As we look at our past work in 2022 with a sense of achievement and looking forward to 2023, in this fourth installment of newsletters we are delighted to share with you our upcoming plans and activities for the year. We will be launching our E-Campus experimentation module. E-Campus is Spark Health Africa’s internally developed platform that supports innovative capacity building of African public health institutions and health care workforce through learning and networking under Africa’s New Public Health Order.

Looking Ahead

Save the date! As a final hurrah to the Learning Network under its current funding stream that ends in March 2023, Spark Health Africa will, on 16 March 2023, host a webinar titled Co-Innovation Platforms in support of sustainable transition to scale: moving from talk to action. The webinar will provide participants experience of scaling of innovations in the public sector in East Africa and provide a chance for networking with technical assistance.  
Register to attend the webinar on 16 March 2023 here.

E-Campus Co-Innovation Platform

To learn more about how you and your organization can be part of the E-Campus Co-Innovation Platform, feel free to contact Spark Health Africa (tendai@www.sparkhealthafrica.co.za). The co-innovation cohorts platform seeks to provide tangible evidence on the theory of scaling. Join here to gain access to online learning and networking resources to support your scaling efforts with other like-minded professionals across Sub-Saharan Africa. To follow and learn from the experiences of these two co-innovation cohorts, you’re welcome to join the E-Campus Co-Innovation Platform.

Past events/meetings

Public Sector Scaling Action Lab Workshop

Spark Health Africa will facilitate the Public Sector Scaling Action in partnership with government cohorts and local champions. During 2022, PSS Action Lab Champions from across East and Southern Africa met in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss barriers and opportunities for scaling innovations in the public sector.

Figure 1 Public Sector Scaling Action Lab Champions from East Africa

Collaborative Action for Childcare in Kenya workshop

In December 2022, Spark Health Africa participated in the development of a framework around Childcare in Kenya. The framework recognises gaps in childcare in Kenya and identifies strategies for the Collaborative Action for Childcare in Kenya to implement sustainable and context-specific childcare solutions.

Figure 2 Spark Health Africa CEO, Professor Richard Chivaka, facilitating a session at the Collaborative Action for Childcare in Kenya workshop
Figure 3 Framework for prioritizing gaps in childcare in Kenya

Member Satisfaction Survey

Now that we are deep in the second and final year of implementation of the Learning Network on Scaling Innovations in the Public Sector Across Sub-Saharan Africa’s strategic plan, we invite members to take this short survey to help us improve their member experience. We are a member-driven initiative, and value your input to help us learn more about how we can improve engagement for learning and networking that will add value to this Community of Practice.

Please take a minute to complete this short survey to rate your experience with our membership engagement activities.

Newsletter content submissions

We continue to welcome items of one-paragraph length reporting on recent scaling experience, on research, and on upcoming events (with links, as appropriate). There is no deadline to when you can make your submissions; we will make sure members are updated as frequently as is necessary.

If you have questions or want to learn more about the Learning Network, I’d be happy to set up a time for you to speak with me (tendai@sparkhealthafrica.co.za) or an appropriate member of the Spark Health Africa team, anytime.
We’d love to continue the conversation about what we can do together to advance the vision and mission of the Learning Network over the next two years and beyond.
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