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

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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:

African Health care status & context
Helium Health founding and early history
Fundraising & Growth
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
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:

Recommendation: Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape: From Wage Slavery to Wealth: Amazing!
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Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

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Small win: Back playing basketball regularly after 18 months out
Other content: Managing in an Age of Modularity

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