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Prizes + WHO technical support + visibility (amounts vary by edition)
WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) innovation challenge promoting African solutions for Africa's health challenges. Focuses on product, service, and social innovations that address unmet health needs. Winners receive prizes, WHO technical support, and access to a digital marketplace connecting innovators with governments, investors, and academics.
Prize
Cash prizes (amounts vary by edition)
WHO Credibility
WHO endorsement gives unmatched credibility with health ministries, governments, and institutional buyers across Africa
Digital Platform
Listing on WHO AFRO innovation marketplace connecting innovators with government ministries, academics, and investors
Technical Support
WHO technical assistance for further development and scaling
Product Innovation
New health products, devices, diagnostics, or pharmaceuticals for African health challenges
Service Innovation
Novel health service delivery models improving access and quality in African settings
Social Innovation
Community-based and social approaches to health challenges, including behavior change and health promotion
Innovative and scalable healthcare solutions developed in and/or relevant to Africa. Solutions must address health problems in new and different ways — often through simpler and more effective means. Must be realistic with capability and potential to be enlarged and replicated across African contexts. Prioritizes innovations already deployed in African health settings.
WHO technical support, platform listing, connections to health ministries and institutional buyers across 47 African member states, ongoing access to WHO AFRO innovation ecosystem.
Challenge portal returned 502 at time of verification (April 2026). May be between cycles. Monitor innov.afro.who.int for next application window.
I could not verify credible third-party alumni testimonials or applicant write-ups about the WHO Africa Innovation Challenge from sources outside WHO’s own websites with the available search/fetch tools. Because of that, I cannot responsibly extract firsthand application tips. A cautious evidence-based takeaway is that applicants should prioritize clearly documented public-health impact, readiness for scale in African health systems, and alignment with WHO/health-system needs—but this is inferred from the challenge’s positioning, not from verified alumni testimony.
2018
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