According to a pan-African research commissioned by Philips, nearly 52% of Africans consider themselves innovators, and 43% believe they are sitting on an idea for “the next big thing”.
Philips is calling on you to submit your ideas for products and services that will improve access to primary healthcare. Do you have an idea for the next big thing in healthcare? Do you want to help change the world? If so, we want to hear from you
WORTH
- Each finalist will receive a Rand 12,000 cash prize
- One grand-prize winner (from the shortlisted five finalist) will receive a fellowship grant of R200,000and mentoring from Philips
- The fellowship grant amount of R200,000 will b available as a research & development budget to develop the concept in collaboration with Philips, owned by the entrepreneur
ELIGIBILITY
- The competition is open to all South Africans citizen or permanent residents from age of 18 years (individuals, small teams and start-ups).
- Philips is calling on South African innovators to submit their ideas for products and services that will help to improve primary healthcare access for fellow Africans.
- Do you have the next idea for meaningful innovation addressing one of the following themes?
- ICT solutions to improve access to healthcare
- Solutions to improve care delivery
- Health imaging for low resource settings
- Innovations for healthy living for mother and child
Deadline: September 23, 2015
To apply and for information visit here
