MORE HEALTH for Africa Program 2026 [Cohort 3] – YOA

Deadline: September 10, 2026

Applications are open for the MORE HEALTH for Africa Program 2026. The MORE HEALTH for Africa Program, a partnership between Boehringer Ingelheim and Villgro Africa, is trying for its third cohort. This initiative helps social entrepreneurs driving healthcare innovation throughout Africa, with the aim of advancing Boehringer Ingelheim’s sustainability dedication to enhance the lives of fifty million folks via social engagement fashions by 2030.

Through incubation, acceleration, and catalytic funding, this system empowers excessive-affect social enterprises to scale their options and ship sustainable healthcare to underserved communities.

Programme Structure

• Business Foundations (6 months): The first section helps enterprises strengthen their foundations. This contains refining enterprise fashions, constructing efficient groups, and placing robust governance techniques in place. Participants will profit from teaching, masterclasses, and tailor-made grants designed to handle their most urgent inner wants.
• Business Growth (6 months): The second section shifts the main target outward, getting ready enterprises to develop and have interaction externally. Through superior mentorship, investor connections, analysis vouchers, and world networking alternatives, members will work on market entry, funding readiness, fundraising, and scaling their options.

Benefits

Selected enterprises will obtain:

• Catalytic Funding: Grants of as much as 80K Euros.
• Tailored Support: Strengthening enterprise fashions and introducing enterprises to related companions.
• Investor Linkages: Opportunities to attach with potential traders.
• Capacity Building: Masterclasses, diagnostic panels, and analysis help.
• Global Exposure: A showcase on the annual Making More Health Together (MMHT) conference in Germany and one occasion on the African continent.
• Peer Learning: Connections with founders from present and former cohorts within the Villgro Africa portfolio.

Eligibility

• They are searching for formidable, publish-income social enterprises working in Africa which can be dedicated to scaling healthcare entry and affect.
• Eligible corporations ought to have robust income traction (annual revenues of $300k), demonstrated affect (a attain of 100k folks), a devoted crew, and a transparent progress technique to boost USD 1M+ within the subsequent yr.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to MORE HEALTH for Africa Program.