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

Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business - A podcast by Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju

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Technology

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.

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:

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    • Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

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  • Small win: Back playing basketball regularly after 18 months out
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