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PRESS RELEASE - VILLGRO AFRICA LAUNCH

October 29, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya Thursday, 29th October 2020 VILLGRO AFRICA PIONEERING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTHCARE AND LIFE SCIENCES Villgro Africa, an impact investor that inspires, nurtures, and scales innovation by offering customized […]

Ilara Health Awarded $1.1M Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

October 15, 2020

Ilara Health, a health tech enterprise that provides point of care diagnostic testing to small primary care clinics in Kenya, has received a $1.1 million grant from the Bill & […]

Wekebere Selected for the First African Artificial Intelligence Accelerator in Ghana

August 24, 2020

Wekebere Limited, a Ugandan based e-health startup developing a remote fetal monitor is among eleven startups that have been selected to join the first Artificial Intelligence Accelerator Program in Ghana. […]

Villgro Kenya Innovators to Benefit from new Pool of Mentors

August 24, 2020

Following a successful call for applications, Villgro Kenya is excited to announce its new pool of mentors, drawn from across the world. The mentors come from a range of sectors, […]

Mentors Needed for Health Innovators and Social Entrepreneurs

Villgro Kenya, a health investor and business incubator for innovative, early-stage health enterprises, is looking for healthcare entrepreneurs, professionals, and experts, both active and retired, with considerable healthcare-business experience to […]

Villgro Kenya Invests $50,000 in The Pathology Network

Villgro Kenya announced an investment of $50,000 to The Pathology Network, a digital referral platform for pathologists in Kenya Kenya has over 47,000 new cancer cases and 33,000 cancer-related deaths […]

Villgro Kenya Awards $150K to 12 Startups Fighting COVID-19 in Africa

Villgro Kenya has awarded $150K in grants to 12 innovative startups from East Africa with technologies and innovations that could help in testing, monitoring, and managing aspects of the COVID-19 […]

Villgro Kenya Team Selected for NextGen Ecosystem Builders Program

Gibson Murikui and Snider Mugese have been chosen to participate in the NextGen Ecosystem Builders Program alongside 45 other participants across Africa. The management training program launched by Village Capital […]

Launch of the Innovators Forum at 7th Sankalp Africa Summit

The session hosted by Villgro Kenya focused on building a vibrant community and ecosystem for medical devices and diagnostics innovation and manufacturing in the region.

Ilara Health Wins Sankalp Africa Award 2020

February 27, 2020

Villgro Kenya portfolio company Ilara Health won 1st runners up of the Sankalp Africa Awards 2020. Led by Emilian Popa, Ilara Health provides affordable, tech-powered medical diagnostics & essential tests […]

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