CEO & Founder @MedixusHealth. No.10 Innovation Fellow @NHSEngland via @10DowningStreet Product person. Healthtech. Yoga. Entrepreneurship 🇳🇬 Views my own.
London, England|Nairobi, Kenya
Joined June 2012
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Inspiring all female panel discussion this morning.
#GlobalMajority participating in research trials means richer data to improve patient care. Trust needs to be rebuilt.
Importance of:
➡️relationships
➡️coproduction
➡️transparency
➡️honestly
What a way to start the day💥
En route to @NHSConfed #NHSConfedExpo 🌞
If you’re up *bright and early*, come to my breakfast session on « Inclusivity and inequalities: the future of clinical trials » hosted by @moderna_tx with @cjallison16, Jameka Hill, @NicoleKayode & Rebecca Clark.
Will be fun. Promise
Today is my last official day as a @10DowningStreet Innovation Fellow in Health. Learned a lot, grew a lot, more dedicated than ever to the health agenda.
Top lesson: innovation is not always 'stuff' but it is always people. Especially in health.
The work continues.
Nairobi folks - I'm in town! Let me know if you're around for a catch up - pop me a DM, always keen for a ☕️ or two!
Very important and well summarised thread from @daktari1 - why African nations need autonomous health security and the harsh reality of so called "orphan" diseases - until they hit the West. Worth a read.
A thread: Why Africa needs ownership of its health security 👇🏾
Despite @AfricaCDC recording 10000 monkeypox cases & 600 deaths in 2 yrs (20/21), @WHO stockpiled vaccines were only mobilised when monkeypox was identified in far fewer cases and no deaths in rich countries in 2022
ALT The Numbers shown in the chart for Africa are for 2022 only!
Drinks with a dream crew of folks changing the game. Big visions, big plans...watch this space and these people! #anafricanfuture #vc #innovators
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This quote lives rent free in my 🧠"...the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being [...] None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing." - Toni Morrison
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Twitter: where is the best place to find senior devs in Kenya? Talk to me! #softwaredevelopment #healthtech #hiring
Medixus is growing! We're hiring a bunch of roles - if you're interested (you should be!) then click the link below to find out more.
Purpose driven? Interested in health?
Open to candidates across Africa, w/ a preference for Kenya/Nigeria.
#hiring #healthcaretech #devroles
We're hiring for lots of roles at Medixus - ten to be precise! 4/10 are in our Product team, we're looking for:
- Head of Software Engineering
- Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
- Data Scientist
- Senior Product Manager
APPLY: angel.co/company/medixus/job…
#hiring #healthtech
"Diverse" has become a ridiculous synonym for "non-white"
A person is not "of diverse heritage" neither is a person "diverse" - it's okay to say Black, Muslim, Indian etc. Really.
If you struggle to say those words, reflect on your own associations with them.
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Gorgeous thread on representation in health, the impact on patients and general loveliness - more power to you @PrestonIgweMD!
A quick story. I’m on ambulatory medicine at the VA. Yesterday I went to get a patient from the waiting room. A Black man who served in Vietnam. When I introduced myself as Dr. Igwe, he gave me a very strange look. I asked if I had the wrong person, but he said “no, that’s me”.
Really interesting thread (from someone who is actually qualified 🌟🦄) on the evolution of covid thus far, how its evolutionary pattern has differed from other seasonal coronaviruses & flu and what this might mean going forward... worth a read!
Some thoughts on the evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 so far, how it compares to other viruses, and what might happen next... 1/
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My best friend is presenting on @BBCR1 tonight - tune in, she's amazing: impeccable music taste, unrivaled funny levels and all round stellar human. Very proud of you, now and always @iamEmmaLou
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Does anyone know of UK VCs who invest in Africa (and actually invest vs saying they have an interest)? Who are the best funds at the moment? @Daudex I feel like you might have this somewhere 😃 #africaninvestment #VentureCapital
Great morning speaking alongside @OnyekaOnline and @joeblairkey with the Government Non-Exec Leads and sharing our impressions, experiences and 'so-whats' vis-a-vis innovation in gvt thus far in the only way I know how: with radical candour!
W/C 6/12
Officially stepping into the second quarter as a #No10InnovationFellow. This morning, I was joined by @NicoleKayode & @joeblairkey, sharing our experience of #GovernmentInnovation so far to the board of Non-Executive Directors #Tweeknotes
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W/C 6/12
Officially stepping into the second quarter as a #No10InnovationFellow. This morning, I was joined by @NicoleKayode & @joeblairkey, sharing our experience of #GovernmentInnovation so far to the board of Non-Executive Directors #Tweeknotes
An absolute privilege to have an intimate chat with the formidable @DawnButlerBrent & @OnyekaOnline (who organised the meeting - thank you!)
Exceptionally sage advice from one long term change-maker to two relatively new ones. @DawnButlerBrent does this make us friends now!?🥰
Had the pleasure of meeting Tom in Côte d'Ivoire in 2017 where he kindly took some amazing photos during my first 'big stage' talk about Medixus at the EU-Africa Business Forum. Lovely, talented photographer and hard worker. If you're in Lagos please reach out 👇🏽👇🏽
A company I'm advising for is hiring big time for Nigerian devs 👩🏾💻- DM if you know super talented Full Stack React Node.Js developers and or Senior Angular developers. @forLoopNigeria @Cc_HUB @TalentQL @forloopAfrica
Already been an incredibly unique and insightful experience. A real privilege to see behind the scenes of gvt at all levels. The great talent working tirelessly across the civil service with the genuine aim of making lives better. Thank you @arfh, @DrJenGold and co for this
So from October 2020 to May 2021 I led the first ever @number10gov Innovation Fellowship programme. It was one of the most challenging roles I've ever had but I'm proud that I managed to recruit such an amazing diverse cohort. digitalpeople.blog.gov.uk/20…
