Unlocking Africa’s Health Workforce Potential
Africa’s health workforce presents a powerful opportunity to improve health outcomes, create jobs, and drive economic growth. With 2.2 health workers per 1,000 people and a projected need for six million more by 2030, investing in young talent, leadership, and youth-led innovation can unlock significant value across the continent.
The Africa Health Collaborative (AHC) harnesses the strength of higher education institutions and cross-sector partnerships to develop health talent, strengthen health systems, and advance the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works goal of enabling 30 million young people—especially women—to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.
Our Approach
The AHC’s approach allows its partners to reach across borders and sectors to collectively address health sector challenges in the African context.
Together, we co-create and deliver diverse training programs for health professionals, advance locally led research, and nurture the next generation of health leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators.
Grounded in African expertise and solutions, AHC partners are committed to co-creating sustainable initiatives that expand employment opportunities, drive systems-level change and improve health outcomes across the continent.
Our Guiding Principles
Our partnership model brings together institutions, young people, and ecosystem partners around a shared vision, goals, and principles to accelerate innovation, develop health talent, and strengthen health systems across Africa.
Governance
Pillar Advisory Committee (PAC)
Our governance structure is strengthened by an Executive Steering Committee, supported by dedicated Advisory Committees for each of our three core program pillars.
