Africa Digital Health Academy
Africa Digital Health Academy

Equipping Africa's health professionals for the digital and AI era of healthcare.

Accredited, African-contextualized training in digital health and AI — for health professionals, students, and digital-health learners across disciplines. A certification pathway built around you, and a community that doesn't end at graduation.

Available in English now · Français bientôt

Africa's health workforce isn't yet prepared for the AI era. We're changing that.

<5%

of surveyed African medical students & faculty had any prior AI training

25% : 3%

Africa's share of global disease burden vs. the world's health workers

5,000

health professionals we will certify in digital health & AI by 2031

12,000+

students introduced to the field

Our model

Learn. Earn. Lead.

One journey — from first principles to continental leadership.

01

Learn

A laddered, case-based curriculum from free foundations to accredited certificates and fellowship — built on African clinical cases and deployable in low-resource settings.

02

Earn

Certification that counts toward re-licensure, a trained-trainer pathway into paid ADHA roles, and a talent directory linking alumni to digital health employers and projects.

03

Lead

Community case clinics, country chapters, an annual summit, and a seat in national and African Union conversations on clinical AI.

Personalized pathways

One ladder, three tiers — your starting point is personal.

Tell us your profession and your experience with digital health, and we'll place you on the right rung and show you exactly what comes next.

Level I

ADHA Foundation Practitioner

Start here. Core literacy in digital health, health data, and responsible AI for every health professional.

  • No prerequisites
  • Self-paced foundations
  • Digital badge + register entry
Level II

ADHA Applied Practitioner

Specialize and apply. Choose a track and complete a real, mentored project in your own setting.

  • Choose a specialization track
  • Mentored in-country project
  • Accredited certificate (CPD/CEU)
SME

ADHA Expert Practitioner

Lead and certify others. Mentor and assess the next cohort, and shape clinical AI in your country.

  • Portfolio & demonstrated mastery
  • Mentor & assess Level II
  • Listed in the experts directory
Programs

A course ladder built for Africa's health workforce.

From a free foundation course to a competitive leadership fellowship — every credential maps to a tier and, where possible, to CPD points.

Level I

Digital Health Foundations

Self-paced introduction to digital health and responsible AI, with African cases. Your entry point and the top of the funnel.

4–6 hours · All health professionals · Free
Level II

Certificate: AI in Clinical Practice

Facilitated cohort: online modules + live case clinics + an applied workplace project. Up to 15 CEU.

8 weeks · Clinicians & health professionals · Sponsored
Level II

Certificate: Digital Health Systems & Telemedicine

Build and lead telemedicine and digital health systems in low-resource settings. Up to 15 CEU.

8 weeks · Health professionals & managers · Sponsored
SME track

Fellowship: Digital Health & AI Leadership

Our prestige flagship: a capstone with a host institution and a pipeline to leadership roles.

6 months · Competitive · 25–30 per cohort · Grant-funded
SME

Training of Trainers (ToT)

Become a paid ADHA facilitator, content developer, and examiner. 10 CEU.

4 weeks · Top alumni · Paid roles follow
Pipeline

Student Track — Junior Digital Health Professionals

Campus chapters, workshops, and competitions that introduce the next generation early.

Ongoing · Students & trainees · Sponsored
Tibon Hub

Digital Health & AI advisory and incubation.

Where ADHA's certified experts advise health systems on adopting AI safely, and health-professional founders build the next generation of African health-AI ventures.

Advisory

Independent, expert-led guidance for ministries, hospitals, and implementers deploying digital health and AI.

Incubation

Support for alumni and health-professional founders turning frontline problems into African health-AI solutions.

Expert bench

A directory of certified subject-matter experts that partners can engage for projects and evaluations.

Tibon Hub is taking shape — register your interest and we'll be in touch as programs open.

The Family

A community that doesn't end at certification.

Every learner becomes family. Engagement is a designed system, not a hope.

Case clinics

Monthly live sessions where members bring real digital health and AI problems.

Country chapters

Local chapters led by directors selected on merit, with their own events and mentorship.

Alumni Voices

Documented stories of what graduates built, earned, and changed.

Annual summit

The practitioner meeting point for clinical AI in the region.

Built with Africa's health institutions

St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical CollegeEthiopian Medical AssociationFederal Ministry of HealthAfrica CDC (engagement)

We are building partnerships across the ecosystem. Names shown reflect institutions we are working with or actively engaging — formal endorsements are added as they are confirmed.

Find where you belong on the pathway.

Answer a few quick questions and get a personalized digital health & AI learning plan — Level I, Level II, or Subject Matter Expert.