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Bingwa PLUS

🏛 Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Office to the African Union and YouthHubAfrica 📍 Online 📅 2026
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About this opportunity

Bingwa PLUS is an incubator for young African health champions designed to build capacity to design, resource, and manage community health initiatives. It includes online training, mentorship, and potential financial implementation support for selected initiatives, culminating in opportunities to showcase and scale impactful health projects.

Benefits & funding

Online training through Youth Hub Academy; guidance from experienced trainers; potential grants to implement selected health initiatives; ongoing mentorship and follow-up support; recognition across Africa CDC, GIZ, and YouthHubAfrica platforms; alumni network participation.

Eligibility

Citizens of AU member states, aged 18-35, with demonstrable leadership in public health and a scalable, youth-led health initiative ready for a 4-month incubation.

How to apply

Submit an online application form with motivation, a 300-word pitch on a health challenge and proposed solution, a CV, and a recommendation letter.

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