Google’s AI for Health programme announced the 30 European, Middle Eastern, and African startups using AI to solve health issues in 2023.
Only 5 African companies were chosen, and two are from Nigeria: mDoc and PharmaRun.
The five African companies chosen after a challenging process in May will use AI to improve healthcare.
New companies are using AI to solve essential problems like early disease identification and easy access to information everywhere. This helps billions of people and helps the economy grow.
For African AI-powered health enterprises, Google for Firms leader Yuval Passov outlined how the programme began and his goal. He expressed optimism about Africa’s willingness to test AI-based health innovations. These startups show Africa can solve global health challenges. We aim to promote their original ideas.
The Google for Entrepreneurs Growth Academy: AI for Health programme will enable five African entrepreneurs to collaborate with other startups to innovate, alter healthcare, and improve global health.
This project meets Google’s goal of helping entrepreneurs grow faster and succeed. Google initiated the AI First Google for Startups Accelerator in August. At this 10-week equity-free accelerator, African businesses will employ AI to solve local challenges.
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Meet Google for Startups Growth Academy 2023’s 5 African startups.
Eden Care (Rwanda)
Eden Care, founded by Moses Mukundi in 2021, redefines health insurance and corporate well-being using AI and digital health. Their revolutionary approach will change healthcare for people and entities.
According to the source, the health technology business was the first Rwandan startup accepted into Y Combinator’s summer 2023 batch in July 2023.
iZola Limited (Kenya)
iZola Limited uses AI-integrated therapies to serve neurodivergent families. German digital health AI startup Vita Fluence produced iZola, a therapeutics platform.
The goal of iZola Limited, founded by Peter Owotoki and Dr. Wamuyu Owotoki, is to improve the lives of these families one AI-driven solution at a time.
mDoc (Nigeria)
mDoc aims to improve people’s health habits through online health mentoring. People can take charge of their health and well-being with the help of their tools.
The goal of mDoc, started by Nneka Mobisson and Imo Etuk in 2013, is to make health information more accessible to African people by building a geo-coded health services library in different countries.
PharmaRun (Nigeria)
PharmaRun is an online pharmacy that sells products and services, including the choice to “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL). With a creative, patient-centred platform, Pharmarun wants to bring together pharmacies from different areas.
Teniola Adedeji and Funmilola Aderemi, who have been best friends for a long time, started PharmaRun in 2021. Its goal is to help traditional pharmacies deal with the problems they face. The way healthcare services are given is changing because they resolve to put patients first.
Zuri Health (Kenya)
Zuri Health’s universal digital toolset revolutionises patient care with affordable and accessible healthcare solutions. They want to make excellent, inexpensive, on-demand healthcare easy to swipe for everyone.
Zuri Health, founded in 2020 by Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke and Daisy Isiaho, aims to serve all mobile device users regardless of geography, health history, or social level.
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Google for Startups Growth Academy
The Google for Startups Accelerator programme in Africa has helped 106 startups from 17 African countries since 2018. The programme has contributed to the African startup ecosystem by investing over $263 million and creating over 2,800 employees.
Google for Firms Growth Academy: AI for Health is a hybrid programme that helps high-potential AI-powered healthcare and well-being firms develop and innovate ethically.
Workshops, coaching, and networking events help innovators establish data-driven customer acquisition, partnership, and ethical innovation strategies over three months.
Three months of equity-free support, personalised technical consultation from Google mentors and AI professionals, strategic direction, leadership training, worldwide expansion potential, and networking opportunities in an enormous alum network are programme perks.
