Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business

#36: Helium Health - How the HealthTech infrastructure platform is supplying services to health care providers across Africa

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Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Helium Health - the Nigerian HealthTech infrastructure company. We’ll explore the Helium Health story across 6 areas:

  1. African Health care status & context
  2. Helium Health founding and early history
  3. Fundraising & Growth
  4. Product & monetization strategy
  5. Competitive positioning & potential exit options
  6. Overall outlook.

    7. This episode was recorded on Aug 22, 2021


    Companies discussed: Helium Health, Epic, MAGIC Fund, Y Combinator (YC), KingsChat & Tencent ventures


    Business concepts discussed: Healthcare technology, Operator-Investor dynamics, Health insurance coverage, Health platforms, Electronic Medical Records, Electronic Health Records & Health policy


    Conversation highlights:

    • (01:20) - Why we’re talking about Helium Health and HealthTech
    • (04:15) - African Healthcare context
    • (18:05) - Context of healthcare records in Africa
    • (25:05) - Founder backgrounds and early history of Helium Health
    • (37:00) - Fundraising and growth
    • (47:50) - Product & monetization strategy
    • (55:30) - M&A and Partnerships
    • (1:00:12) - Competition and potential exit options
    • (1:12:25) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
    • (1:24:05) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
    • (1:36:12) - Recommendations and small wins


      • Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

      • Recommendation: Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape: From Wage Slavery to Wealth: Amazing!
      • Small win: Las Vegas weekend with friends. Insane.
      • Other content: World Bank database

        • Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

        • Recommendation: Peru - Fireboy DML & Business Breakdowns podcast on ZoomInfo
        • Small win: Back playing basketball regularly after 18 months out
        • Other content: Managing in an Age of Modularity


          • Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Please email [email protected] with your feedback!

          Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about you & what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

          Investors: We'd also love to link up with you, to partner to drive the ecosystem forward. Contact us at [email protected]


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