Selected from a competitive pool of applicants across nine Africa Health Collaborative partner institutions, these 37 ventures represent some of the most promising health innovations advancing primary healthcare, entrepreneurship, and health systems strengthening across Africa.
By the numbers:
- 37 Health Ventures
- 9 Partner Institutions
- 6 Innovation Themes
- 2 Innovation Tracks/Stages
The ventures from Addis Ababa span digital-driven solutions in maternal health, mental health, assistive technology, and indigenous medicine.
BellyTalk
- Founder: Yeabsra A. Sisay (Co-founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: BellyTalk solves prenatal care gaps through a digital platform that integrates consultations, peer networks, and product access.
Savvy General Trading PLC
- Representative: Hiwot Mehabaw (IT Specialist & Finance Leader)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: Savvy General Trading PLC provides inclusive assistive technology solutions for people with hearing and visual impairments using IPAS technology and iPads.
HerbIma
- Founder: Iman Redwan (Founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Indigenous Medicine
- Venture Description: HerbIma offers Iron+, a high-bioavailability supplement formulated from Ethiopian Red Teff, designed to eliminate gastrointestinal irritation.
Digital Mental Health Support for Ethiopian Youth
- Representative: Yeabsira Yohannes (Lead Researcher)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Mental Health
- Venture Description: This is a digital mental health platform designed to make psychological support accessible, affordable, and confidential for Ethiopian youth.
AIMS brings high-level analytical and technical expertise to grassroots challenges, all in the idea stage.
AfriMedLink
- Founder: Josue Nguinabe (Lead Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: AfriMedLink is a WhatsApp-based medicine locator that helps patients quickly find nearby pharmacies with medication in stock, without needing to download an app.
Amani Health AI
- Founder: Nadine Cyizere Bisanukuli (Co-Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: A text-based clinical support tool for Rwanda’s community health workers in Kinyarwanda, helping frontline workers assess health concerns confidently.
MESO+
- Founder: Veronica Ochieng Adhiambo (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Mental Health
- Venture Description: MESO+ is creating a safe digital space where mothers can check in on their emotional wellbeing and recognize warning signs early.
From offline cardiovascular detection systems to biodegradable sanitary products made from agricultural waste, ALU’s ventures are diverse.
KardioSense AI
- Representative: Patricia Kamau Wanjiru (Strategy and Clinical Validation Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: A portable cardiovascular disease detection system designed for low-resource healthcare settings using a compact ECG device and offline functionality.
Menava Health
- Founder: Yvone Khavetsa (Founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Menava Health is developing a wearable biomedical belt designed to help detect and respond to postpartum complications early.
Menstrual Empowerment Initiative
- Founder: Muniratu Muna Iddrisu (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Produces biodegradable sanitary pads using paper waste, corn husk fibre, and cotton textile scraps sourced locally to promote environmental sustainability.
RiseBeyond Organisation
- Founder: Flora Uwase (Founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: Extends physiotherapy support beyond hospitals for children living with disabilities, combining digital rehabilitation plans with community-based care.
AMREF’s ventures showcase a broad commitment to scalable, system-wide improvements.
Benevita Home Health Care
- Representative: Mohamed Yunus (CEO & Clinical Nurse)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Supports patients during recovery by connecting them with professional healthcare practitioners at home.
Elmah College of Health Studies – Vocational College
- Founder: Elizabeth Wamwea (Founder & Director)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Delivers an agile, vocational training solution that solves youth unemployment while strengthening a fragmented primary healthcare system.
KAARAANGE
- Founder: Mor Talla Mouhniyan Ndiaye (Founder & Project Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Water, Sanitation & Environmental Health
- Venture Description: Developing a smart biomedical waste bin that automatically sorts waste at the source using cameras and sensors to improve safety.
Mobile Eye Health & Cataract Surgery Van
- Representative: Ekisa Ambuchi Kennedy (Team Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Brings eye care directly to underserved communities through a fully equipped, solar-powered mobile clinic.
Mosaan Health
- Founder: Alyssa Madeleine Fatima Youm (Co-founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Developing a portable digital microscope that modernizes laboratory diagnostics in low-resource settings to assist with disease detection.
Ashesi University’s ventures emphasize early detection and culturally sensitive support, ensuring that health systems are robust and accessible regardless of connectivity.
Afya-ai Technologies
- Representative: Evans Kumi (CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: A respiratory health platform that uses breath analysis and non-invasive tools to support early detection of illness.
