Kenya - Startup under 3 years old

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A dental facility focused on providing comprehensive oral healthcare with a patient centered approach. We aim to combine state of the art technology, experienced professionals and an inviting environment ensuring highest quality services for all.

01.01 Décrivez votre startup en détail

The facility is a pioneering startup aimed at transforming oral healthcare in Kenya founded by two female dentists. With a deep passion for improving oral health, they are committed to bridging the significant gaps existing in dental care access and quality in the region. They bring years of experience, training and deep commitment to the practice. Their passion stems from professional dedication and experiences that drive them to address the existing disparities in oral healthcare in the country. With a mission to provide excellent dental healthcare services with state of the art equipment and a vision to be the most preferred dental Centre in Africa, we strive to ensure provision of a wide array of oral healthcare services while creating a community where everyone regardless of their socioeconomic status can achieve and maintain excellent oral health. Innovative approaches, community outreach/education, affordable care initiatives are among strategies employed for this.

01.02 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

The significant disparity in access to quality oral healthcare is one of the major problems we hope to solve. Many areas in our country especially the rural suffer from lack of access to adequate dental care leading to high prevalence of oral healthcare conditions that are otherwise preventable. We hope to be able to provide comprehensive, affordable and accessible dental care as well community oral health education programs. One of our goals is to be able to acquire a mobile dental unit to facilitate in ensuring we solve some of these problems in the community.

01.03 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service fourni par votre startup (au moins 3).

The major benefits include provision of comprehensive oral health care and dental treatment involving patient history, examination, investigations and diagnosis. Patient centered approach, specialized dental services such as cosmtic treatment, implants and orthodontic treatment. Affordable dental care with flexible payment plans, preventive focus in oral healthcare and enabling improved access to oral healthcare to help reduce oral health burden in the Kenyan population.

01.04 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adresse le produit/service de votre startup. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

The underserved populations in both the rural and urban setting of our country. children, adolescents, families, schools and educational institutions, cooperates, patients that are differently enabled, those with history of dental phobia and anxiety, the elderly. Our hope is anyone despite their socioeconomic status and background is able to access oral healthcare services from us and have their dental needs addressed.

01.05 Quand votre entreprise a-t-elle été créée ?

11/08/2024

01.06 Vendez-vous déjà votre produit/service ?

Oui

01.07 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires de votre entreprise en plus de vous ?

1

01.08 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

1

01.09 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre startup (compétences, expérience, etc.).

Dr. Clara Njoroge, the other founder is a committed dentist with ability to provide exceptional and gentle dental care. She is grounded by the core values of excellence, team work, accountability and reverence to God. She is compassionate and endeavors to ensure patient centered services of utmost quality standards. An inspiration to me and others in the dental field, she serves as an example of female capability in the dental field as well as in entrepreneurship. She is an experienced dentist with additional skills in the specialty field of orthodontic dental care. She stands as an exemplary member of our team and one of our founders.

01.10 Si vous avez un site web, une page sur les médias sociaux (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin...) ou une application, veuillez fournir le(s) lien(s) ici :

https://dentmindkaren.co.ke

01.11 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre entreprise ?

Soins de santé (équipements et services de santé)

02.01.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

we contribute by providing affordable dental care to all, flexible payment plans especially for the specialized services. job creation through recruitment and hiring, fair wages and benefits for our staff members. ensuring improved healthcare outcomes to ensure wellbeing for all individuals thus maintaining their productivity and economic activity. addressing oral health problems promptly help reduce absenteeism from work and school which can cause a great negative impact on ones productivity, income and educational progress. these serve to empower the general population help enable them to be at their optimal productive state ensuring ease in participating in economic activities that serve to cut off poverty.

02.02.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

5

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Through provision of our services, we mitigate some of the oral conditions that may make it difficult to feed such as dental pain, tooth loss among others. As part of our comprehensive dental care services, we provide patient education on proper nutrition and diet counselling both as preventive measure as well as ensuring general wellbeing of our patients and the general population. our treatment integration and care looks at the patient as whole.

02.03.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

this is through the services that we offer. by offering preventive oral care, dental restorative treatments, Specialized dental services such as cosmetic dental treatment that play a role in health in general, patient education to empower them to take charge of their general wellbeing with oral health being part of that. education to our patients on the role of oral health to general systemic health and how some condition such as diabetes can be influenced by the status of ones oral health. The world health organization describes health as being mental, physical and emotion. We strive to look at our patients as a whole to ensure we serve them as per this description. This is achievable through our holistic patient centered approach of care.

02.04.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Éducation de Qualité'

5

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

through community outreach programs, we demistify the myths about oral healthcare and provide scientific facts on oral health and its impact to the well being of a population. as we expand, we hope to train and offer programs on community oral health. we hope to set up programs that enable us to partner with educational institutions to ensure the right information is given to the younger population on oral health and entrepreneurship skills. In our facility we ensure to provide the right information with scientific backing to our patients ensuring they are well informed and participate in decision making towards treatment plans tailored for them.

