ConnectMed
ConnectMed is plugging Africa's primary care gap, by providing online medical consults that use health professionals more efficiently.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Healthcare Services
- Location Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
- Currency USD
- Founded September 2016
- Employees 5
- Incorporation Type LLC
- Website http://connectmed.co.ke, connectmed.co.za
Company Summary
ConnectMed is plugging the primary healthcare gap in low and middle-income countries by providing an affordable, convenient in-pharmacy telehealth service that more efficiently uses existing healthcare workers. We've already launched telehealth kiosks in 10 pharmacies, served over 1000 patients, and won a contract from the Abraaj Group to service 10,000 patients. We're an Entrepreneur First-backed company based in Kenya.
Team
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CEO & Co-founderMelissa has spent the last two years researching healthcare delivery in Africa during her MSc Computer Science and MBA at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. She also spent five years working in Africa and Latin America as an engineer, consultant and entrepreneur.
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CTO & Co-founderChris has six years of experience in data engineering and developing consumer and enterprise software in Asia and the United States. He has an MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and, before founding ConnectMed, previously led the development of Palantir's anti-human trafficking project.
Previous Investors
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Entrepreneur FirstUnconfirmed
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