SEDIN is looking for innovative technological and business solutions to address the major challenges identified in the primary health sector, with promising adoption interest among the stakeholders.
Your solution should be answering to at least one of the following criteria:
- It’s a mobile based (SMS or App) solutions for primary health care patients’ management, monitor, follow up, medication delivery
- It’s a mobile based (SMS or App) solution facilitating primary health workers continuous learning (mobile friendly)
- It’s a solution specifically dedicated to improving women health or maternity care services
- It’s a solution which facilitates data interoperability and exchange between Primary Health Care centres
- It’s a solution which fosters the aggregation or bundling of existing innovative services
- It’s a solution for community-based health care insurance
H-HACK Timeline
Registration |
From 10th April 2023 |
Join LinkedIn Group |
From 10th April 2023 |
H-HACK informative webinar |
On Tuesday 25th April 2023, 2pm Nigerian Time |
Submission deadline |
5th May 2023, 5pm Nigerian Time |
Announcement of results |
By 12th June 2023 |
How to Participate
- The H-HACK is open to all Nigerians and organisations operating in Nigeria with at least 1 year of operations, and at least 2 team members
- The registration number (RC) is not mandatory
- It is also possible to participate as a Consortium (i.e. two different organisations presenting a joint proposal)
- The H-HACK encourages women’s participation, applications with at least 1 female team member will be granted extra 0.5 points in the evaluation
- The H-HACK encourages youth’s participation, applications with at least 1team member below 29 years old (at the time of the application) will be granted extra 0.5 points in the evaluation
- Is the project ready-to-deploy and put into operation today?
- Does the project address one or more of the challenge tracks?
- Does the project solve a real problem, and does it meet a clearly established user need?
- How many primary health care organisations/patients would potentially benefit from the solution?
- Does the solution address privacy, ethics, and accessibility issues?
- Does the project have a sound business case/business model?
- Each applicant can submit only 1 proposal
- Only proposals submitted through the website will be evaluated
- Only proposals received by the deadline will be evaluated
- Intellectual property rights will remain in with the maker, we encourage open source solutions
A jury made of experts in the field will select 3 winners. The 3 winners will:
- Be invited to pitch their innovation to potential investors and decision-makers from the private and public sectors.
- Be paired with mentors who will support the development of their ideas.
- Get the opportunity to expose their innovations online via publications and on the website.
- Get media visibility during the pitch session.