BMU Healthcare Innovation Challenge 2026: ₦10m Prize

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BMU and Century Group Launch ₦10 Million Healthcare Innovation Challenge

BMU healthcare innovation challenge at a Glance

BMU and Century Group have launched a 2026 healthcare innovation challenge with a ₦10 million prize pool.

  • BMU staff and students can apply.
  • A four- to five-day training programme is mandatory.
  • Ten finalist teams will join bootcamp and mentorship.
  • Three winning teams will receive funding and accelerator support.

Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), in partnership with Century Group, has launched its 2026 Annual Healthcare Innovation Programme, featuring a ₦10 million prize pool for a challenge open to the university's staff and students.

The programme combines practical innovation training, a competitive challenge and accelerator support for selected healthcare ideas.

How the healthcare innovation programme works

  1. Founders Fastlane: Idea to Impact Training: Participants begin with a mandatory four- to five-day intensive programme covering problem identification, solution design, business modelling, funding readiness and pitching.
  2. BMU Healthcare Innovation Challenge: Only participants in the training can enter the competition. The top 10 finalist teams will join a structured bootcamp and mentorship sprint before presenting at Demo Day, where the top three innovations will be selected.
  3. Accelerator onboarding: The top three teams will receive early funding, pilot support and structured acceleration to help test their solutions.

Eligibility and registration

BMU staff and students are invited to apply for the 2026 programme. Applications can be submitted through the BMU Healthcare Innovation Challenge registration portal.

The initiative is designed to build practical innovation skills and support staff- and student-led healthcare solutions through training, mentorship and early-stage implementation.

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