Nurture+
- Founder: Tracey Lartey (Founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: A digital and community-driven maternal wellness platform providing continuous support for mothers, fathers, and caregivers.
OvaTrack
- Representative: Ewura Abena Opare-Ansah (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: A private and culturally sensitive reproductive health platform offering health guidance and timely care referrals.
nBogne
- Founder: Tchio Thierry (Founder & CTO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: Compresses clinical records by 90%+ and transmits them between facilities via SMS/USSD over basic 2G cellular, requiring no internet.
KNUST ventures highlight the inclusive nature of the Collaborative, designing innovations that reach both advanced clinics and rural schools.
SeizureGuard
- Representative: Asedaa Boatemaa Tweneboah-Koduah (Lead Innovator & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Developing a wearable EEG monitoring system and mobile health platform for people living with chronic seizures.
Elias Biosciences Ltd
- Founder: Michael Darko (Founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Establishing a diagnostic laboratory equipped with clinical chemistry, haematology, and hormone analysers for communities.
IntelliDiag Smart Diagnostics
- Representative: Kobi Ampem Afriyie (CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: An AI-powered diagnostic platform that analyzes medical images to support the early detection of diseases such as cancer.
Metagrade Company Limited
- Founder: Edmond Osei Kwabena Agyapong (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Producing a plant-based sweetener designed to help maintain stable blood sugar levels while reducing calorie intake.
MicroInnovate Hub
- Founder: Jacob Narh Ahuakessey (Founder & Team Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Develops affordable scientific and medical equipment using open-source technology and 3D printing.
Moi University centers its solutions on the wealth of African natural resources and community spaces.
DawaPoint
- Representative: Alvin Cheruiyot Kiprop (Venture Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Places solar-powered dispensing kiosks in busy community spaces, allowing patients to speak with a remote nurse or pharmacist before receiving medication.
Herbal Glow
- Founder: Kowthar Mohamed Aftin (Founder & CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Indigenous Medicine
- Venture Description: Creates natural skincare products designed to address acne and uneven skin tone using plant-based ingredients.
DAMUBOOST
- Representative: Linsen Ngweno (Project Manager)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Developing a food supplement designed to help women restore and maintain healthy blood levels.
Mind Link
- Representative: Sharon Nyokabi Mbai (Co-Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Mental Health
- Venture Description: A mental health support app that combines chatrooms, one-on-one sessions, and crisis referral services in one platform.
UCT’s ventures are driving preventative health outcomes from the ground up.
FreshStart Foods
- Representative: Asande Dumse (Founder & Manager)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Making healthy eating more affordable through a community backyard farming initiative to help families access nutritious food.
Ingcambu
- Representative: Asanda Qoyi (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Indigenous Medicine
- Venture Description: Focused on creating awareness around the health benefits of natural herbs and traditional wellness practices.
Health Awareness Podcast
- Representative: Ncebazaki Maza (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Maternal, Child & Community Health
- Venture Description: Uses conversations and storytelling to educate people living positively with HIV and reduce public stigma.
University of Life
- Representative: Solomzi MbawuliHomeboy (Founder & Concept Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Idea Stage | Water, Sanitation & Environmental Health
- Venture Description: Tackling indoor air pollution in township homes through smokeless coal briquettes that produce significantly less smoke than raw coal.
Working in close partnership with African institutions, the University of Toronto’s ventures emphasize the power of global networks anchored in local needs.
StainSmart
- Representative: Auma Eunice (Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Innovative Healthcare Devices & Services
- Venture Description: Developing affordable and flexible healthcare systems that can be used by every healthcare provider irrespective of where they work.
Ecohealth Alerts
- Representative: Philemon Ondigo (Founder & Tech-Lead)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: Developing integrated health intelligence systems designed to streamline surveillance workflows and improve reporting visibility.
SnooCode Red Limited
- Representative: Dr. Nana Serwaa Agyeman Quao (Co-CEO)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: Enables emergency services, offline navigation, and AI-powered clinical decision support for medical emergencies and first aid.
OneClick-Med
- Representative: Faith Oluwabusayomi Taiwo (Co-Founder)
- Stage & Theme: Early Stage | Digital & AI-Driven Healthcare Solutions
- Venture Description: A unified patient registration and Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform designed to address fragmentation in healthcare delivery.
These ventures represent the future of African healthcare innovation—locally grounded, entrepreneur-led, and designed to solve real-world challenges. Join us at HIFest 2026 to hear their stories, watch them pitch, and discover the next generation of health innovators shaping the continent’s future.
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