Africa Health Financing Fellowship (AHFF)

Fellowship Description

The Africa Health Financing Fellowship is an impact leadership programme targeting investors, donors, governments and social entrepreneurs, designed to bridge the current healthcare funding gap, advance innovative financing models and provide funders as well as innovators with the tools needed to catalyse increased capital flows and sustainable investing into the healthcare sector.

The programme provides the opportunity to learn how to apply innovative finance to healthcare, sustainably deliver healthcare outcomes, connect and collaborate with other Pan-African investors and social entrepreneurs and become an integral part of a growing Community of Practice of Africa’s leading impact investors and practitioners.

Target Audience

1. Healthcare Social Investors: The social investors, across the  ‘Continuum of Capital of grants, debt or equity’; They’ll range from grant-making foundations, family offices, aid agencies, DFIs, development banks, corporates, Fund managers, to government healthcare agencies and financial institutions.
2. Healthcare entrepreneurs: Healthcare social entrepreneurs who are innovating new solutions and scaling proven ones will be able to engage, in close contact, with investors to better understand what it takes for them to succeed in attracting investment and scaling their businesses.
3. Non-financial service providers in the Healthcare space, e.g. organisations offering advisory services providers

Why join the program

 Investors

• Learning: Access to an exclusive and curated program on how to use innovative finance in healthcare financing on the continent, in addition to getting more information on the latest in healthcare.
• Networking: Opportunities to engage with other pan african healthcare investors and entrepreneurs
• Investing: Access to deals and investment opportunities in the healthcare sector from the AVPA ecosystem. A better understanding of what entrepreneurs go through in running healthcare ventures.
• Co-creating: Opportunities to work with like-minded investors and investees who are interested in co-creating and implementing innovative financing approaches specifically designed to meet Africa’s unique challenges in healthcare delivery
• Lifelong community of practice: Get into a lifelong community of practice of African healthcare investors and practitioners.

Social Entrepreneurs

• Learning: Access to knowledge on how to finance the healthcare system in Africa and how capital approaches healthcare investments
• Networking: Opportunities to meet with other entrepreneurs and healthcare investors
• Investing: Access to investors to grow finances and grow their ventures. A better understanding of what investors look for when assessing pipelines.
• Co-creating: Opportunities to work with like-minded investors and investees who are interested in co-creating and implementing innovative financing approaches specifically designed to meet Africa’s unique challenges in healthcare delivery
• Lifelong community of practice: Get into a lifelong community of practice of African healthcare investors and practitioners.