News from the incubation experts

Villgro Africa News & Announcements

Launch of the East Africa Biosciences Studio Initiative

September 25, 2024

Program funded in part by an independent educational grant from Pfizer’s Institute of Translational Equitable Medicine (ITEM) Villgro Africa, with a generous financial support in the form of an independent […]

Artificial Intelligence for Health (AI4H) Awardees Announced by Villgro Africa and Partners

Villgro Africa and partners have announced the awardees of their Artificial Intelligence for Health (AI4H) funding call, with the recipients of grant funding and incubation support including the following companies: […]

VILLGRO AFRICA AND GHANA TECH LAB LAUNCH CALL FOR FEMALE-LED HEALTH TECH STARTUPS IN GHANA

The Female-Led Health Tech Startups in Ghana call, a collaboration between Villgro Africa and Ghana Tech Lab, is seeking startups in the Ghanian health tech space that have at least […]

African health tech start-ups in supply chain show promise, prompting launch of $7 million innovator support program

The Pan-African “Investing in Innovation” program will provide grants and commercialization support to 60 health tech companies over two years. June 22, 2022. Lagos, Nigeria. Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory […]

FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKER INNOVATION CHALLENGE INVESTS $150,000 IN THREE COMPANIES

Three healthcare startups in East Africa have each been awarded $50,000 in seed funding for winning the Frontline Health Worker (FLHW) Healthcare Innovation Challenge organized by Villgro Africa in collaboration […]

A-Lite Featured on CNN’s “African Voices: Changemakers” Program

A-Lite Uganda, a Villgro Africa investee and incubation company, has been highlighted by CNN in a short documentary. Watch the full video from “African Voices: Changemakers” here:

Villgro Africa Announces the “Harnessing the Power of AI for Africa’s Development” Top 11 Innovations

August 10, 2021

The Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) program is a joint partnership between the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and Sida, Sweden’s government agency for development cooperation. The program […]

Villgro Africa Support for Innovations Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

A few weeks after the COVID-19 virus first arrived on African continent, Villgro Africa invited African innovators with solutions that could contribute to the fight against COVID-19 to apply for […]

Villgro Africa Disburses $170K to Innovators

Villgro Africa, an impact investor incubating and supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs in Africa to grow and scale through technical assistance and investments, has disbursed funding to five different start-ups, amounting […]

Health Fintech Solution wins USD 250,000 from the Swiss-Re Foundation

Villgro Africa portfolio company clinicPesa has recently won USD 250,000 through the Swiss-Re Foundation competition for the People’s Choice Award! They will be invited to connect with potential investors at […]

1 2 3 … 5 Next »