Cohort 3 · Starts 01 August 2026

Launch Your Digital Health Career in 8 Weeks.

From healthcare experience to digital health opportunity.

You already understand healthcare. This program helps you find your place in digital health and build the proof to show it.

Global community

Virtual · GMT+1

English · French support

Live mentorship

Demo Day showcase

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8 Weeks

Live sessions, guided assignments, and weekly execution.

Portfolio

Build tangible proof of your digital health direction.

Demo Day

Present your work, receive feedback, and map your next step.

8 live weekly sessions

Structured weekly deliverables

Complete career portfolio

Mentor access

Demo Day showcase

Proven across two cohorts

A global learning community with an African health systems mission.

Across two cohorts, HTCA has brought together healthcare professionals learning from Africa, Europe, North America, and the Caribbean, united by a shared commitment to Africa's digital health future.

95%

of Fellows took concrete action toward their digital health career.

The goal is not passive learning. Fellows leave with clearer direction, visible outputs, and practical next steps.

Cohort footprint

Learning from multiple regions. Building for African health systems.

Fellows join from different countries and diaspora contexts, bringing clinical experience, public health insight, product curiosity, and lived understanding of health system problems.

AfricaEuropeNorth AmericaCaribbean

Fellows across 2 cohorts

4.5/5

Program quality rating

Digital health solutions showcased

4.7/5

Average recommendation score

The Problem We Solve

Healthcare professionals do not lack ambition.
They lack a credible path to execution.

Many clinicians and health professionals are drawn to digital health, AI, product, data, research, and entrepreneurship. What slows them down is not intelligence. It is the absence of structure, evidence, mentorship, and a clear path from curiosity to contribution.

Most people collect courses, attend webinars, and save opportunities. Few are guided to decide where they fit, what problem they understand, what they can build, and how to position themselves credibly.

That gap creates scattered effort: interest without direction, learning without proof, and ambition without a concrete execution plan.

The program is designed to close that gap. Fellows move through a structured arc: direction, discovery, design, building, testing, implementation thinking, positioning, and showcase.

The next generation of African digital health leaders will not be built by information alone. They will be built through structured execution.

Program philosophy

The HTCA Method

Direction → Discovery → Design → Build → Position → Showcase.

This is not built as a passive course. It is designed as an accelerator journey where every Fellow leaves with a clearer lane, a real body of work, and a practical next-step roadmap.

Direction

Clarify your orientation across product, data, AI, implementation, entrepreneurship, research, policy, or advisory work.

Discovery

Investigate real health system, user, stakeholder, and workflow problems before jumping to solutions.

Design

Frame a sharper problem and translate it into a practical solution, workflow, prototype, or service concept.

Build

Develop a tangible artifact: prototype, workflow, AI tool, dashboard concept, implementation plan, or product brief.

Position

Turn your work into career evidence through portfolio, LinkedIn, CV, pitch, and opportunity mapping.

Showcase

Present your work during Demo Day and leave with a focused 90-day execution roadmap.

Who Should Apply

Built for serious healthcare professionals
ready to move with evidence.

This is for people who want more than inspiration. It is for Fellows ready to think clearly, do the work, receive feedback, and build visible proof of direction.

Clinicians & Health Professionals

Doctors, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory professionals, public health professionals, and allied health workers exploring digital health with seriousness.

Aspiring Builders & Founders

Professionals who see problems in healthcare and want to learn how to investigate, frame, design, test, and present a credible solution.

Career Transitioners

People exploring healthtech product, informatics, AI, implementation, research, advisory, scholarships, or global digital health opportunities.

What Fellows Build

Eight weeks. Tangible artifacts.
One credible portfolio.

Every Fellow leaves with practical outputs that can support applications, career conversations, founder exploration, advisory positioning, and long-term execution.

ARTIFACT 01

Career Direction & Orientation Statement

ARTIFACT 02

Health System Problem Discovery Brief

ARTIFACT 03

Stakeholder & User Insight Map

ARTIFACT 04

Solution Concept or Workflow Brief

ARTIFACT 05

Prototype, AI Workflow, or Product Mockup

ARTIFACT 06

Testing, Feedback & Market Reality Notes

ARTIFACT 07

Career Positioning & Opportunity Map

ARTIFACT 08

Demo Day Pitch + 90-Day Roadmap

8-Week Fellowship Structure

A focused journey from clarity
to visible execution.

The program introduces building early, giving Fellows time to refine, test, position, and prepare for Demo Day.

Week 00

Orientation & Direction Setting

Community onboarding and expectations

→ Track orientation and commitment plan

Week 01

Career Direction & Digital Health Landscape

Understand where you fit

→ Career direction statement

Week 02

Health System & Stakeholder Discovery

Investigate real problems

→ Problem discovery brief

Week 03

Problem Framing & Product Thinking

Move from observation to concept

→ Solution concept brief

Week 04

Prototype or Workflow Build Sprint

Start building something tangible

→ Prototype, workflow, or AI-assisted output

Week 05

Testing, Feedback & Market Reality

Pressure-test the idea

→ User feedback and feasibility notes

Week 06

Implementation & Opportunity Mapping

Think like an operator and advisor

→ Implementation and opportunity map

Week 07

Pitching, Communication & Positioning

Translate work into opportunity

→ Pitch narrative, LinkedIn/CV positioning

Week 08

Demo Day & Next-Step Roadmap

Present. Receive feedback. Launch.

