Samuel Oti

MedxTek Africa

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MedxTek Africa is a podcast that showcases digital health and health technology innovations from across Africa, and aims to highlight the potential impact of these innovations on healthcare in the region. The podcast provides insights and perspectives on a variety of topics related to digital health and technology, and seeks to foster a dialogue about the role of these tools in improving health outcomes in Africa. Created and hosted by Dr. Sam Oti, an African public health physician and digital health enthusiast, based in Nairobi.

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Samuel Oti

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Ep6 - A tech solution reducing maternal deaths by 75% 16.10.2021 26:51

Every 11 seconds a woman somewhere in this world dies during childbirth. That’s 800 women every day. And most of these preventable deaths happen right here on the African continent. Today I’ll be speaking with an enterprising young man who along with his team are on mission to tackle this sad situation. His name is Tafadzwa Munzwa and he is a medical student based in Zambia. On today’s show we’ll...

Ep5 - Drones that deliver life-saving medical products 01.10.2021 19:44

On Episode 5, I chat with three representatives of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Botswana. Agathe Lawson is the UNFPA Officer-in-Charge for South Africa and Country Director for the eSwatini and Botswana Country Offices. Mareledi Segotso is the Head of Office, UNFPA Botswana Country Office, and Priscilla Rabasimane is Communications Analyst also at UNFPA Botswana. Together they tel...

Ep4 - Concierge medical diagnostics for the poor 20.09.2021 29:27

This episode I’ll be speaking with the brilliant Oluwasoga Oni. I simply call him Soga. He is CEO and co-founder of MDaaS Global. A company based in Lagos, Nigeria that provides tech-enabled diagnostic centers that are to designed to cater to the needs of underserved communities. Soga is an engineer. He holds two Masters degrees. One in Computer Science and the other in Engineering, System Design...

Ep3 - Artificial Intelligence solutions for health 29.08.2021 29:49

Today I’ll be speaking with Darlington Akogo, a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI). He's the founder and director of several AI startups including minoHealth ‒an AI healthtech company; karaAgro AI ‒an AI-powered precision agriculture platform; Runmila AI Institute ‒an AI and data science training institute, and Gudra AI Studio ‒an organization broadly exploring AI and exponential techno...

Ep2 - Affordable and accessible medical insurance 15.08.2021 33:00

On this episode I’ll be speaking with a phenomenal lady. She is Adelaide Odhiambo , the CEO and co-founder of Bluewave Insurance based in Nairobi. Bluewave is a tech-driven company that is designing microinsurance products that are simple, affordable, and accessible to the mass market. Adelaide’s background is in actuarial science, and she spent over a decade in the insurance industry before takin...

Ep1 - Democratizing first-level medical care 18.06.2021 38:30

In this premiere episode, I speak with Ikechukwu "Iyke" Anoke. He is CEO and co-founder of Zuri Health Africa .  Zuri Health is a mobile health service that delivers first level medical services to its users through their mobile devices via apps, WAP, and SMS. Iyke is currently based here in Nairobi, Kenya and he will be sharing his entrepreneurial journey. He will be telling us about the hig...

Welcome Trailer 08.06.2021 2:05

MedTec Africa (formerly MedxTek Africa) is a podcast about health technology innovation in Africa. On the show, we’re talking with African innovators and how they’re seeking to make a positive impact on people’s lives by disrupting the healthcare industry through technology. This is a show for health tech entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals and business owners, industry investors and anyone wh...