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Dec 28, 2022

A year in Docneto’s Professional life — 2022

I spent a lot of my 2022 professional life travelling and doing a lot of speaking and events. It started out in January with the techpoint event where I was on a panel speaking about healthcare. I also got to judge the health startup competition and attend the award show…

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A year in Docneto’s Professional life — 2022
A year in Docneto’s Professional life — 2022

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Apr 4, 2022

African Giant, Global Midget

It’s 11 pm on a wet and blustery Saturday night in a coastal city on the west coast of Ireland. Near the Waterfront in the city stands a non-descript pub similar to the hundred others that dot the city. Inside are the usual late-night revellers enjoying their favourite tipple. The…

Afrobeat

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African Giant, Global Midget
African Giant, Global Midget
Afrobeat

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Dec 31, 2021

My 10 Personal Lessons from 2021

2021 was arguably my most difficult year personally but also my best year as an entrepreneur. With this contradictory experience came a lot of lessons. Here are 10 I find useful to note and share. Understand that there are very little guarantees in life. In-fact I can count only 2…

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My 10 Personal Lessons from 2021
My 10 Personal Lessons from 2021

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Dec 16, 2021

Nigerian health tech and the VC funding gender gap?

Much has been rightfully made of the gender gap in VC funded startups in Africa. >80% of VC funding has accrued to male-only founding teams as illustrated by Max from “The big deal.” This data often gets the retort, at least on social media, of ‘fund more women’. This is…

Tech

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Nigerian health tech and the VC funding gender gap?
Nigerian health tech and the VC funding gender gap?
Tech

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Jul 31, 2020

The New Marketing Trend Propelling Nigerian Digital health Adoption

Health technology in Nigeria has been bedeviled with poor adoption over the years. Early companies in the space started in the EHR space and targeted health providers. Companies such as Saboath Technologies and integrated medics, who had an early start in the EHR business are either now in zombie mode…

Health

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The New Marketing Trend Propelling Nigerian Digital health Adoption
The New Marketing Trend Propelling Nigerian Digital health Adoption
Health

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Published in Digital Health Nigeria

·May 27, 2020

Health Tech Entrepreneurs Must Be Patient — Autopsy of a failed Nigerian health tech Startup

First published on July 13 2017 on the Digital Health Nigeria website. Editor’s note — This is an interview with a founder of a now-failed health tech startup meditell, funded by a Lagos-based incubator and was active between 2014 and 2015. He gives plenty of insights and lessons to learn…

Startup

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Health Tech Entrepreneurs Must Be Patient — Autopsy of a failed Nigerian health tech Startup
Health Tech Entrepreneurs Must Be Patient — Autopsy of a failed Nigerian health tech Startup
Startup

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Apr 20, 2020

The Sprint Within a Marathon —4 Thoughts on Telemedicine in a COVID-19 World

Back in December of 2018, I got tired of the high number of new telemedicine startups that kept launching in Nigeria. This was mostly because their predecessors had either pivoted, closed shop or became zombies. This lead to me writing a digital health newsletter with the title, ‘One too many’…

Nigeria

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The Sprint Within a Marathon —4 Thoughts on Telemedicine in a COVID-19 World
The Sprint Within a Marathon —4 Thoughts on Telemedicine in a COVID-19 World
Nigeria

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Published in Digital Health Nigeria

·Jan 9, 2020

2019 in Nigerian Health tech and Trends to Watch for in 2020

It’s now becoming a tradition at the end of every year and the start of the next for me to look over the preceding year in African health tech and suggest some trends for the next year. You may review the last 2 editions here and here. As this year…

Health Technology

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2019 in Nigerian Health tech and Trends to Watch for in 2020
2019 in Nigerian Health tech and Trends to Watch for in 2020
Health Technology

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Nov 29, 2019

No-Fuss Malaria Care for Nigerians Visiting from the Diaspora

Back in the summer, Bayo and I were over in Austin, Texas for the prestigious technology startup accelerator program, Techstars. We’d gotten accepted on the back of the work we were doing with wellahealth to make healthcare more affordable for the average African. …

Health

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No-Fuss Malaria Care for Nigerians Visiting from the Diaspora
No-Fuss Malaria Care for Nigerians Visiting from the Diaspora
Health

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Oct 3, 2019

Never Waste A Death

In 2012, Savita, a young pregnant Indian lady attended a hospital in the west of Ireland. She’d presented with back pain and was subsequently found to be miscarrying. After some time in hospital, she began to shiver, shake and vomit. She subsequently collapsed and was found to have an infection…

Health

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A Death Must Never be Wasted
A Death Must Never be Wasted
Health

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