As I look back on my second year at Medic, one thing stands out above all else: humanity. Not just in its abstract form, but in the myriad ways I’ve seen it manifest in the digital health space—the ways people show up, innovate, connect, care, encourage, advocate, empathise, and question. In the world of digital [...]
Digital Health Week is a global celebration that brings people together to explore how digital health is helping us achieve universal health coverage (UHC). This year’s event ran from 4–10 November 2024, and I was thrilled to record a podcast as part of an amazing series hosted by YO.DH (Youth Ownership of Digital Health) and [...]
May our homes wrap us in comfort. May the love we give return to warm our hearts. May we persist in loving deeply, letting our hearts overflow. May our friendships stay genuine, anchoring us through life's waves. May our connections endure, fortified with resilience. May we uncover a sense of belonging, shielding us from [...]
I joined Medic in December of 2022 after a fulfilling two years supporting innovation hubs across the African continent. I watched the work that Medic was doing at the height of the covid pandemic and when the opportunity arose, I knew I had to grab it. As I reflect on my first year, I’m struck [...]
I'm excited to be leading the Public Sector Innovation Summit at the Kenya Innovation Week for the second year running. This year, I am bringing together public and private sector actors who have successfully collaborated to innovate in the public sector. My summit will explore critical elements of national deployments, the role of behavioural science [...]
I was probably about 9 or 10 years old the first time I watched rugby. It wasn't a match. I was watching my brothers training at Strathmore School where they were for high school. My mother would pick me up from Lavington Primary School. We’d drive to Strathmore and wait in the parking lot for [...]
AfriLabs has come a long way. We have grown from five member hubs, annual gatherings in Berlin and one staff member, to four hundred hubs as at December 2022, five successful annual gatherings held in Africa and close to 40 team members. We have also grown from mostly organic connections to intentional, structured upskilling programs, [...]
Africa presents big opportunities for everyone willing to put in the work, time and money so it is no surprise that over the last couple of years there have been increased programs connecting Africa’s innovators to innovators in other ecosystems. Corporations like Microsoft, with its Africa Developer Centres in Nairobi and Lagos as well as [...]
Image:AfriLabs This article was originally published in Kubatana, a new annual collection of African innovation stories from AfriLabs 2021 has been an exciting year for AfriLabs. What better way to celebrate our 10 year anniversary than to reflect on the work we have done over the years and to map an exciting path for our [...]
Innovators are often driven by a passion to impact their societies and to earn a living by creating relevant products. Their products make it easier for us to learn, to access more affordable health care, to access food, to access government services and so on. These innovations are precious. A key feature of mature innovation [...]
