To mark Pan-African Ladies’s Day, the African Ladies in Digital Well being (AWiDH) initiative proudly launches the second version of its flagship mentorship program, accelerating the management journey of early-career African girls driving coverage change and innovation in digital well being. Name for functions are open from 31 July -22 August. candidates can apply (right here).
Noticed on 31 July annually, Pan-African Ladies’s Day is a second to highlight the ability and management of African girls—who stay the spine of wholesome economies, notably by their contributions to healthcare.
“Ladies are sometimes on the forefront of healthcare supply techniques throughout Africa, comprising 70% of the continent’s well being workforce. Nonetheless, this management shouldn’t be but mirrored within the digital well being house. The AWiDH mentorship program—proudly supported by Resolve to Save Lives for a second consecutive version—amplifies the work of ladies innovating in digital well being. Their management, advocacy, and regionally pushed options are paving the best way for measurable public well being influence”, stated Anicia Santos, Senior Options Architect at Resolve to Save Lives.
In digital well being—an area filled with potential to revolutionize healthcare supply—they continue to be underrepresented in management and are lower off from the crucial networks and assets required to succeed.
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The AWiDH mentorship program needs to vary this by growing the illustration and management of African girls within the digital well being house. The decision for functions is on the lookout for African girls aged 20 to 35, who contribute to strengthening well being techniques or addressing public well being challenges and are both:
Founders of well being tech start-ups lower than 3 years previous, or Professionals with underneath 5 years of expertise in digital well being who aspire to guide and affect well being and innovation coverage.
Particular consideration will probably be given to people working on the intersection of gender equality and digital well being.
“Receiving mentorship by structured periods helped form each my private {and professional} progress. One of the crucial precious facets was setting clear, aligned objectives—each with my aspirations and my work,”stated Inas Abdelwahed, Co-Founding father of Otida and AWiDH 2024 mentee.
Profitable members will be part of a mentorship journey that features:
One-on-one mentorship from African and international leaders in well being tech, public well being, and coverage Tailor-made coaching in product growth, technique, communications, and branding Management teaching to construct government presence and confidence Publicity to skilled networks and international platforms, together with the AWiDH Bootcamp, Africa Well being Tech Summit and the Galien Discussion board 2025 in Dakar
“AWiDH displays our dedication to investing within the subsequent era of ladies leaders in digital well being. This program goes past technical coaching—it helps girls acquire the talents, confidence, and visibility they should lead, innovate, and drive change”stated Judith Nguimfack, Principal Digital Supply Specialist, Africa CDC .
“At Communicate Up Africa, we consider that remodeling well being techniques begins with elevating girls’s voices and management. The AWiDH mentorship program embodies this imaginative and prescient by equipping younger African girls with the instruments, confidence, and networks they should thrive in digital well being. On Pan-African Ladies’s Day, we’re proud to face alongside AWiDH in fostering a brand new era of ladies leaders who will form the way forward for well being innovation throughout the continent” stated Yaye Sophietou Diop, Director of Partnerships and Improvement, Communicate Up Africa
On this Pan-African Ladies’s Day, AWiDH reaffirms its mission to amplify girls’s voices, construct energy, and assist shut the digital well being gender hole throughout the continent.
For extra data on the Mentorship Program and its Software Course of, go to www.awidh.org
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In regards to the African Ladies in Digital Well being (AWiDH) initiative
African Ladies in Digital Well being (AWiDH) is an African-led initiative closing the gender hole in digital well being. We’re constructing alternatives to enhance the coverage, capability, and funding panorama for African girls to completely take part within the digital well being sector. By bringing collectively stakeholders engaged on well being, gender and know-how to take coordinated and efficient motion for ladies’s significant engagement and management in digital well being. To seek out out extra, go to: https://awidh.org/en/
In regards to the Africa CDC
The Africa Centres for Illness Management and Prevention (Africa CDC) is a continental autonomous public well being company of the African Union that helps member states of their efforts to strengthen well being techniques and enhance surveillance, emergency response, and prevention and management of ailments. Study extra at: http://www.africacdc.org
About Resolve to Save Lives
Resolve to Save Lives is a not-for-profit group partnering with nations, communities and organizations to stop 100 million deaths from heart problems and make the world safer from epidemics. To seek out out extra, go to: https://resolvetosavelives.org/
About Communicate Up Africa
Communicate Up Africa is an African-led, Senegal-based group devoted to constructing an Africa the place progress and sustainable growth are pushed by Africa’s personal residents. Communicate Up Africa convenes, permits and advocates. Specializing in strategic communications and advocacy, the group is devoted to supporting African leaders and residents to take an lively position in figuring out and growing options to deal with the challenges dealing with the African continent — together with malaria, NTDs, immunization, sanitation, gender equality and international well being analysis and growth. From its strategic base in Dakar, Senegal, the Communicate Up Africa staff companions with African leaders and change-makers to place in place the correct insurance policies and safe ample assets to attain our sustainable growth objectives and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. To seek out out extra, go to: https://www.speakupafrica.org/
