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African Women In Digital Health (AWiDH)

Six Women Redefining Digital Health In Africa: African Women In Digital Health (AWiDH) Announce Their Mentorship Program Winners

The  African  Women  in  Digital  Health  (AWiDH)  initiative  announces the six winners of their annual Mentorship Program. The winners made it through a competitive  selection  process  involving  337  applications  from  over  33  African  countries.  By  showing  how  they  meaningfully  contribute  to  strengthening  health  systems  and  tackling  public  health  challenges.  From  product  innovation,  by  increasing  safe  […]

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Gates pledge

Gates Foundation Pledges $912M to Combat Global Health Funding Cuts

At the 2025 Goalkeepers event, Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates addressed an audience of more than 1,000 global government, community, philanthropy, and private-sector leaders with a stark but hopeful call to action: save millions of children’s lives and make some of the deadliest diseases history by 2045. “Humanity is at a crossroads. With millions of […]

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SC Johnson Guardian

SC Johnson Secures World Health Organization Policy Recommendation For Innovative Tool Proven To Help Prevent Malaria And Other Insect-borne Diseases

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a policy recommendation for spatial repellents to be used as an innovative tool to help fight insect-borne diseases like malaria. SC Johnson, maker of household brands such as OFF!®, Baygon® and Raid® and leaders in insect science, has been working towards this achievement for more than a decade […]

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The African Women In Digital Health Initiative

The African Women In Digital Health Initiative Launches The Second Cohort Of The Mentorship Program To Boost African Women’s Leadership In Digital Health

To mark Pan-African Women’s Day, the African Women in Digital Health (AWiDH) initiative proudly launches the second edition of its flagship mentorship program, accelerating the leadership journey of early-career African women driving policy change and innovation in digital health. Call for applications are open from 31 July -22 August. Interested candidates can apply [here]. Observed […]

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FFIC West Africa Winners (1)

Fortify Forward Winners Announced: African Innovators Lead The Way In Tackling Malnutrition Through Fortification And Biofortification

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has announced the winners of the 2025 Fortify Forward Innovation Challenge (FFIC) — a pan-African competition supporting innovative, scalable solutions that improve the nutritional value of food through fortification and biofortification. Finalists from East and West Africa gathered at finale events held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and […]

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