AGENDA

2026 BISE startup investees

Aditya Peri

Associate Director

Boehringer Ingelheim Social Engagement, Boehringer Ingelheim

Aditya is an Associate Director,Boehringer Ingelheim and a seasoned impact investor focused on advancing healthcare access in emerging markets. Over the course of his career, he has worked globally leading investments, fundraising efforts, and innovative financing initiatives that support high-impact businesses and sustainable development. With expertise spanning impact investing, blended finance, healthcare innovation, and strategic advisory, Aditya is committed to building partnerships and investment models that create both measurable social impact and long-term value.

Adrian Setz

Associate Data Scientist, IT Enterprise Data & Platforms

Boehringer Ingelheim

Adrian Setz is an Associate Data Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim with a focus on Data Science, AI, and digital innovation. He specializes in making emerging technologies understandable, tangible, and actionable for non-technical audiences. By translating complex concepts into practical applications, he enables colleagues to confidently leverage AI in their everyday work, sparking innovation and helping turn technological potential into real business value that ultimately supports better outcomes for patients worldwide.

Alexandra van der Ploeg

Vice President Europe

Tent Partnership for Refugees

Alexandra was, until recently, the Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at SAP – setting their strategic direction to “help the world run better and improving people’s lives”. Alongside strategic partnerships and programs to deliver sustainable social impact and long-term business value, she also oversaw corporate giving, volunteerism and – her particular passion – the development of multi-stakeholder partnerships. Since joining SAP in 1999, Alexandra developed and managed global CSR programs, such as building an infrastructure for social business in Haiti or the pro-bono volunteering programs like the SAP Social Sabbatical Portfolio – as well as co-hosting the Corporate Leadership Council at the Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship.

Alexia Bourguet

Sustainability and Client Engagement Lead

Foxway

Alexia is Sustainability and Client Engagement Lead at tech services provider Foxway, working with their Sustainability and Sales teams to promote circularity in tech through take-back programs, Device-as-a-Service and remanufactured devices. Her goal is to help businesses embed sustainable practices into their strategies and daily operations with clear, actionable steps.

Alonso Ortiz Galan

Director, Corporate Impact Investing

Global Impact Investing Network

Alonso Ortiz Galan serves as Director of Corporate Impact Investing for the GIIN, leading the Corporate Impact Investing Initiative and helping companies find collaborators, tools, and resources that help them advance their sustainability goals through impact investment strategies. He has developed various programs across sectors and themes, such as a corporate responsibility unit at New Ventures and fair-trade public programs at Mexico’s Ministry of Culture. He has also worked for international organizations, including the OECD and the United Nations Foundation.

Amr Abodraiaa

Co-Founder and CEO

Rology

Amr is Co-Founder and CEO of Rology, a leading FDA-cleared and AI-assisted teleradiology platform addressing the radiologist shortage in Africa and the Middle East. His leadership has helped to expand their services, further leveraging AI to improve rapid and accurate diagnoses. Prior to this role, Amr co-founded the medical software house TownSoft, and is both personally and professionally passionate about the applications of AI and emerging tech within healthcare to help underserved regions.

Dr. Andre Coetzer

CEO

Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)

Dr. Andre Coetzer is Chief Executive Officer at the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), bringing over a decade of hands-on experience in advancing rabies elimination efforts across resource-limited countries. More specifically, designing, implementing, and managing technology-driven solutions to the critical challenges that governments and local community stakeholders face. With a proven track record of building strategic partnerships across Africa and Asia, Dr. Coetzer specializes in creating sustainable and scalable programs that make a lasting impact – combining innovation, collaboration, and an in-depth understanding of local contexts to empower stakeholders and drive meaningful change in the fight against rabies.

Andrea Coleman

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Riders for Health

Andrea Coleman is a pioneering social entrepreneur who has spent more than 30 years transforming healthcare delivery in rural Africa. As co-founder of Riders for Health and founder of Two Wheels for Life, she demonstrated that professional transport management is fundamental to strong health systems. Drawing on her background in motorsport, Andrea built partnerships with governments, global health organisations and the motorcycle community to deliver life-saving healthcare to millions through reliable, professionally managed vehicles. Her work has earned international recognition, including Women of the Year and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, alongside fellowships with Skoll, Ashoka, Schwab, Catalyst 2030 and the Elders Council.

Andrea Escobar H.

Executive Director

Soydoy

Andrea is a Colombian social entrepreneur, dedicated to the social innovation ecosystem. As co-founder of Soydoy, she has spent 17 years promoting healthy, sustainable, and accessible nutrition, impacting over 97,000 Colombians. Andrea was the She Is Foundation’s Woman of the Year in Health 2024, and received the Special Mention Award for Women + Leadership + Health from Mpodera in Salud by Afidro. She is an Ashoka Fellow, Acumen Fellow, and the Global Good Fund’s Fellow of the Year 2018. She has positioned nutrition as a cornerstone of disease prevention and sustainable development, transforming the communities she impacts.

Andrew Gwadiva

Associate Director, BISE

Boehringer Ingelheim

Andrew serves as Associate Director of the Boehringer Ingelheim Social Engagement Fund, an impact investing vehicle backing social businesses that deliver health solutions to underserved communities. He also leads the company's investment readiness programs. His experience spans the full investment cycle - from sourcing and deal structuring to post-investment support - across a range of sectors. Over the past decade, Andrew has built a strong track record in emerging and frontier markets, holding senior leadership positions at leading funds and ensuring that processes, platforms and partnerships make capital move with intention.

Antonia Bryant

Project Manager

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

Antonia Bryant designs and manages complex global health programs in partnership with governments, foundations and the private sector. With more than ten years of experience across sub-Saharan Africa, she has contributed to multi-stakeholder initiatives that strengthen health systems, foster cross-sector collaboration and support sustainable organizational structures. Prior to joining GIZ, she spent over eight years at Merck KGaA, supporting international public health initiatives focused on neglected tropical diseases. With an academic background in Cultural Anthropology and Intercultural Management, Antonia brings a systems perspective to building resilient organizations, partnerships and health ecosystems in challenging environments.

Anushree Banerji

Senior Manager, Strategy and Partnerships

Grand Challenges Canada

Anushree is a Senior Manager on the Strategy and Partnerships team at Grand Challenges Canada—a leading impact-first investor deploying the full capital stack to accelerate the scale of innovations. Before joining GCC, she worked on delivering digital health projects, gaining first-hand experience of resource-constrained healthcare systems. She holds a BA in Economics and an MPhil in International Development.

Prof. Arcangelo Gentile

Full Professor of Farm Animals Internal Medicine

Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna

Since graduating from the University of Bologna in 1986 – with the highest honors and three awards to his credit – Prof. Gentile has gone on to teach at the University, publish over 200 papers, and work at the highest levels of international veterinary medicine. He has been President of the European College of Bovine Health Management, General Secretary of the Mediterranean Federation for Health and Production of Ruminants and is a member of the executive committee of Vétérinaires Sans Frontières in Italy. He advises the Italian Ministry of Health and has a deep interest in not-for-profit veterinary medicine in Africa. He is president of the NFP association Vets for Africa and has worked on solidarity and capacity building projects in Tanzania, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Burundi.

Dr. Armin Wiesler

Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Animal Health Business Unit

Boehringer Ingelheim

Dr. Armin Wiesler is a member of the Board of Managing Directors, with responsibility for the Animal Health Business Unit since October 2024. He has extensive international leadership experience in strategic roles across both Human Pharma and Animal Health sectors and is known for his collaborative and cross-functional approach. With his comprehensive knowledge of the animal health industry, deep commercial expertise and proven track record of success, he is currently leading the global Animal Health Business at Boehringer Ingelheim. Armin holds a Doctorate and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Freiburg, Germany

Arnaud Mourot

VP

Ashoka & Changemaker Companies Founder

Since launching Ashoka in France, Belgium, and Switzerland in 2005, Arnaud has played a key role in positioning social entrepreneurship in Europe. He founded Ashoka Changemaker Companies to accelerate social innovation and foster a changemaking culture across multinational companies. A former Olympic wrestler and graduate of ESCP Business School, Arnaud also founded and chairs Play International. He has supported multiple social enterprises focused on inclusion and employment and continues to champion purpose-driven business leadership.

Ashley Atieno Ogonda

Producer

Al Jazeera

Ashley is a Producer at AJ+ within media outlet Al Jazeera, specializing in compelling storytelling focused on the global south – which ranges from cultural explainer content through to impactful reporting on Gaza. Having previously worked with the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 News, her work has been seen by millions, balancing impactful journalism with audience-driven digital strategy to craft news that cuts to the heart of complicated topics.

Astrik Karapetian

Global Head of Social and Environmental Impact

Beiersdorf

Astrik is Global Head of Social & Environmental Impact at Beiersdorf. Drawing on 17 years of international legal experience, she leads corporate responsibility and sustainability initiatives that advance business impact while empowering people and communities. Throughout her career, she has championed women’s empowerment, co-founding two professional female networks.

Augusto Muench

Chief Sustainability Officer

Boehringer Ingelheim

Augusto Muench leads global sustainability at Boehringer Ingelheim, overseeing ESG governance and the “Sustainable Development for Generations (SD4G)” agenda. With over 25 years at the company, he has held senior leadership roles across Latin America and Asia, including President & CEO positions in multiple regions. He is a strong advocate for sustainable health systems, integrating sustainability into business strategy and fostering cross-sector partnerships.

Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh

Head of the Philips Foundation

Dr. Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh is Head of Philips Foundation, where he leads the strategic use of grants, impact investing and Philips’ health technology expertise to expand access to healthcare in underserved communities. With over 25 years of experience across healthcare innovation, social entrepreneurship and systems change, including senior roles with the United Nations and Philips in Africa, Bahaa Eddine focuses on scalable, locally embedded solutions that deliver measurable health impact. He is recognized for building high-impact partnerships, advancing inclusive health investments and supporting ventures that combine social impact with financial sustainability.

Ben Kamarck

Chief Access Officer

reach52 Pte Ltd.

Ben is reach52’s Chief Access Officer, supporting access to affordable medicines in Africa and India. His first work in this field, principally in East and South-East Asia, was with Roche. He launched the Clinton Health Access Initiative’s HCV program in Asia. At Gilead Sciences, he partnered with governments to improve access to medicines and build public health programs. At Novartis, he supported improved access to innovative product, and advised the Indonesian government. After studying International Politics at Georgetown, Ben earned an MBA from INSEAD and an MPH from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Bernice Brempong

Presidential Staffer, Health and Pharmaceuticals

Office of the President, Republic of Ghana

Dr. Bernice Makafui Brempong is a distinguished pharmacist, entrepreneur, and policy advisor at the forefront of healthcare innovation in Ghana. She currently serves as Presidential Staffer in Charge of Health and Pharmaceuticals at the Office of the President, where she leads national policy initiatives, regulatory oversight, and strategic reforms in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. With a Doctor of Pharmacy from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, an MSc in Entrepreneurship from University College London, and a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Ghana, Dr. Brempong bridges clinical expertise with business innovation to advance sustainable healthcare solutions. Her leadership has been recognised with numerous accolades, including the 2025 Ghana Women of Excellence Silver Award and inclusion in the 2023 list of 50 Most Influential Women in Ghana. She has also contributed to key public health research and was instrumental in the adoption of Ghana’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Policy. A passionate advocate for youth and women in science and entrepreneurship, Dr. Brempong continues to mentor the next generation while driving impactful healthcare policies that shape Ghana’s future.

Bhawna Paul

Head of IT EDP, AI & Platforms

Boehringer Ingelheim

Bhawna Paul is Head of IT Enterprise Data, AI & Platforms at Boehringer Ingelheim, where she drives global initiatives around data and AI to support smarter, data-driven decisions across the organization. She brings a strong mix of strategic thinking and curiosity, with a natural ability to connect the dots and turn ideas into practical solutions. Bhawna cares deeply about people and enjoys mentoring and supporting talent, creating an environment where others can grow and develop.

Dr. Biju Mohandas

Partner & Global Head of Healthcare Investments

LeapFrog Investments

Dr. Biju Mohandas is Partner and Global Head of Healthcare Investments at LeapFrog, bringing more than 20 years of investment, leadership, and operational experience across Asia and Africa. A member of LeapFrog’s Executive and Investment Committees, he previously led healthcare and education investments at IFC in Sub-Saharan Africa, helping deploy over $500 million across ten countries and expanding healthcare and education access for millions. An early pioneer in impact investing through leadership roles at Acumen in India and East Africa, Biju is dedicated to using private capital, technology, and enterprise to drive equitable access to essential services. He also serves as an angel investor, advisor, mentor, and board member across the impact ecosystem.

