MMH 2023 Rising Stars Call for Applications

Who are we?

Making More Health (MMH) is a global initiative that aims to create a healthier world for individuals,
animals and their communities through a holistic approach; by enabling innovative social entrepreneurs and leveraging smart sustainable solutions that create systemic change.

By supporting social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurial thinking MMH is leading efforts to find innovative solutions that create social impact, through funding innovative business models.

Villgro Africa who are an incubator and impact investor focused on increasing support to startups within the African healthcare space; are the implementing partners for this call for applications.

How will we help you?

• Grant funding – An opportunity to secure a USD 15-25k grant for growing and scaling your solution
• Technical expertise – 6 months of hands-on technical support across a variety of professional disciplines by Boehringer Ingelheim staff
• Knowledge access – Workshops & seminars on operations, systems change, replication & transfer, social finance, etc.
• Strategic networks – Become part of an ever growing and closely-knit community of ecosystem actors, incl. investors
• Future support – Possibility of enlisting in and benefiting from future Making More Health accelerator and investment cohorts

1. You are an early-stage or growth stage company – Be registered as a for-profit entity, have at least 1 years of operation and clear market traction, eg USD 50k+ in annual revenues 
2. You’re innovating kidney failure solutions – You provide or are working on innovative solutions  which address the  kidney failure continuum through detection, prevention and treatment strategies that  preserve renal function thereby impacting patients’ quality of lives
3. You are an African business – You are registered & operate in South Africa,  Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda & Kenya, you employ mostly local staff in your active markets and have strong African representation in your leadership

Successful applicants will be contacted after one week of the application deadline. For questions, please email us at info@villgroafrica.org