Villgro Africa Eye Health Innovation Accelerator Program 2026 for African Startups
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Villgro Africa Eye Health Innovation Accelerator Program 2026 for African Startups

Villgro Africa

The Eye Health Innovation Accelerator is a Sub-Saharan Africa program aimed at supporting companies developing scalable, affordable, and high-impact innovations in the eye health space. The Accelerator provides technical assistance, catalytic capital, and deep market access to help startups validate solutions, strengthen business models, and scale across LMICs.

Chi può candidarsi

African startups legally registered in a Sub-Saharan African country, with a founder or senior leader who is a resident of an African country, offering a proven tech-enabled eye-health solution addressing major vision challenges, demonstrating adoption, partnerships, and early revenue, with clear potential for scale across LMIC markets, and aligning with responsible innovation principles, data protection requirements, and public health priorities.

Vantaggi e benefici

  • Participation in the program focused on growth, market access, and investment readiness
  • Technical assistance from leading eye-health and digital health experts
  • Eligibility for catalytic seed investment of between $100k to $250k, with the possibility of follow-on funding
  • Access to partner and co-investor networks for potential investment
  • In-person bootcamp and peer-learning sessions
  • Mentorship from clinicians, technologists, and health system experts
  • Support to navigate government engagement and public health pathways
  • Connections to hospitals, NGOs, research institutions, and referral networks

Contatti chiave

  • Wilfred Njagi

    Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

  • Rob Beyer

    Co-founder & Executive Chairman

  • Snider Mugese

    Director, Finance and Operations

  • Moses Waweru

    Senior Program Manager

  • Immanuel Momanyi

    Advisory Lead

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