Applications are now open for the 2025 AfricaCDC Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC). The program seeks to identify, profile, and connect dynamic young leaders who are shaping the digital health landscape across Africa.
Selected Champions will serve as role models, advocates, and collaborators in advancing digital health innovation, policy, and practice. The initiative aims to build a visible, impactful network that informs policies, strengthens local innovation ecosystems, and amplifies youth leadership across the continent.
Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old at the time of application and be citizens of an African Union member state; Africans in the diaspora are also eligible. Candidates should be proficient in at least one of the following languages—English, French, Arabic, or Portuguese—with the ability to engage across languages preferred.
They must also be actively involved in digital health through innovation (such as founding a startup or developing technology), research and academia, public health programs that use digital tools, policy development or advocacy, or capacity-building and digital literacy initiatives.
Champions will gain significant benefits and the engagement will run for 12 months.
To apply, candidates must submit a completed application form by September 14, 2025, at 11:00 PM GMT+3, along with a CV or résumé of no more than two pages and one letter of recommendation. Applicants may also include optional links to projects, publications, or media.
The application timeline is as follows: opening on August 29, 2025; deadline on September 14, 2025, at 11:00 PM GMT+3; and announcement of selected candidates on September 20, 2025.
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