Nigeria - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Agents Model Telemedicine is a tech based solution to increase access to quality healthcare, primarily in rural areas with Telemedicine delivered to end-users via the agencies of existing skilled and semiskilled health workers in underserved places.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

We will pool Yoruba speaking Doctors on an online resource to deliver medical services to rural areas that are otherwise without such quality of trained professionals. With the use of a smartphone in the minimum, an agent is able to set up a video conferencing appointment of a patient with a medical doctor. The end-users are largely without smartphones and the agents fill in this gap, like we have agents for Telcos, POS and INEC BVAS. However these agents will be hosted in 'healthcare' centres to facilitate a comprehensive telehealth service like drug dispensing or recording vitals. Community Health Workers in Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) and Patent Medicine Sellers who serve these population largely will be able to facilitate medical consultation for the patients in few clicks. We will cater also to non rural settings without the use of agents. The rural "health posts"(agents premises) will subscribe to this paid service as an added value of their proposition in their communities.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Mitigate the deficiency arising from the inadequate patients to doctor ratio, Nigerian average is 1 Doctor to 6000 of the population, which is getting worse with the economic exodus. Villages don't stand a chance of retaining qualified Doctors. We will teleport their service to the villages. We will reduce hospital visits by sieving appointments to needful ones. We will improve early diagnosis by timely medical review of incidences by a professional.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

Early diagnosis - at a beck villagers cans be properly informed about their medical complaints. Cost of transport - monies spent on traveling to see Doctors at nearest secondary healthcares centres are marginally saved. There are some of such visits that are unnecessary. Quality Service - quacks run amok in rural settings where there are no available professionals but with this, quackery is demarketed and reworked to up referrals.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Dwellers in rural places of Ekiti State as pilot. The stats says an average Ekiti citizen lives 5km from the nearest health centres and 27% travel . With this solution, the healthpost will move closer. The patients are better off. Also, with our solution, people in urbanised areas can leverage Telemedicine to reduce hospital visits and avoid self medication.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-02-02

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

5

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

3

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

John Oluwadero, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Delaware. He had his childhood in rural areas of Ekiti as a child of nomadic cleric. He has successfully executed intervention programs via his organisation BNI among many others. Also formerly a practicing Pharmacist in suburban Ekiti State. Olajumoke Oyeyemi, event planner resident in Ado Ekiti, she manages an e-commerce business, also a Product Manager. Esther Bamisaye, Product Manager, resident in Ado Ekiti. Wuraola Ekundayo, entrepreneur and a Product Manager resident in Ado Ekiti. Erioluwa Segun-Dipe, a seasoned digital marketer and Product Manager resident in Ado Ekiti. Olusegun Ojo, a software developer with over 10 years experience building python applications.

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

f) Healthcare (healthcare equipment and services)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

5

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

By increasing access to quality healthcare with early diagnosis and efficient follow up, we are able to improve productivity of farmers and other rural workers. This preserves families from sickness-precipitated economic downturns.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

5

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

Increased productivity for farmers directly translate to increased food production from manufacturing end of the supply chain. This is essential in preserving food security.

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

By bringing quality medical service to rural areas, we are significantly increasing the health and wellbeing of hitherto underserved places. We will increase early diagnosis and prompt referral for specialized services. We will also lower quack practice by creating credible alternative and reworking existing structures yielded to such.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

4

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

2

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

3

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

3

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Full and productive employment relies on sound health, by increasing access to overall quality of care, we are able to ensure full and productive employment for villagers whose livelihood relies on physical agility.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

5

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

By introducing Telemedicine and to other tweaks to tackle the multisided challenges quality healthcare availability faces especially in rural areas, it is doubtless an innovation that has immediate.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

6

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

We are aiming to redistribute availability of medical personnel who are mostly concentrated in the urban areas, where they are insufficient also. By our telemedicine, we are able to cater to the forgotten ones.

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

One of the hallmarks of a well planned community will be healthcare or hospitals. We are building healthcare service in otherwise forgotten areas to include the work to me.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

2

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

2

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

2

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

5

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Health is the bedrock of all other human endeavours and actualisation of SGDs. Improving the quality of life of our target population strengthens the actualisation of other SDGs that are beyond our direct reach or scope.

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

5

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

4

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

2

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

6

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

2

05.08 Justification

Telemedicine is not new but delivering Telemedicine among those not on internet is innovative.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Quacks who practice beyond their skills in those villages but they are necessities to the villagers. A credible alternative will give them a run for their money, moreso we plan to absorb them.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?