→ Demo Day presentation and 90-day roadmap

Faculty & Mentors

Practitioners, operators,
and builders, not theorists.

Fellows learn from professionals building, leading, advising, designing, and implementing across the African digital health ecosystem.

Program Lead

Dr Agbor Ashu

MD · MSc Health Informatics, UCL

Co-founded health startups reaching more than 600,000 users across African markets and has spent a decade working at the intersection of clinical care, digital transformation, product development, innovation, and health systems.

Digital Health Leadership

Founders, executives, and operators helping Fellows understand what it takes to build and lead in African healthtech.

Product, UX & AI Workflows

Mentorship around user insight, product thinking, design, usability, AI-assisted work, and prototype development.

Health Systems & Implementation

Guidance on policy, workflow realities, adoption, partnerships, programme implementation, and stakeholder alignment.

Career & Global Positioning

Support with portfolio evidence, LinkedIn positioning, CV storytelling, scholarships, applications, and opportunity mapping.

Dr Alexis Tazinya

Chief Health Officer · Waspito

Experience spanning health strategy, clinical operations, public health, digital product design, and healthcare delivery at scale.

Dr Bill-Erich Mbianyor

CEO · Jalpha Health · Oxford

Brings both operator and academic perspective on translating clinical insight into digital health impact.

Dr Mbanya Armand

Senior Technical Adviser · IPPS

Deep experience in health systems strengthening, programme implementation, policy, and global health structures.

Dr Samba Otavise

Founder & CEO · SolaviseTech

A founder-practitioner bringing the entrepreneurship lens on starting, sustaining, and scaling health technology in Africa.

Dr Mbi Vanessa

Consultant · Digital Health & AI for HIV Systems

Public health physician with expertise in digital health and AI-enabled approaches for HIV systems.

Dr Joan Enjema

Country Representative · Attune Media Labs

Expertise in digital mental health, partnerships, and the operational perspective on working with government and private sector actors.

From Previous Fellows

Real professionals.
Real movement.

I wish I had this program five years ago. It gave me what no conference ever did: a clear direction I could actually act on.

Umoh Marjorie

Pharmacist · Nigeria

I came in curious about digital health. I left with a portfolio, a roadmap, and connections to people actually building across Africa.

Fah Nde

Medical Student · Cameroon

The combination of frameworks, mentorship, and peer accountability gave me the clarity I needed for a serious transition into digital health.

Tolutope Ashi-S.

Biomedical Scientist · Nigeria

Investment & Selection

Built for commitment,
not passive attendance.

Program Investment

$250

Full 8-week fellowship experience

Selection comes first.
Payment is only requested after an applicant is accepted and invited to confirm their place.

What's Included

8 live 90-minute fellowship sessions
Structured weekly deliverables and feedback
2 personalised office-hour touchpoints
Mentorship from digital health operators
Guided portfolio and prototype/workflow development
Peer community and accountability structure
Demo Day presentation and feedback
Alumni network access
HealthTech Career Accelerator Fellow designation

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Why the cohort is limited

This is not designed as a mass online course. Cohort size is intentionally limited to preserve mentorship quality, peer accountability, practical feedback, and the seriousness of the room.

The strongest Fellows are not necessarily the most experienced. They are the ones with genuine motivation, a healthcare background, and readiness to do structured work every week.

Program dates

Start date: 01 August 2026. Application deadline: 24 July 2026. Payment is requested only after acceptance to confirm your place, with an instalment option available.

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Join the waitlist.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers before you
apply.

Do I need prior digital health experience?

No. The program is designed for healthcare professionals who are serious about entering the ecosystem, even if they are still early in their journey.

Is this only for doctors?

No. It is built for healthcare professionals broadly, including pharmacists, nurses, laboratory professionals, public health professionals, allied health workers, and final-year health students.

Will I build a full app?

Not necessarily. Depending on your track, you may build a prototype, workflow, AI-assisted process, dashboard concept, implementation plan, advisory brief, or solution concept.

How much time should I expect weekly?

Expect the live session plus additional time to complete your weekly deliverable. This works best for Fellows ready to do structured work every week.

Is payment required immediately after application?

No. Applications are reviewed first. Payment is used to confirm your seat only after acceptance.

Apply for Cohort 3

Ready to begin?
Apply for Cohort 3.

The application is designed to understand your healthcare background, motivation, current direction, and readiness to commit to eight weeks of structured work.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until 24 July 2026. Selected Fellows will be invited to confirm their place before the program starts on 01 August 2026.