It’s been a year since General Electric, the world’s Digital Industrial Company and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship announced their partnership to support social entrepreneurs solving maternal and child health problems in sub-Saharan Africa.
The aim was to support a training and mentoring program for social entrepreneurs through GE’s healthymagination Mother & Child program.
They began by attending a three-day, in-person workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, followed by a six-month online program accompanied by weekly, in-depth mentoring from Silicon Valley-based executives. The program helped the entrepreneurs acquire business fundamentals, improve their strategic thought processes and articulate a business plan that demonstrates impact, growth and long-term financial sustainability.
14 social entrepreneurs graduated from its healthymagination Mother and Child Program, where they pitched to an audience of potential investors at a “Premier Pitch” event held yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya. The list of the social entrepreneurs include :
- Dr. Daphne Ngunjiri (Kenya) – Access Afya.
- Habib Anwar and Zubaida Bai (Kenya) – ayzh.
- Pratap Kumar (Kenya) – Health-E-Net.
- Steve Alred Adudans (Kenya) – Hewa Tele.
- Stefanie Weiland (Uganda, Burundi, and DRC) – LifeNet International.
- Julius Mbeya and Ash Lauren Rogers (Kenya) – Lwala Community Alliance.
- Brian Iredale (Uganda) – Nurture Africa.
- Dr. Segun Ebitanmi (Nigeria) – Outreach Medical Services.
- Cobby Amoah (Ghana) – Peach Health.
- Olufemi Sunmonu (Nigeria) – PurpleSource Healthcare.
- Yohans Emiru (Ethiopia) – Telemed Medical Services.
- Natalie Angell-Besseling (Uganda) – The Shanti Uganda Society.
- Anne Gildea (Kenya) – Village Hopecore International.
- Tyler Nelson (Rwanda) – Health Builders.