Bill Burns

Chair

External Sustainability Advisory Board at Boehringer Ingelheim

William (Bill) Burns is a seasoned leader in the life sciences industry with over four decades of experience. Formerly CEO of Roche Pharmaceuticals, he played a pivotal role in the company’s global expansion and strategic partnerships. He currently serves as Chair of the AMR Action Fund, where he champions innovation in antibiotic development to combat antimicrobial resistance. Bill also holds leadership roles at Vestergaard, Mesoblast, Molecular Partners and advises several healthcare investment organizations.

Bruna Tsarbopoulos

President

Semear Institute

Bruna is an educator and social entrepreneur committed to advancing social equity through education in Brazil. Since education changed her life, it has been her mission to give back to Brazilian education, bringing opportunities to other low-income students. Bruna holds a degree in History from the University of São Paulo and is a graduate of Stanford’s Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders. She has led projects reaching over ten thousand students across Brazil. As President of Instituto Semear, dedicated to reducing university dropout and increasing economic mobility, she works for a fairer Brazil by empowering the next generation of changemakers.

Christian Bausch

Associate Director, Boehringer Ingelheim Social Engagement

Boehringer Ingelheim

Christian is an Associate Director at Boehringer Ingelheim Social Engagement, an impact investing vehicle dedicated to supporting Social Businesses that provide innovative healthcare solutions. 5 years of experience as an investor and 6 years as a strategy consulting. Christian is keen to connect with fellow impact investors, social entrepreneurs, and anyone addressing the world's most urgent social challenges.

Dr. Christian Ntizimira

Executive Director

ACREOL

Dr. Christian Ntizimira is the author of an African book bestseller on death and dying, “The Safari Concept: An African Framework on End-of-Life Care,” and the Founder/Executive Director of the African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL), a nonprofit organization to bring socio-cultural equality through “Ubuntu in End-of-Life Care” in Africa. He is a Fulbright alumnus and graduated from Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. He has been vetted as an Ashoka Fellow (2025) and named one of the 100 Most Influential CEOs in Oncology.

Dr. Christine Ngaruiya

Associate Professor and Director

Stanford University

Dr. Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTM&H is Director of the Stanford EM International Global and Population Health Section and Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. She previously served as faculty at Yale and holds a Master’s in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), barriers to care, community engagement, and implementation science, especially in Africa. She has received numerous honors, including the EMRA Augustine D’Orta Award and the Harambe Pfizer Fellow Award. She been a leader with the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, African Federation for Emergency Medicine, and WomenLift Health. She co-founded the Yale Network for Global NCDs and contributes to WHO’s NCD implementation science agenda. She edits PLOS Global Public Health’s global NCD section, was a Yale Public Voice Fellow, and writes prolifically on global NCDs in both academic and public media.

Claire de Lafarge

International Partnership Manager

Ashoka

Claire brings over 12 years of experience in financial controlling across a range of industries. Alongside her professional career, she has been actively involved in charitable organizations from a young age, with a long-standing commitment to building a more inclusive society. Now serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Partnership Manager at Ashoka Changemaker Companies, Claire bridges the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to help businesses harness their resources for the greater good. She leads several strategic partnerships and plays a key role in operational execution—ensuring the team has the skills, tools, and systems needed to deliver on its mission. Claire is especially passionate about empowering employees to realize their potential as changemakers and fostering collaboration between businesses and social entrepreneurs.

Cleophas Chesoli

Founder & Executive Director

Core Health and Wealth International

Cleophas Chesoli is Founder and Executive Director of Core Health and Wealth International, Kenya, and Co-Founder of SCN Kenya. A passionate advocate for rural and marginalized communities, he champions co-creation, partnerships, and systems thinking to build sustainable solutions rooted in local strengths. He has witnessed the power of collaboration and grassroots engagement in advancing sustainable development and health equity. Cleophas also initiated Doctor in the Village, an innovative programme expanding access to specialist healthcare in remote communities while strengthening supply chains for essential health commodities. His work brings practical insight into community-led development and sustainable systems change.

Daniela Kreimer

Program Change Leader

Ashoka Changemaker Companies

Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Daniela works in Basel as a Program Change Leader at Ashoka Changemaker Companies. Previously, she was the Country Director of Ashoka Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. She studied Business Management and completed her master’s degree in Local Development. She worked for the corporate and public sector and at the intersection of business and social innovation for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, Germany and Colombia. Later, she was trained in Eurythmy, a powerful art movement aimed at developing self-knowledge and collaborative practices in teams.

