Following the call for healthtech startups to apply for the 2020 Sanofi AfricaTech Challenge, 3 Nigerian businesses have been selected to participate in a virtual pitch that will be held on June 11.
Mobilhealth International, Soso Care and Natal Cares where chosen alongside 8 other healthtech startups from across Africa for the Sanofi AfricaTech Challenge.
According to Sanofi, 268 applications were received from 34 countries.
Meet the startups selected for Sanofi AfricaTech Challenge:
1.) Challenge 1. Digital health book:
a.) Bypa-ss (Egypt) has a healthtech platform called HealthTag that facilitates checkups.
b.) Keeplyna (Tunisia) is an ehealth platform that offers telemedicine.
c.) Eyone (Senegal) allows patients to share their medical records with health professionals.
2.) Challenge 2. Smart logistics:
a.) Doctor 4 Africa (India) has an online platform that connects patients to health-care professionals in under served communities in Africa.
b.) Mobilhealth International (Nigeria) is a telehealth electronic medical records and video app.
3.) Challenge 3. Health financing:
a.) Soso Care (Nigeria) allows Nigerians to access health insurance and care in 1170 clinics.
b.) MamaPrime (Kenya) enables mothers and their families to make pre-payments for their prenatal and postnatal care.
c.) JokkoSanté (Senegal) is a digital payment platform for money intended for health.
4.) Challenge 4. Maternal and neonatal health:
a.) Teheca (Uganda) connects new and expecting mothers to qualified nurses for post-natal checkups at their homes.
b.) The University Agency Innovation (Cameroon) has a spin-off called AUI Techno that designs and produces an interactive infant incubator.
c.) Natal Cares (Nigeria) has an integrated solution providing healthcare, medical monitoring and emergency services to at-risk pregnant women and nursing mothers belonging to disconnected rural communities.
