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Health Front.

Diagnostics, last-mile delivery, mental health and health systems data — co-scoped with providers and ministries.

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The challenge

Why this Front exists.

Health systems across the continent are under simultaneous pressure: a rising non-communicable disease burden, persistent infectious disease challenges, and the operational complexity of reaching last-mile populations.

The Health Front backs solutions that move past pilot fatigue — built with providers, deployed in their workflows, and measured by what changes for patients.

Where we're focusing

Briefs we're scoping with partners.

Diagnostics

Point-of-care, AI-assisted and lab-network tools that close the diagnostic gap.

Last-mile delivery

Drone, logistics and supply chain solutions for medicines and consumables.

Mental health

Digital and community-based tools for an underserved and rising burden.

Health systems data

Interoperability, EMRs and analytics that ministries can actually use.

How it runs

Six to nine months, from brief to deployment.

  • Challenge brief

    Co-authored with sector partners who own the problem.

  • Cohort build

    Selected teams prototype in context — not in a slide deck.

  • Field trial

    Solutions tested with real users in real settings.

  • Procurement bridge

    Working products handed to the partners who can buy them.

Who we're looking for

Partners that can help us build this Front.

  • Hospitals and provider networks
  • Ministries of health
  • Health funders and DFIs
  • Diagnostic and pharma operators
  • Universities and research institutes

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