On this episode of the podcast, we were joined by Dr Ikpeme Neto, popularly known as Doc Neto. He is a medical doctor and health economist with over 10 years of experience in the health sector.

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We talked about:

Breakdown:

0:00 Intro 

1:28 Icebreaker 

6:16 Dr Neto's background 

7:26 Who and what influenced him

10:50 His political views and how politics affects healthcare  

14:28 His career highlights 

16:22 What WellaHealth does

17:35 How WellaHealth came about

19:08 Running WellaHealth and building the team

22:44 How WellaHealth manages to remain affordable

23:24 Doc Neto’s view on competition

26:32 How Nigerians view insurance 

30:55 How WellaHealth is solving the insurance trust problem in Nigeria

32:50 What healthcare is like in Nigeria 

35:20 His research on the mental health of Nigerian founders 

37:35 Some of WellaHealth's biggest achievements 

38:36 The vision for WellaHealth 

39:24 Challenges the business has faced 

41:07 Where to learn more about Doc Neto amd WellaHealth 

41:42 Dr Neto's advice for fellow industry players 

43:37 Outro

We referenced 

WellaHealth

Africa’s Business Heroes

Shuttlers 

National Health Accounts

Nigerian Bureau of Statistics 

Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

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