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Call for Female-Led Healthcare Start-Ups in Africa

Overview of your opportunity

Villgro Africa is looking for solutions demonstrating a strong potential to significantly improve healthcare equity and access in all areas relevant to Africa's healthcare needs. This call is part of our efforts to increase the participation of female founders across the continent.

Acalytica

Acalytica provides a comprehensive platform for entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, with a focus on practical and hands-on courses and tools. Our tools include:

Acalytica was born out of the founder's frustration after attending a number of "entrepreneurship training courses" that were too theoretical and did not directly impact his startup. He noticed that training providers had to hunt around for tools to accompany their courses. To solve for this, Acalytica was formed as a

Stay Klean Services

Stay Klean Services is a business founded in Johannesburg's Ekurhuleni district, with a branch in Cape Town set to debut in July 2022. We have been providing cleaning services and products to clients since our inception in 2018. With the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that cleaning services and products are in high demand, and we have been there before and will continue to be there for whatever current hygiene requires.

We provide 175ml aerosol can room fumigators, sanitizers, mops, towels, brooms, toilet paper, liquid/bar soaps, non-hazardous eco-friendly disinfection chemicals, and

DNA Storage Buffer & Saliva Collection Device

The collection and preservation of biological material for further DNA and RNA analysis are critical to many biomedical fields, from medical diagnostics to forensics and biodiversity conservation.

The Forensic DNA lab at the University of the Western Cape has developed a novel, proprietary DNA...

South African Medical Research Council

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is primarily a science council that funds and conducts health research. Established in 1969 with the aim to deliver on a mandate to promote the improvement of the health and the quality of life of the population of our country through research, development and technology transfer. SAMRC focuses on the ten highest causes of mortality in South Africa including TB, HIV, chronic diseases, alcohol and drug abuse.