Is it Easy to Found a Healthcare Startup in Africa?

I have a degree in computer engineering and have worked for 8 years as a financial accountant, for the last 4 years I have spent my life investing heavily in the stock market and Cryptocurrencies. I have been a business influence through social media in my country, I gained a small reputation in that regard, but my goal was to follow with all my projects in the portfolio, and one of them was to found a Startup of health education, to take the society in general, but with priority to the neediest, to take more care of their health and prevent possible future situations that may compromise their health.

“For some, a project like this should involve an amount of investment, several sponsors, and countless influences from TV accesses. “ But is this exactly what is needed to make a project go ahead?

I started my project with personal financing, and at first, I studied the greatest needs of the society that guarantees it, and I was able to understand up to what point I can reach and help with whatever I can. As in general startups are based on digital services, I built a schedule that could take this base in two ways, one digital and one physical. In my process, I will hire a group of committed young people with the same passion that I have, and then they will be deployed to do the fieldwork. Of course, I will also be with them in 99% of the field activities that are performed, except if I am traveling or on forced labor which makes it impossible for me to participate for a whole month.

The Startup will distribute worm-proofing material, infectious inserts, and some painkillers that do not need a doctor’s recommendation, and through this process, we will pass on basic recommendations on how to maintain a healthier life even without having to contact a doctor or go to a hospital.

The question that must be asked is: is it easy to start a health startup in Africa?

Yes, it is easier than we imagine, and it doesn’t need millions and millions of dollars. If we get together and start, we can do more for the needy society and we can prevent various diseases and epidemics coming shortly.

In my trajectory of studying society, I have found that the only thing missing is the will of those with possibilities to start with actions, the people don’t need much, and if we start with health, we can help people to take more care of their activities in an active way, after all, they can see what is preventive and what is not. We have a habit of closing ourselves off and sticking to the class of those with the highest value, and this makes it impossible for us to start a beneficial project that helps society.

During these 4 years as an investor I could learn that there are levels of investors, and the fact that someone who manages millions can’t start a project if he doesn’t have millions, doesn’t mean that you who manage thousands can’t start a sustainable project, we can do a lot with little funding, and the decision is only up to us, just like success, it is a decision and only you can decide if you want to start or not.

It is possible to start any project with a little less than a few dollars.