DigiInventors Challenge mentored by MBAs
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) launched its international school’s competition, the DigiInventors Challenge 2025, earlier this year, calling on secondary school pupils across Scotland and the UAE to design digital solutions to real-world digital health and social care challenges.
Strathclyders in both Scotland and the UAE have been mentoring local school pupils on this Challenge which encourages pupils in S1-S6 to work in teams, identify a health or wellbeing issue, and create an innovative digital idea that could help solve it. Participants are tasked with developing a concept, submitting a video pitch and competing for the chance to amazing tech prizes, recognition at a national health conference, and accreditation through the Young STEM Leader Award.
Pupils were asked to choose between two challenge questions:
How can digital innovation challenge stereotypes, inspire girls and women to play football, and support healthy lifestyles?
Can you identify a real problem related to people’s health or wellbeing, and develop a digital idea to help solve it?
In the UAE, the SBS UAE team have been supporting the initiative while Executive MBA students Stefan Walter and Jannica Dabuet also dedicated their time to mentoring their local teams, helping them refine their final pitches and prepare to navigate tough questions from the judges in the final next month. Here in Scotland, Strathclyde Inspire have been supporting the initiative, with Thomas Devaney running the Glasgow bootcamp, and pupils have been mentored by Strathclyde graduates including from the business school.
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is a national innovation centre funded by the Scottish Funding Council and the Scottish Government and hosted by the University of Strathclyde and the Glasgow School of Art, leading research and innovation in digital health and social care. It aims to transform services and improve lives by building a future-ready workforce equipped with digital and entrepreneurial skills.
We wish all the young entrepreneurs the very best of luck in the final!
Published: 26 November 2025
