The MMH Business Accelerator, currently in its fourth year, is a structured business growth program that consists of 2 phases.
Phase 1 – called the “Pilot Phase” runs for 12 months and involves co-creation and pilot implementation of a high-impact strategic project or initiative to drive growth, impact, and sustainability of participating businesses. The Pilot Phase comes with financial support of Euro 50,000.
Phase 2 – called the “Scale-up Phase” also runs for 12 months and follows the successful implementation of the pilot phase. Businesses that advance to the scale-up phase receive additional financial support of between Euro 100K-200K. Co-creation involving hand-in-hand collaboration between the social entrepreneurs and Boehringer Ingelheim employees who volunteer to contribute their time and expertise to the pilot and scale-up projects is a key component of both phases of the program.
Targets : Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda
Who should apply?
Proven social businesses that are addressing barriers to healthcare for humans and animals including systemic challenges affecting availability, affordability, access, and awareness in healthcare. In human health, the program is particularly interested in innovations aimed at non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including diabetes, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, respiratory disease, and cancers
On the animal health front, the program is interested in innovations addressing issues of human-animal transmission in addition to common animal health access issues related to last-mile distribution, education, and awareness, cold chain, extension services etc.
Examples of solutions that have applied for the program in the past include digital health solutions, micro-health insurance, last-mile animal vaccine delivery models, emergency transportation services, health data analytics, disease management solutions, and supply chain innovations among many others.
If your innovation contributes to the increase in healthcare access in Africa by addressing any of the challenges highlighted above, we are interested in receiving your application.
Detailed eligibility criteria:
- Legal Entity: Business or Social Enterprise
- Age: At least three years of operation
- Sector: Any sector that contributes directly or indirectly to human or animal health
- Country of operation: Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
- Revenue: At least USD 100K in annual sales revenue.
- Impact: Evidence of social impact with clearly defined impact metrics
- Team: At least eight team members including founders and management team
- Growth stage: Startups
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