Investments for Impact Villgro Africa

In anticipation of the second annual Transforming African MedTech Conference, which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya in August 2024, this season of Investments for Impact is focused on MedTech.

For this first episode, Moses Waweru sits down with Eng. Wambui Gachiengo Nyabero to set the stage, looking at why it's important to manufacture our own MedTech in Africa, the main challenges and opportunities, and how the Transforming African MedTech Conference can contribute to the sector's progress.

For information on the Transforming African MedTech Conference, visit www.africanmedtech.com.

For information on Villgro Africa, visit www.villgroafrica.org.


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For this episode, we welcome Dr. Melissa Omino (LLD), an intellectual property, AI policy and data governance expert to discuss what is being done in AI regulation in Africa.



Moses and Dr. Melissa discuss the vital importance of regulation in this sector, and how innovators have the opportunity to shift their perspective on regulation.


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Episode 3 of this season is focused on the perspective of a founder. We invite Tom Kinyanji, co-founder of Neural Labs Africa, to talk about his journey, including how he initially became interested in artificial intelligence, why he started Neural Labs Africa, and what they hope to achieve with their innovation.




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This season of Investments for Impact is focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can impact the African health sector.



In this second episode, learn more about AI as a technology, including its potential and the ways it has been misunderstood from Mutembei Kariuki, the Co-Founder and CEO of Fastagger.



Investments for Impact is hosted by ⁠Moses Waweru⁠ and produced by ⁠Joelle Mumley⁠ and ⁠Christian Khisa⁠. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review in order to keep in touch with us.

If you are interested in learning more about Villgro Africa, the work we do, and the opportunities for funding and support we offer, please visit us at our ⁠website⁠ and follow us on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ and ⁠X⁠.


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This season of Investments for Impact is focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can impact the African health sector.



Join us in this first episode to hear about Villgro Africa's journey in supporting AI entrepreneurs, why we have prioritised it in our work, and what we hope it can do for the quality and accessibility of healthcare moving forward.



Investments for Impact is hosted by Moses Waweru and produced by Joelle Mumley and Christian Khisa. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a review in order to keep in touch with us.

If you are interested in learning more about Villgro Africa, the work we do, and the opportunities for funding and support we offer, please visit us at our website and follow us on LinkedIn and X.




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The final episode of Season 3 is a special bonus episode focused on USAID's DIV program, which provides grant funding for breakthrough solutions to the world's toughest development challenges. We welcome Liz Chacko, who walks us through the details of the program, advice for entrepreneurs who are applying, and some success stories of past awardees!



One correction: When Liz says that Zola raised $200,000, she actually meant $2 million!


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