Who we are
The Online Healthcare Entrepreneurship Academy for Africa is a specialized online platform dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector. It is designed by Africans for Africans, with the aim of providing comprehensive training, resources, and support to individuals who are passionate about creating innovative healthcare solutions and starting their own ventures.
 
Mission
Our mission is to foster a thriving ecosystem of healthcare entrepreneurs in Africa by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to build successful businesses that address the continent's healthcare challenges. We aim to empower individuals to become agents of change, driving innovation, improving access to quality healthcare, and ultimately making a positive impact on the lives of millions of Africans.
 
Vision
Our vision is to create a network of highly skilled and motivated healthcare entrepreneurs across Africa who are equipped to tackle the unique healthcare needs of their communities. We envision a future where African entrepreneurs lead the development of cutting-edge healthcare technologies, services, and solutions that are affordable, accessible, and tailored to the local context.
What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
 
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
 
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
 
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
 
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
 
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
 
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
 
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
 
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
 
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long do we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
 
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
 
What rights do you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
 
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.