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MedTec Africa

57 episodesLatest Oct 30, 2024
EnglishHealth & FitnessMedicine
MedTec Africa (formerly MedxTek Africa) is a podcast that showcases digital health and health technology innovations from across Africa, and aims to highlight the potential impact of these innovations on healthcare in the region. The podcast provides insights and perspectives on a variety of topics related to digital health and technology, and seeks to foster a dialogue about the role of these tools in improving health outcomes in Africa. Created and hosted by Dr. Sam Oti, an African public health physician and digital health enthusiast, based in Nairobi.

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  1. Ep36 - A community-designed emergency transportation innovation

    Today’s episode features Emily Young, she is the CEO and co-founder of Moving Health, a company that is literally moving health forward through their low-cost emergency transportat…

    S3 E3630:46
  2. Ep35 - An innovative cloud-based Customer Relationship Management platform

    In today's conversation, I am joined by Artem Brytchenko, the CEO of Platforce, which is an innovative platform for Customer Relationship Management. The platform is primarily crea…

    S3 E3519:18
  3. Ep34 - Creating a healthcare consumerism movement in Africa

    Violadoc is a telemedicine service that was developed in Singapore by Meridional Health, a company specializing in the digitalization of the health sector. In this episode, I had t…

    S3 E3435:52
  4. Ep33 - A digital companion for health, wellness and mindfulness

    Peace Ndoli Iraguha is the COO at Lifesten Health in Kigali, Rwanda. In this episode, Peace discusses how Lifesten leverages technology to assist young people in making informed de…

    S3 E3333:50
  5. Ep32 - Africa CDC's vision for digital health transformation

    Jean-Philbert Nsengimana is Africa CDC's Chief Digital Advisor. He is also a former minister of ICT in Rwanda. In this episode, Phil shares Africa CDC's vision for digitally transf…

    S3 E3230:02
  6. Ep31 - Enhancing the digital technology capabilities of Africa's health workforce

    Joel Ugborogho, the CEO of CenHealth Academy, is my guest in this episode. CenHealth Academy provides a range of online and hybrid courses aimed at enhancing the digital health kno…

    S3 E3134:52
  7. Ep30 - Equipping primary healthcare providers with essential digital tools

    Ilara Health, located in Nairobi, is a leading provider of medical products and solutions aimed at enhancing patient, clinical, and economic outcomes through the use of technology.…

    S3 E3022:24
  8. Ep29 - Accelerating universal health coverage through digital technology

    Welcome to the first episode of MedxTek Africa in 2023. Hope your year has been off to a great start. This episode features Patricia Monthé, the CEO and founder of MEDx eHealthCent…

    S3 E2932:04
  9. Ep28 - Building the Amazon for medical supplies

    Viebeg is building what they hope will become the "Amazon for medical supplies" in Africa. By connecting healthcare providers directly with manufacturers — and thereby removing bro…

    S2 E2820:59
  10. Ep27 - A multi-payer platform for healthcare financing

    Today you will be hearing about a digital health innovation known as mTOMADY that is being implemented in Madagascar. mTOMADY is a multi-payer platform that connects beneficiaries…

    S2 E2732:18
  11. Ep26 - A conversation with a digital health futurist

    Maneesh Juneja is a digital health futurist. He tells stories about the future of health and medicine. Maneesh appears on the Netflix Series, The Future Of. In fact, that was how I…

    S2 E2646:53
  12. Ep25 - Transforming healthcare quality through an integrated cross-continents platform

    This episode features Bart Wilms - General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Head of Impact at the Evercare Group. Evercare Group is an industry leader in the healthcare space. T…

    S2 E2549:27
  13. Ep24 - An online healthcare education platform for Africa

    Freda Katunda Olsen is CEO and co-founder of LEAP - an online healthcare education platform for Africa. They offer contextualized, accredited courses for healthcare professionals.…

    S2 E2431:28
  14. Ep23 - A telemed platform bringing peace of mind to the African diaspora

    Obinna Oriaku is CEO and founder of SocratesMD - a telemedicine platform delivering world-class healthcare to Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal of the platform is to make it easy for th…

    S2 E2334:18
  15. Ep22 - The secret sauce for scaling primary healthcare

    Stephanie Koczela is CEO and co-founder of Penda Health - a leading private provider of primary health care in East Africa. Since opening its doors over a decade ago, Penda has att…

    S2 E2237:22
  16. Ep21 - Accelerating digital health entrepreneurship in Africa

    My guest on this episode is Dr. Krishna Jafa. She is a physician and public health executive who has over two and half decades of expertise in health system design and strengthenin…

    S2 E2124:46
  17. Ep20 - Common mistakes that digital health startups make

    My guest on this episode is an African digital health guru. Her name is Dr. Egbe Osifo-Dawodu. She is a founding partner of the Anadach Group – a consulting firm that provides tech…

    S2 E2036:09
  18. Ep19 - Harnessing the power of data science in healthcare

    This episode features Mitali Ayyangar the portfolio manager for frontline health systems at DataKind. DataKind works with mission-driven organizations to unlock their data science…

    S2 E1944:04
  19. Ep18 - How a paper-based innovation is transforming digital health

    My guest today is Dr Pratap Kumar. He wears multiple hats including being a senior lecturer at one of East Africa's leading business schools ‒Strathmore Business School‒ and also s…

    S2 E1840:14
  20. Ep17 - A movement to professionalize community health volunteers

    In this episode I chat with Margaret Odera. She is a veteran community health volunteer (CHV) that has spent her career serving the needs of the vulnerable in Nairobi's informal se…

    S2 E1738:46
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