Youth and Innovation Docket Lead
Pharmarun
Brief Overview:
The Youth & Innovation Docket harnesses this potential to drive inclusive, locally relevant digital health solutions. It recognizes that sustainable digital health progress must be youth-driven, leveraging fresh ideas, new technologies, and entrepreneurial energy to solve persistent health challenges.
“Africa’s youth are not the future, they are the force of now. Through innovation, creativity, and courage, they are redefining what’s possible in digital health.”
— Funmilola Aderemi, Youth & Innovation Docket Lead, ADHN
This docket provides a structured platform for young innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs to engage in the design, development, and scaling of digital health interventions. It fosters mentorship, innovation ecosystems, and cross-sector collaboration to ensure Africa’s youth are not only beneficiaries but key architects of the continent’s digital health future.
Priority Focus Areas
- Enable youth-led innovation through access to resources, mentorship, and platforms for collaboration.
- Build digital skills and entrepreneurial capacity for young people in health innovation.
- Promote youth participation in digital health governance and decision-making.
- Strengthen innovation ecosystems by linking youth with incubators, accelerators, and funding networks.
- Recognize and scale impactful youth-led solutions across the continent.
Mandate
The Youth & Innovation Docket is mandated to:
- Empower young innovators to create and scale digital health solutions addressing local and regional challenges.
- Foster innovation ecosystems that connect youth with academia, private sector, and government partners.
- Promote mentorship, capacity-building, and exposure to global best practices in health innovation.
- Champion youth inclusion in digital health policy dialogue, governance, and implementation processes.
- Support innovation-friendly frameworks that encourage experimentation, co-creation, and responsible entrepreneurship.
Most Asked Question.
The Youth & Innovation Docket empowers young people to lead Africa’s digital health transformation. It provides a platform for youth innovators, entrepreneurs, and researchers to co-create and scale solutions that address real-world health challenges across the continent.
This docket welcomes students, young professionals, early-stage entrepreneurs, and youth-led organizations working in digital health, technology, or related fields. It is open to anyone under 35 passionate about innovation, health, and digital inclusion.
Members gain access to mentorship, training, innovation showcases, and funding connections. They can join incubation programs, participate in co-creation workshops, and collaborate with government, academia, and private sector partners to bring their ideas to scale.
By equipping young innovators with tools, networks, and platforms, the docket ensures that Africa’s digital health transformation remains inclusive, sustainable, and driven by local talent. It supports ADHN’s vision of building capacity and fostering co-creation across all sectors.
The docket focuses on youth-led innovation, digital skills development, entrepreneurial mentorship, governance participation, and ecosystem linkages with accelerators, funders, and health partners to scale impactful solutions.