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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative for start-ups building the future of healthcare supply chains, has announced its second cohort of 29 companies.<\/p>\n

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and sponsored by Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD), Microsoft, and Chemonics, i3 is dedicated to facilitating the commercialization of promising early- and growth-stage companies.<\/p>\n

Selected startups receive introductions to leading potential customers in industry, donor agencies and governments, a $50,000 grant, and tailored investment readiness support from leading accelerators Villgro Africa, IMPACT Lab, Startupbootcamp Afritech, and CcHUB. The 29 start-ups chosen operate in 21 different African countries, delivering digitally-enabled healthcare supply chain solutions.<\/p>\n

Innovators are building online pharmacies and telemedicine firms, as well as inventory management services for pharmacies, clinics and hospitals, supply chain data analytics, product protection, product visibility and more. 38% of the companies selected are women-led and 17% are conducting operations in Francophone Africa.<\/p>\n

The selected companies are, in alphabetical order: Afia Group Limited, Aimcare Health, Bena Care, BioCertica, Chari Pharma, CheckUps Medical, Chefaa, Dawa Mkononi, Drugstore Nigeria, Famasi Limited, Field Intelligence, Inc, GICMED, Grinta, Healthtracka, Kapsule, Medical Diagnostech, Medpharma Alliance International Limited, Octosoft Technologies Limited, Pharmarun, Pharmaserv Health Project Nigeria Limited, Reductiona, SASA Health Limited, Tech Care For All Eastern Africa, Technovera \u2013 Pelebox Smart Lockers, Tibu Health, UltraTeb, Waspito, WellaHealth, and Welo.<\/p>\n

Innovators selected will benefit from the i3\u2019s annual Access to Markets event in Nairobi, which will be held between 14-15 of November. The event facilitates dynamic partnership dialogues between industry stakeholders, governments, donors, and large multilateral agencies.<\/p>\n

Connections are made to drive the commercialization and scale of the start-ups through mutually beneficial contracts, pilot projects, and investments. The first cohort of 31 companies supported by i3 last year forged 24 contracts, pilots, and strategic partnerships to date.<\/p>\n

Kieran Daly, Director, Global Health Agencies and Funds at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, commented: \u201cAs countries and global health institutions work to expand access to priority products, we face an urgent need to leverage solutions across the public and private sectors to improve health outcomes and strengthen local health systems.<\/p>\n

Programs like i3 help us understand, support and engage with technology-driven solutions emerging across Africa, hand-in-hand with our partners. \u201d Yusuf Rasool, Director, Global Market Access, Sustainable Access Solutions at MSD, noted, \u201cWe are excited to have a second cohort of 29 innovative changemakers in African healthcare enter the program.<\/p>\n

Investing in these companies are a means of delivering lifesaving solutions and empowering communities through the access of critical medicines across the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201d Jason Dinger, Senior Vice President of Global Products and Solutions at Cencora<\/p>\n

\u201cThe range of startups selected for the second cohort reflects the breadth of talent and creativity in the African entrepreneurial landscape, and we look forward to witnessing the transformative impact of their solutions in the years to come.
\ni3 is coordinated by Salient Advisory and SCIDaR and is operationalized by leading technology hubs across the continent: CCHub for West Africa, Startupbootcamp AfriTech for Southern Africa, IMPACT Lab for North and French-speaking Africa, and Villgro Africa for East Africa.<\/p>\n

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