Bingwa PLUS Initiative Y-Health Incubation Program 2025

Accelerator Partially funded Closed

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Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Office to the African Union and YouthHubAfrica Worldwide 2025

Information

Bingwa PLUS is an incubation program for young African health champions, run by the Africa Centres for Disease Control ( Africa CDC ) in partnership with GIZ, the African Union Office, and YouthHubAfrica. It aims to strengthen participants' ability to design, resource, and manage community health initiatives, with a four-month incubation and opportunities for mentorship, webinars, and funding support. Successful applicants can receive small grants and further support to scale their projects.

Benefits

Weekly expert-led webinars, access to an online platform, membership in a regional network of Young Health advocates, opportunity to pitch ideas to a continental audience, small grants up to USD 3,000, tailored mentorship, and scale-up support for further funding opportunities

Eligibility

Citizens of AU member states, aged 18-35, with scalable, youth-led health initiatives and a plan for a four-month incubation.

Application

Submit a proposal via the provided Google form, including motivation, a 300-word pitch, CV, and a recommendation letter

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Opportunity Details

TypeAccelerator

FundingPartially funded

OrganiserAfrica Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Office to the African Union and YouthHubAfrica

LocationWorldwide

Open toCitizens of African Union member states

Age18–35 years

Health / Medicine