What to prepare,
what to upload, and
how your submission
will be assessed.
Read the Pre-Application Guidelines before completing your application. Everything the Challenge asks you to prepare is set out below, in the order the Guidelines set it out.
The Pre-Application Guidelines
These Pre-Application Guidelines are intended to assist prospective applicants in preparing their submissions. They should be read together with the official Competition Terms and Conditions. In the event of any inconsistency between these Guidelines and the Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
Five things to have ready
before you apply.
Applicant and Organisation Information
Prepare accurate personal and organisational information, including contact details, organisation type, and institutional affiliations where applicable.
- For companies, CIPC registration information may be requested
- For academic institutions, universities or research teams, institutional confirmation or authorisation may be required
Describe your team composition clearly, including relevant qualifications, expertise and roles within the project.
Strong applications typically demonstrate multidisciplinary technical, clinical, business or implementation expertise.
Product or Technology Description
The Challenge aligns with the principles of Health Technology Assessment (HTA), which considers the clinical, economic, ethical, legal, social, cultural, organisational and environmental dimensions of health technologies.
Prepare a detailed and well-structured description of your product or technology, including:
- A clear description of the product or technology supported by available evidence
- An explanation of how the product or technology functions
- The technologies used, including hardware, software, AI or connected systems where applicable
- Evidence of testing, validation, piloting or deployment
- The intended users and healthcare context
- The problem being addressed and the value proposition offered
The description should clearly demonstrate how the innovation improves upon existing approaches, particularly in relation to accessibility, affordability, clinical effectiveness, operational efficiency and potential health system impact.
Innovation and Differentiation
Explain clearly what makes your product or technology innovative. This may include:
- Novel technical approaches
- New clinical applications
- Improved performance or usability
- Proprietary methodologies
- Intellectual property protections
- Distinguishing features compared to existing technologies
Market and Impact
Provide an overview of your target market and intended end users.
Describe the anticipated impact of your product or technology, including potential:
- Health outcomes
- Healthcare access improvements
- Cost efficiencies
- System-level benefits
- Economic benefits
- Social impact, particularly within resource-limited environments
Operational and Implementation Readiness
Be prepared to demonstrate the feasibility, sustainability and scalability of your product or technology. Depending on its maturity, you may be asked to describe:
- Operational capacity
- Commercialisation plans
- Clinical adoption pathways
- Partnerships
- Manufacturing or implementation readiness
- Approaches for scaling and sustainability
Category A applicants should focus on technical feasibility, validation progress and future development plans.
Category B applicants should demonstrate implementation readiness, adoption outcomes, operational performance or market traction where available.
What you may be asked to upload.
Depending on your category, stage of evaluation, and the information requested through the application process, you may be required to provide supporting documentation such as:
- CIPC registration documents (where applicable)
- SARS tax compliance information (where applicable)
- Institutional authorisation or confirmation (for academic applicants)
- Evidence of prototype development, testing, validation or deployment
- Product documentation or technical specifications
- Images, demonstrations, videos, publications or research outputs
- Any other supporting information requested during the evaluation process
What counts as proof.
Evidence should be appropriate to the maturity of the technology and may include:
- Prototype demonstrations
- Validation results
- Clinical or pilot data
- User feedback
- Research outputs
- Technical assessments
- Deployment records