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Applications are open for the AUDA-NEPAD Home Grown Solutions Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience 2025. 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 Energize Africa Initiative and Agenda 2063 aspirations.
Opportunity Details
This initiative is achieved through offering hands-on and tailored support to early-, 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.
They will work shoulder-to-shoulder with your team to design and deliver a customized, four-month acceleration roadmap in 2025, to support your company's specific growth needs across three key areas:
They have 3 application criteria you will have to meet to be considered for our fifth cohort:
1. You are a growing or mature stage company , meaning you must…
2. You strengthen Africa's health system , for example …
3. You can be described as a Home Grown Solution , meaning you must…
You can apply for the Accelerator using the form below, with deadline set on the 28th of February 2025 . After the submission deadline, shortlisted companies will be asked to provide references of investors and customers and additional high-level information on their finances during March/April 2025. Final decision making will happen towards end of April 2025, with Acceleration support definition and delivery to occurs between May and August 2025.
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For more information, please see their Guide to Prospective Applicants here. For specific questions, please e-mail them at [email protected]
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