africa Accelerator Program. If you have innovative solutions, whether in hardware, software, data analytics, AI, biotech, or other areas, and are eager to collaborate with local and national governments to improve healthcare and support digital transformation in public health systems, we want to hear from you.
Applicants will be assessed based on their ability to tackle challenges in our thematic focus areas, the quality of their products, the strength of their team, their market fit, and their plans for sustainability and scalability within the public health sector.
In 2025, we are specifically interested in African health tech companies that can contribute to the following thematic categories:
1. Virtual Health: Proactive and Preventive Health Management
Solutions that empower individuals and communities to proactively manage health and prevent illness. We are interested in:
- Health and wellness technologies, including lifestyle, self-care and personalized medicine solutions for preventing e.g., cardiovascular disease
- Public health education and awareness solutions
- Technologies supporting pharmacies and community health workers
- Disease surveillance and contact tracing technologies
2. Virtual Care: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Health Conditions
Technologies that enhance access to and quality of care for diagnosing, managing, and treating medical conditions. Areas of focus include:
- Screening and early detection innovations, including AI-enabled diagnostics
- Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring
- Patient engagement and adherence solutions
- Integrated, patient-centered care and client-reported outcomes tracking
Noting the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in Africa, solutions addressing cardiovascular diseases and breast cancer are strongly encouraged to apply.
3. Data-Driven Decision-Making for Health Systems
Solutions that harness data to inform decisions, streamline processes, and strengthen health systems. We seek:
- Electronic health records, AI transcription, and data management solutions
- Clinical decision support technologies
- Advanced analytics solutions
- Data infrastructure and Interoperability
- Solutions for health systems strengthening, including health financing, supply chain management, referral networks, emergency transport, health workforce optimization and quality assurance/improvement
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4. Climate and Health: Addressing Climate-Driven Health Challenges
Solutions that help mitigate and respond to the human health impacts of climate change, with a focus on building resilience in vulnerable communities. We are seeking innovations in:
- Surveillance and mapping solutions to prepare for and respond to outbreaks and/or extreme weather e.g., flooding, drought
- Solutions ensuring continuity of healthcare services during and after extreme weather
- Health interventions targeting resilience of populations affected by climate-related displacement and/or food and nutrition insecurity
- Climate-resilient health supply chain solutions and/or mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions of health supply chains
- Climate and health data integration, use, and/or training, including climate information services (e.g. weather data) that inform climate-sensitive disease prediction and early warning systems
- Heat, air quality and environmental exposure monitoring
Eligibility Criteria
– African registered
– Team: at least 2 full-time members with at least one founder who is an African national or permanent resident of an African country
– Aligned with one of more of the four HealthTech Hub Africa thematic categories
– Post-revenue / seed stage
– In operation for at least one year
– Already working or intending to work with the public (i.e. government) health sector, alongside other private sector business models
What we offer
Participation in an 8-month Accelerator Program, which includes:
- Access to office and meeting space at Norrsken House, Kigali
- Eligibility for exclusive funding opportunities throughout the year and as a HealthTech Hub Africa alum
- Diagnostic panels, expert masterclasses and self-paced online content
- Dedicated mentorship from industry experts in population health and technology
- Public speaking and pitch practice sessions
- Investment readiness support and access to HealthTech Hub Africa’s Investor Circle
- Community support, peer learning and collaboration opportunities
- Networking meetups and hybrid events in Kigali and across Africa
- Opportunities to attend and pitch during the annual HealthTech Hub Africa Investor Summit
- Opportunities to engage with relevant government ministries, departments and agencies involved in healthtech
- Support to understand national digital health strategies and roadmaps and to develop public-private partnerships
- Introduction to digital interoperability standards (e.g., HL7 FHIR, Open HIE, WHO SMART Guidelines)
- Access to the testing environment of the HealthTech Hub Africa Standards & Interoperability Lab to support public sector integration
- Access to opportunities provided by the HealthTech Hub Africa partner network, including startup awards, research opportunities and funding opportunities
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