The HealthTech Hub Challenge is open to startups with less than USD2m in prior funding and with a validated Minimum Viable Product. Teams of two or more people can apply, and those with a more positive gender balance will be prioritized. Startups must focus on at least one of the following areas: cardiovascular health, breast cancer, and virtual health and care.

 The ten finalists will be invited to deliver a three minute pitch during a virtual Q&A with the judges on November 22nd, 2021. The top five finalists will need to attend the HealthTech Hub Africa live launch event on December 2nd, 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda to claim their financial prize.

The selection process is composed of two evaluation rounds.

During the first round of evaluation, the top 30 startups will be shortlisted by internal judges scoring the startups based on a number of criteria. These include health impact potential and ability to generate data-driven insights for their local health system, the ability of the business model to embed successfully in the public health system and scale beyond their country of origin, team composition and experience, and relevance to the Hub’s mission. These 30 startups will win a spot in the one-year co-working space and innovation program. 
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During the second round of evaluation, the top 10 amongst the shortlisted 30 will be invited to compete in a public virtual pitch to a panel of judges. The top five finalists will be awarded a financial prize to help improve and scale up their solution.

All financial prize winners are required to have between one to seven team members work at least 100 days and participate in at least 60% of all physical HealthTech Innovation Program activities at the HealthTech Hub Africa in Kigali, Rwanda between December 2021 and November 2022.