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<v ->When the pandemic hit Africa in 2020,</v>

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the name of the game was resilience.

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<v Presenter>Africa is facing a brutal resurgence</v>

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of the coronavirus pandemic.

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<v ->We realized, suddenly, as African countries,</v>

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we had a strong dependency,

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in terms of health care solutions,

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from external parties.

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We shaped a mechanism,

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which we called Homegrown Solutions,

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in order to really tackle this challenge of resilience.

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Why was it homegrown?

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Because we focused ourselves on local solutions.

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And why do we call it accelerator?

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Because the main question, in order to tackle resilience,

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was to accelerate in terms of health care solutions.

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<v ->What the Homegrown Solution Accelerator does,</v>

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is that it supports African entrepreneurs

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to grow and scale their businesses

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by partnering and offering tailored acceleration,

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which is advice that can help them

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to really move to the next level.

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We look and focus

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and select businesses that are domiciled in the continent,

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first and foremost.

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Secondly, the employee base has to be likely African.

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<v ->The aha moment for me, really,</v>

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is this idea that when you look at the stats

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and look at the challenges that seem insurmountable,

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but when you engage a lot of these companies,

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you find out there is actually a lot of innovation

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that is on the ground to address these challenges,

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and often what's needed is the capital,

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and the management best practices,

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to allow a lot of these companies to scale

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and achieve the kind of impact that they are aspiring to.

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<v ->The African Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD,</v>

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together selected five specific companies

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to be part of their first cohort,

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and Revital Healthcare was proud to be selected.

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At the end of 2020,

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Revital Healthcare became the first local manufacturer

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to manufacture the rapid test kits to detect COVID-19

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in under 20 minutes, with accurate results.

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Revital has now managed to establish a line of rapid tests

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for malaria, for HIV, for hepatitis,

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and for other high burden diseases

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that continue to affect Africa.

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And without the support

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of the Homegrown Solution Accelerator Program,

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this would not have been possible.

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<v ->Now, not only are we able to supply these products</v>

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at a much more affordable price,

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but we're bringing in international standards

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to make sure that the people of Africa,

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have the quality that they deserve.

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<v ->We could easily replicate</v>

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the Homegrown Solutions Accelerator,

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which was focused on healthcare solutions,

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to the issues of food insecurity,

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to climate change adaptation,

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to renewable energies.

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It applies to many domains.

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So we have a potential for applicability

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out of an experience of implementation

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of a formula that worked.

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