AHB and Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) support innovators in low- and middle-income countries
AHB and Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) support innovators in low- and middle-income countries
Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) supports innovators in low- and middle-income countries and Canada. It is one of the largest social impact investors in Canada and has supported a pipeline of more than 1,000 innovations in more than 90 countries.
In this project, 18 Health innovators were selected to scale and Africa Health Business (AHB) partnered with GCC to co-design, facilitate and support the evaluation of a 7-month pilot Health innovator Platform.
During the pilot phase, AHB has provided the following;
- Advisory and support from key experts (technical support).
- Sharing of challenges amongst innovators (innovator support system).
- A support platform where innovators can reach out and advise each other to leverage common resources and learnings (co-learning opportunities).
In 2020, AHB was selected to conduct phase two of the innovator platform: Public sector scaling support for maternal, newborn and child innovators in low-and middle-income countries in Africa.
AHB is currently supporting GCC with the implementation of a ten (10) month public sector scaling platform to support the maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) innovations in low-and middle-income countries supported through the Grand Challenges Canada Transition to Scale program. Throughout the program, AHB provides an understanding of the local public procurement systems, processes, and actors. The aim of the public sector scaling platform is to help innovators successfully develop and/or implement public sectors scaling strategies and ultimately increase the impact of GCCs investments.