Deadline: 14 September, 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has opened applications for its Youth Digital Health Champions Programme to foster youth-driven innovations and participation in digital health.
The Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC) programme seeks to identify, profile, and connect dynamic young leaders who are actively shaping the digital health landscape across Africa.
Benefits
- Visibility and recognition across Africa CDC and YiDHN channels
- Access to high-level convenings including Africa CDC forums and the Africa HealthTech Summit 2025
- Opportunities for peer networking and collaboration
- Capacity building through training and policy engagement
- Support for scaleup and expansion through partnerships, mentorship, seed funding
- Participation in innovation challenges and accelerator programmes
Eligibility
- Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old at the time of application
- Be citizens of African Union member states or Africans in the diaspora
- Proficiency in English, French, Arabic, or Portuguese
- Be actively engaged in digital health through innovation, research and academia, public health programmes utilising digital tools, policy development or advocacy, or digital literacy initiatives
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: Africa CDC
