Articles published in East Africa
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November 13, 2020
New Innovators at 5th Annual Forum
We are proud to introduce our newest cohort of innovators at our 5th Annual Forum.
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November 13, 2020
Events in East Africa This Week
Our team in Nairobi is gearing up for the release of its newest research.
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November 13, 2020
East Africa Design Thinking Workshop Recap
Innovations in Healthcare and SEAD hosted a full-day workshop for East Africa innovators last week in partnership with ThinkPlace Foundation, a leading strategic design consultancy firm in Kenya with experience applying human centered design principles to complex public health initiatives.
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November 13, 2020
East Africa Health Policy Roundtable Sparks New Ideas
From all of us at Innovations in Healthcare, SEAD, and Africa Capacity Alliance, we’d like to thank all those that attended the recent health policy roundtable on September 18 at Strathmore Business School in Nairobi, Kenya.
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November 13, 2020
Understanding Impact Investing in India & Kenya
Innovations in Healthcare coordinated two healthcare funding workshops and receptions in September with our innovator network in Mumbai and Nairobi to talk about the right type of financing needed to nurture innovative approaches to healthcare delivery.
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November 13, 2020
Innovations in Healthcare Team in Africa
Our team just wrapped up a series of events in Kenya. The week started with a series of innovator site visits and workshops for all the innovators in the third Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) cohort from the lakeside city of Kisumu to Nairobi, these discussions focused on many of the strategic issues our entrepreneurs are facing.
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November 13, 2020
MicroEnsure, Next Stop – Transforming Health Financing in Kenya
Could there be a more exciting time to step foot in Kenya? I couldn’t get that question out of my head as I fumbled through Nairobi’s bustling city streets, dodging matatus and street vendors on the first day of my summer internship.
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November 13, 2020
MicroClinic Technologies: Pioneering Privacy and Data Security for Electronic Health Information.
From the moment patients get into a hospital and give their personal information to nurses, to vitals being taken, to collecting prescriptions and getting lab results, patients leave a trail of their unique personal information all over a health facility.
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November 13, 2020
SEAD Funds Help Scale Up East African Innovators
Since launching in January 2015, our East Africa team has been working to engage local partners in the region to provide deeper and more direct support to our innovators in East Africa.
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November 13, 2020
Kenyatta University: A Thriving Community for Social Entrepreneurship
The morning of July 9th started off like any other at one of Kenya’s top universities. Students flowed in every direction across the expansive main campus of Kenyatta University (KU) in Kahawa, just 20 kilometers north of Nairobi.