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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 […]

Neopenda Graduates from Villgro Africa's Portfolio

Neopenda, an organization based in Uganda that is pioneering healthtech in emerging markets, has just completed Villgro Africa’s one-year incubation program. Following this experience, Sona Shah, Neopenda’s CEO and co-founder, […]

Villgro Africa Incubatees Selected for AVPA Deal Share Room

Villgro Africa Incubatees The Pathology Network and Medixus were selected for the Deal Share Live - Early Stage Healthcare Demo Day organized by Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance and Innovest Advisory. […]

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