02.05.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Our founders, being two qualified female dentists, serve as an example on the capability of women in different fields including the dental field and entrepreneurship. We also strive to ensure gender equality during recruitment and hiring

02.06.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

5

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

our role in this is through community education on safe and clean water for cooking and drinking. we also advocate for policies to ensure safe and clean water provision. with the huge impact that fluoride has on dental development, we promote ensuring use of clean fresh water. we encourage our policy makers to work towards ensuring water safety, especially borehole water in which a lot of members of our population have been affected by dental fluorosis as result of high fluoride content in borehole waters.

02.07.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

3

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.08.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

5

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

As we grow, we work towards promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth. We ensure decent working hours and remuneration for all our staff and maintain productive hiring . Through provision of our services, we mitigate conditions that may negatively impact the productivity levels and promote absenteeism at working institutions and educational facilities. we believe a s a business and through our services we promote economic growth and winning this grant will aid us greatly in our our impact towards sustainable growth.

02.09.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovation et Infrastructure'

4

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

The advanced dental equipment used at our facility requires routine maintenance and servicing. By working and partnering with local biomedical engineers, we are fostering inclusivity and industrialization while offering opportunities to build long-lasting partnerships.

02.10.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

6

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

oral healthcare services are considered to be very expensive and a luxury only accessible to the rich and well off in our country. we continuously work towards raising awareness on the importance of oral health for all. our services are tailored for everyone with access and affordability being one of our main goals in how we serve. we strive towards ensuring everyone regardless of their socioeconomic status, background, gender

02.11.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

5

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

our focus is oral healthcare for all with a special attention to the underserved both within the urban areas and the rural areas of our region. this will ensure we can achieve one of our goals where oral healthcare is accessible to all. We hope by winning the grant, we shall be able to achieve a nd sustain this goal.

02.12.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsables'

6

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

we ensure this through utilization of digital records, usage of biodegradable and recyclable office supplies, acquisition of machines that are energy efficient reducing on consumption of power, proper waste disposition with clear guidelines on segregation of waste, sustainable procurements such as local sourcing and buying dental materials that are environmentally friendly. Through oral health education, we provide our patients with environmentally friendly tips while still promoting oral health and well being.

02.13.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques'

5

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

by utilizing new innovative ways to offer our services while minimizing our negative impact on the climate. These include digitizing our operations to minimize on paperwork, utilization of digital and advanced machines that reduce wastage of production of harmful waste products such as in with some of our dental materials. Through this grant we can also invest in more advanced equipment such as digital intraoral scanners minimizing our usage of plastic materials to record dental impressions.

02.14.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

3

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

02.15.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

3

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Through ensuring we follow proper waste disposal guidelines and working with certified waste management companies to dispose off clinical and office waste

02.16.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

4

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

we provide oral healthcare services for all without any bias or discrimination based on socioeconomic background, gender or disability, we believe everyone in our region and the world at large has a right to access good and quality healthcare services .

02.17.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

5

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

The founders are trained clinicians. However, we hope to partner with other entrepreneurs to broaden our skills in other fields and how we impact each other to ensure sustainable growth in our region. one of the ways this challenge can help us is through coaching and training in this regard. we are open to learning and guidance as we venture into new aspects of our field while still promoting oral healthcare for all. This is also achievable through our participation networking forums and conferences to learn on strategies that can enable entrepreneurial success. we also work towards global partnership to discover new and innovative ways of maintaining quality in our field of service through, working with manufacturers of dental equipment and learning new technologies that we can employ.

06.01 Un grand nombre de clients utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire au nôtre.

3

06.02 Notre produit/service représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

2

06.03 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

3

06.04 Notre produit/service est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

5

06.05 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.06 Notre produit/service répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

6

06.07 Notre produit/service est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

3

06.08 Justification

our services are an extension of existing dental services, however our approach in provision of these services make us unique. we ensure a friendly environment at our facility without down grading on quality care standards as defined by medical boards and the ministry of health. We strive to look at the patient as whole to ensure all rounded care and partner with other healthcare providers to ensure general wellbeing of all our patients. we keep working towards acquisition of advanced dental equipment and technologies that set us apart to ensure highest level of care with efficiency and quality in mind.

06.09 Analyse compétitive

Our main competitors are well established dental clinics, government dental facilities and other private practitioners. we stand out in various aspects such as through our founders who bring in their passion for oral healthcare and their expertise in the matter, our strong emphasis on the underserved population to ensure everyone regardless of their socioeconomic status receives quality dental care. we also focus on a comprehensive and personalized oral healthcare approach in provision of our services with a patient centered approach. support and promotion of female entrepreneurship is another aspect that sets us apart. leveraging and technological advancement in dentistry is another way we ensure to stand out.

11.05 Menez-vous des actions au sein de votre communauté pour promouvoir le rôle des femmes entrepreneurs ?

By having two female founders that hope to serve as an example and inspire other women in the field to venture into entrepreneurship. We also hope create mentorship programs for young females especially doctors to promote their capability as young entrepreneurs. Part of our business plan is to also collaborate with women's organizations to promote oral health and foster entrepreneurship for women as our startup grows. we also foster female entrepreneurship through our recruitment practices by prioritizing women as well as supporting the professional development of those we hire and hope to hire in future as we grow. By our actions, we hope to contribute to a shift towards a greater acceptance and support for female entrepreneurs.