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Venture Spotlight: Bare Mind Holdings
Bare Mind Holdings is addressing stigma and associated barriers by providing accessible, culturally relevant and personalized mental health resources. The venture leverages and combines cutting-edge technology and innovative approaches to provide personalized self-development programs tailored to the African context.
Venture Spotlight: ChuChu Softies
ChuChu Softies was created to curb the problem of period poverty by creating eco-friendly and reusable sanitary pads that are affordable and accessible to girls and women.
Venture Spotlight: URUKUNDO Initiative
URUKUNDO Initiative was created to deliver reproductive and mental health education by captivating youth through play-based learning.
Venture Spotlight: Rocket Health
Rocket Health provides a digital solution that centralizes different health care solutions into one place. This is done through a 24-hour contact centre that enables patients to consult with doctors remotely, at any time of the day or night, and from anywhere across the country.
African Leadership University (ALU) Healthcare Entrepreneurship Hackathon in Kigali, Rwanda
The African Leadership University (ALU) is hosting a Healthcare Entrepreneurship Hackathon from February 26 - 29, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Building Bridges between Canada and Africa to Empower Innovators
This year, the University of Toronto had a unique opportunity to connect some of Africa’s brightest entrepreneurs with the thriving Canadian startup ecosystem, as well as Africa's expanding diaspora community of investors and entrepreneurs in Canada.
2022 Health Entrepreneurship African Impact Challenge: Celebrating the Success of 16 Healthcare Startups
The African Impact Initiative’s Health Entrepreneurship Challenge saw resounding success in 2022, engaging over 500 innovative founders from 227 startups. After a rigorous selection process based on impact, sustainability, and scalability, 16 healthcare startups were chosen to join the incubation cohort of 42 amazing founders from eight African countries.
Venture Spotlight: DoctorsLive
DoctorsLive was created to be the source of change that the system desperately needs.
Venture Spotlight: Emergency Response Africa
Saving lives by connecting the largest network of first responders, emergency vehicles, and hospitals to patients in needing urgent emergency care, within minutes of the call.