The AfricaCDC Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC) Program 2025 for emerging young leaders. – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: September 14, 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 AfricaCDC Youth Digital Health Champions. The Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC) program seeks to determine, profile, and join dynamic young leaders who’re actively shaping the digital well being panorama throughout Africa. Champions will function function fashions, advocates, and collaborators in advancing digital well being innovation, coverage, and apply. The initiative goals to construct a visual and impactful community that may inform insurance policies, strengthen native innovation ecosystems, and amplify youth management throughout the continent.

B- Eligibility Criteria

Applicants should meet the entire following minimal necessities:

• Age: Must be between 18 and 35 years previous on the time of application.
• Nationality/Residency: Must be a citizen of an African Union member state. Africans within the diaspora may also apply.
• Language Proficiency: Proficiency in no less than one among these languages – English, French, Arabic, Portuguese (with skill to take part in cross-lingual platforms most popular).
• Engagement in Digital Health: Must be actively concerned in digital well being by way of a number of of the next:

• Innovation (e.g., startup founder, expertise developer)
• Research and Academia
• Public well being applications using digital instruments
• Policy improvement or advocacy
• Capacity constructing or digital literacy initiatives

Benefits

1- Visibility and Recognition: Featured profiles and tales shared throughout Africa CDC and YiDHN channels, elevating the visibility of every Champion’s work at nationwide, regional, and continental ranges.

2- Access to High-Level Convenings: Opportunities to take part in YiDHN-branded webinars, coverage dialogues, and Africa CDC boards to share insights, affect agendas, and construct credibility. Some Youth Champions will probably be chosen to take part within the Africa HealthTech Summit – #AHTS2025
3- Peer Networking and Collaboration: Connection to a vibrant, cross-continental group of like-minded digital well being innovators and advocates for shared studying and joint initiatives.

4- Capacity Building and Policy Engagement: Priority invites to coaching periods, workshops, and coverage engagements designed to reinforce management, technical, and advocacy expertise.

5- Support for scaleup and enlargement: The initiative will pursue strategic partnerships and sponsorships geared toward unlocking extra Opportunities. This will embody entry to seed funding and assist for youth-led digital well being startups, mentorship and training from trade leaders, participation in Continental and worldwide innovation challenges, fellowships, and accelerator applications.

Duration of the engagement: 12 months

Required Submission Materials

• Completed application type by Sep 14, 2025, 11:00 PM GMT+3.
• CV/resume (max 2 pages)
• One letter of advice
• Optional: Links to initiatives, publications, or media

Application TImeline:

• Opening: August 29, 2025
• Deadline: September 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM GMT+3.
• Announcement of chosen candidates: September 20, 2025

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AfricaCDC Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC) Program