AUDA-NEPAD’s Home Grown Solutions Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience

AUDA-NEPAD’s Home Grown Solutions Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience

The Home Grown Solutions (HGS) Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience is an initiative that aims to accelerate the growth of African healthcare companies to strengthen the continent’s pandemic resilience, in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 aspirations.

This is achieved through offering hands-on and tailored support to growth- and mature stage healthcare businesses. The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) founded the Accelerator initiative in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the official development assistance agency of the Government of Japan.

Eligibility Requirements

You are a growth or mature stage company, meaning you must …

Be registered as a for-profit entity

Demonstrate clear market traction and sizable customer base

Express ambition and potential to scale beyond your current size

You strengthen Africa’s health system, for example …

You manufacture medical consumables or devices on the continent

You provide healthcare services to patients, be it diagnostic, treatment or otherwise

You provide technology solutions to strengthen health access or delivery

You can be described as a Home Grown Solution, meaning you must …

Operate mainly or solely in Africa (preference for companies operating across countries)

Employ mostly local staff in the markets in which you are active

Have strong African representation in your leadership

Benefits

As part of the third cohort, you will receive this unique offering for your business while shaping this Acceleration programme for fellow African businesses in the future. After this period and as a future alumnus of the Accelerator, you will continue to have access to our unique and growing network of peers, advisors, mentors, and potential partners.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; AUDA-NEPAD’s Home Grown Solutions Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience