The reHealthAfrica brand was engineered at the launch of Demola in 2016, the objectives are to accelerate South Africa’s participation and to unlock the mHealth & medTech opportunities in this rare window of economic opportunity for African innovators and start-ups.

At its launch reHealthAfrica partnered on mHealth and wellness challenges in the 2016 Winter Season of DEMOLA as a means to understand the market and innovation culture capacity for developing local solutions. This initial intervention had the following outcomes:
• A book published by the CSIR titled Strategies, Approaches and Experiences: Towards building a South African Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem Strategies, Approaches and Experiences: Towards building a South African Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem, free download available here

• Two students who participated in challenges where awarded internship opportunities at Powerhouse, a subsidiary of Innogy in Amsterdam.

• Challenge Team Medi-VR were awarded a seed grant to further develop their product after registering as a business.

• 3rd year Informatics team from UCT that participated in Demola were awarded 3rd prize in the Ernest & Young Final Year Project for their project.

• 30 Multidisciplinary Students gained exposure to real industry challenges, including the Health Sector through reHealthAfrica and developed crucial skills in innovation, presentation, project management and business relations.

https://rehealthafrica.com

• South Africa

The reHealthAfrica brand was engineered at the launch of Demola in 2016, the objectives are to accelerate South Africa’s participation and to unlock the mHealth & medTech opportunities in this rare window of economic opportunity for African innovators and start-ups.