Villgro Africa Business Incubator Program in Kenya

Sectors

• Please indicate the relevant sectors of your business  Agri-business
  • Healthcare
  • ICT
  • Cosmetics and wellness
  • Ergonomics
  • Automation/mechanization of agriculture
  • Pest control
  • Post harvest technologies
  • Industrial application of biotechnology
  • Green/environmental friendly technologies
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Waste Management
  • Medical Devices
  • Diagnostics
  • Drugs
  • Vaccines
  • eHealth Technologies
  • mHealth Technologies
  • Sanitation / Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health Tools
  • Vector Control
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Plant health
  • Animal health
  • Nutrition
  • Other.

What they Offer

• When innovators join the Villgro Africa incubation program, here’s what to expect:
  • Ecosystem building
    • Interlinking with academia, government and the private sector to collaborate on go-to-market partnerships that allow innovators to thrive.
  • Market entry support
    • Supporting global health innovators who want to enter new markets in Africa.
  • Mentoring
    • Providing high-touch mentorship relationships, tapping into their extensive network to find the right mentor-mentee fit.
  • Customised technical assistance
    • Bolstering internal capacity by embedding their portfolio managers.
  • Seed Capital
    • Leveraging their funders to offer direct, patient capital to Villgro portfolio companies, de-risking them to unlock follow-on funding.
• Startups can apply to join Villgro Africa’s portfolio and receive Africa startup funding from $20,000, along with business development advice and access to further investment opportunities. They have a preference for scalable and sustainable models led by a multidisciplinary team with a minimum viable product.

Who are the beneficiaries of your enterprise? People at the base of the pyramid

• Rural poor
• Urban poor
• Rural or urban middle income
• Rural or urban high income.

Incubation Requirements

• Innovators interested in their business incubator program must have:
  • Multidisciplinary, collaborative team
  • Problem-solution fit
  • Product-market fit
  • Minimum viable product built
  • Validated market demand
  • Clear revenue model
  • Program committment from one full-time founder
  • One technical co-founder.

Eligibility Criteria

• Villgro Africa is a business incubator in Kenya looking for innovative solutions that address the lack of access to quality and affordable health services in low-income populations across Africa.

For more information, visit Villgro Africa.