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. 

BRANDTECH Health Technology Consulting is a Strategy and Market Access consulting company established in 2006 by Mark Brand. We offer a strategic consulting service through a unique blend of sales, marketing, business development and management experience, with market access, health economics and reimbursement. We have built intimate knowledge and experience of the South African Healthcare market.

Overview of your opportunity

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is inviting SAMRC-funded projects to apply for Technical Support funding to access specialist expertise required to progress their technologies/innovations along the product development value chain.

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SKEG operates at the forefront of DeepTech product innovation and development. With a track record spanning over 18 years, we are known as the go-to partner for transforming bold ideas into impactful market-ready products. Our expertise is rooted in our extensive experience across multiple industries including Healthcare, bolstered by a diverse team of passionate engineers, technicians, and seasoned business professionals.

Our broad portfolio of applications which includes 3000+ projects, gives us a unique perspective on problem-solving leveraging synergetic thinking (cross-industry and

VestedWorld is an early-stage investor in businesses based in emerging markets.

Chrysalis Capital is an investment management firm focused on early-stage tech companies in emerging markets.

Proparco provides funding and support to both businesses and financial institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle-East. Its action focuses on the key development sectors: infrastructure, mainly for renewable energies, agribusiness, financial institutions, health and education. Its operations aim to strengthen the contribution of private players to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community in 2015.

SteriTech has been manufacturing and supplying infection control products to the medical industry since 1996.

We achieve the Medical Device ISO Certification 13485:2016 and Quality Manufacturing ISO Certification 9001:2015 standards.

We have a comprehensive range of instrument-processing chemicals.

SteriTech is a member of the South African Medical Device Industry Association (SAMED) and the Medical Devices Manufacturers of South Africa (MDMSA). We are currently applying for CE registration.

SteriTech is a member of the Durban Chemicals Cluster and the Durban Chamber of Commerce and

We invest in early-stage impact-driven technology solutions across African markets. Focused on accelerating prosperity on the continent, we are sector-agnostic in our approach to investing in visionaries challenging the status quo.

Octerra Capital interests;

  • Company is an early-stage African startup.
  • Solutions are Africa-focused.
  • Launched your startup or have initial traction (i.e. money, users, etc.).
  • A high-growth technology or tech-enabled business.
  • Company is creating socio-economic impact.
  • A strong and diverse founding team.

Msanda Labs is a medical diagnostic lab.

Services or Solutions for innovators or developers

  • In-vitro testing for their medical devices on live subjects (patients) by doing their blood tests to validate and verify studies of their instruments.