Accelerating solutions to Africa's health challenges

Africa Oxford Health Innovation Platform

The Africa Oxford Health Innovation Platform (AfOx-HIP) is a multi-disciplinary programme to support African innovators develop new solutions to Africa’s health challenges. 

 

               AfOx Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scheme 2023 now closed.

                      

Connecting research to industry

The Africa Oxford Health Innovation Platform connects research to industry to tackle prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment through impact investment and innovation. AfOx-HIP is a University of Oxford  collaborative platform supported by key researchers and led by the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx). 

AfOx-HIP is an extension of Africa-Oxford collaborations aimed at connecting research to industry to solve intractable societal challenges. AfOx-HIP helps ideas come to life as real solutions to big challenges through innovation and entrepreneurship by pursuing a broader purpose for sustainable futures. The shifting societal perceptions aligned to creating and sustaining value in the world provide an opportunity for promoting pursuit of purpose through impact investment and innovation.

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80 African innovators from across the continent since 2021

We work across Africa

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AfOx-HIP is open to work in any scientific discipline, including outside life sciences and engineering sciences, and any type of technology leading to the creation of solutions towards disease prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment.

Examples of technologies include:

Therapeutics - Vaccines - Devices - Diagnostics

Solutions with high impact potential that offer opportunities for transformative health delivery in Africa will be prioritised. Solutions aimed at reducing the high probability of premature deaths from non-communicable diseases amongst African populations, optimising diagnostic and prognostic tests in African contexts, novel diagnostic tools to increase resilience to endemic diseases, and zoonotic disease-related solutions are highly encouraged. 

Applications from female and under-represented innovator/entrepreneurs are highly encouraged. 

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What is on offer?

AfOx-HIP will work with African innovators in the co-development of skills ranging from creative problem solving, translational research, entrepreneurship, and venture acceleration.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The FAQs provide important pointers to requirements for the application. Please read through them before completing an application.

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How to apply

The 2023 call for applications for the Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scheme is now closed.