HANGA Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Program

Benefits

• Expert-Led Incubation a 2 months, cohort-based learning curriculum, covering entrepreneurship, evidence and SRH.
• Gain 6 months of structured coaching from SRH and venture-building experts designed to accelerate your growth and scale your impact.
• Connect with like-minded entrepreneurs to share insights, troubleshoot challenges, and explore opportunities for collaboration and growth.
• Leverage their powerful network of policymakers and healthcare stakeholders.
• Connect with funders, donors, and ecosystem leaders to accelerate growth

Funding Information

• Grant funding valued at $10,000 USD with the scope to increase up to $30,000 USD for the top performing start-ups in the program selected to proceed to the acceleration phase.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organisation
  • Must be operating in any country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Your solution must focus on one or more of the following SRH thematic areas:
    • Improving maternal health, beyond antenatal care, ensuring safe pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care
    • Tackling unsafe abortion by removing barriers to safe abortion services and post-abortion care
    • Targeting young people (10-24 years) with youth-friendly SRH information and services.
    • Tackling gender-based violence (GBV) by preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence through innovative solutions
    • Meeting the need for contraception by increasing access to contraception and comprehensive SRH education
  • The start-up must present a tech-enabled SRH solution or have the potential to scale through technology.
  • Must present a working prototype. This can be in the form of a working product demo in video format, a pitch deck explaining how the product works, a functional website, or anything similar.
  • Must be registered by the relevant authorities. in the country of operation
  • The start-up should not have raised any venture capital (except angel investors, family, and friends). Start-ups that may have received grant funding from other incubator programs or hackathons are eligible.
• Applicant
  • Must be the Founder/Co-founder and/or hold primary decision-making power in the start-up
  • Must be digitally literate with consistent access to a laptop and internet
  • Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of application
  • Must have basic English proficiency

For more information, visit Hanga Pitchfest.