Start-ups encouraged to apply for the Afric@Tech challenge
JOHANNESBURG – Winners of the Afric@Tech challenge will gain access to an investment partnership with Sanofi and help transform health and medical technology in Africa.
South African innovators in the fields of health and medical technology have a chance to present their inventions to global investors and tech leaders at Europe’s largest technology event, Viva Technology 2020 in Paris, France.
Leading pharmaceutical company, Sanofi is calling on South Africans to enter the Afric@Tech challenge before 6 March. Start-ups stand a chance to not only present their technologies at Viva Tech but also gain access to an investment partnership with Sanofi.
The Sanofi at Afric@Tech comprises four challenges aimed at providing innovative and adapted solutions to improve access to medicine and healthcare in Africa. Initiated by Sanofi in all African countries, this contest will help identify, reward and accompany the best start-ups in their goal of revolutionising practices in the health sector in Africa.
Sanofi country chair Thibault Crosnier Leconte said, “This is the third year that we’ll be hosting Afric@Tech at Viva Technology and we’re excited with the sophisticated level of entries we’ve received from South Africa’s tech innovators. We’re proud to say that out of several African countries that enter the challenge, South Africa has emerged with one winner and several qualifying contenders for each year that we’ve hosted Afric@Tech. This is testimony to the brimming technological talent in this country and the drive that innovators have to solve Africa’s health challenges.”
The competition is segmented as follows:
- Challenge 1: Find a solution to support patients with a digital health book in order to access information and make decisions. The solution should contain major health event data e.g. vaccinations, lab results etc and should be easy to use, affordable and consume minimal mobile data.
- Challenge 2: How to help healthcare systems leapfrog from manual to smart logistics solutions at point of care? The scalable and affordable solution should ensure appropriate drug delivery to patients and include features such as e-prescription delivery in order to address these challenges.
- Challenge 3: How to improve financing and impact of innovative health solutions in Africa? The proposed solution should bear upon innovative financing options. Ideally, we are looking for start-ups already working with banks or insurance companies.
- Challenge 4: How to improve financing and impact of innovative health solutions in Africa? The proposed solution should bear upon innovative financing options. Ideally, we are looking for start-ups already working with banks or insurance companies.
For more information about the challenge and how the winner could benefit from it, go to www.vivatechnology.com/
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