Daniela Pacheco

Managing Partner

New Ventures Capital

Daniela Pacheco is Managing Partner at New Ventures Capital, where she invests in Seed to Series A startups addressing Latin America’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. Her work focuses on the intersection of venture capital and impact investing, with particular interest in health innovation, gender equity, and financial inclusion. Daniela was recognized by LAVCA as one of the leading women investors in Latin America and is the winner of a FemTech award for her work supporting women’s health innovation in the region. She believes the future of venture capital in Latin America lies in combining strong financial performance with intentional and measurable impact outcomes.

Dennis Mureithi

Fellow, Making More Health

Boehringer Ingelheim

Dennis Mureithi is a sustainability and impact investing professional currently serving as Project Manager, Sustainability & Social Engagement at Boehringer Ingelheim through the AFRIKA KOMMT! Fellowship. His work spans social innovation, healthcare entrepreneurship, ESG integration, impact investing, and cross-sector partnerships across Africa, Latin America, and Europe. He is passionate about strengthening the capacity of mission-driven organizations to navigate uncertainty, leverage innovation, foster stakeholder collaboration, and create sustainable impact.

Derek O'Leary

Regional Country Managing Director, India, Middle East, Türkiye, Africa (IMETA)

Boehringer Ingelheim

Derek is the Regional Managing Director for Boehringer Ingelheim in IMETA (India, Middle East, Türkiye, Africa), overseeing strategic operations across this diverse regional landscape. With over 20 years of pharmaceutical leadership experience across three continents, Derek’s reputation for strategic vision and commitment to fostering a high-performance culture has been evident throughout his previous roles as Head of Finance and Administration at Boehringer Ingelheim Regional Center Vienna (RCV), Interim Country Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Director positions in Japan, Spain and Türkiye, and Country Controller in Germany. Collectively showcasing the ability to adapt and lead within highly complex, multinational environments.

Derrick Vormawor

Co-Project Lead

Startup Germany-Africa (StArfrica)

Derrick is Co-project Lead at Startup Germany-Africa (StArfrica), bringing African startups and the German innovation ecosystem together to build strategic partnerships and drive investor engagement across both continents. His academic background in Banking and Finance (BSc), as well as Web and Data Science (BSc), has helped inform his contributions to institutions such as Mercedes-Benz Mobility, FEV Europe GmbH and the University of Koblenz. With a passion for supporting African founders, Derrick also heads up “10 Faces Changing Africa” – a campaign showcasing changemakers across the African continent, as well as a podcast sharing entrepreneurial insights.

Eleni Theodorou

Managing Director

We Share Forward Foundation

International venture philanthropist and impact investor Eleni is Managing Director of the We Share Forward Foundation, supporting social entrepreneurs and students via funding to maximize systemic impact. She holds a B.A. in International Economics, a Master’s in International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID), and an Executive Education Diploma in Impact Investing from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. She serves on the Board of the Hellenic Impact Investing Network, advancing impact finance in Europe and beyond. Her career spans the UN, international organizations, and multinational corporations, bringing her a unique perspective blending global policy, private capital, and social innovation. She is a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader and received the European Venture Philanthropy Association’s 2023 Impact Champion Award. Eleni is passionate about empowering marginalized communities and future changemakers. Her lived experience with disability fuels her commitment to equity and inclusion; to her, resilience is a form of endless courage.

Dr. Elina Pimiä

Chief Medical Officer

Finnish Diabetes Association

"Dr. Elina Pimiä is Chief Medical Officer at the Finnish Diabetes Association, a patient, public health and specialist organization dedicated to beating diabetes. As a specialist in endocrinology and internal medicine, she brings extensive diabetes-focused clinical experience from her work in several hospitals, as well as diabetes outpatient clinics.

Emanuele Domingo

Senior Sustainability Manager, Italy

Boehringer Ingelheim

A geology graduate of the University of Milan, with a master's degree in Management and Economics of Energy and the Environment, Emanuele began work in 2001 with the Eni group. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Environment, Sustainability & External Relationships Manager at Enipower, implementing ESG policies and overseeing sustainability report and EMAS environmental documentation. From 2019 to 2021, he managed Eni Upstream’s carbon neutrality programs. After three years as Synlab’s ESG Manager in Italy, leading ESG initiatives, he became Boehringer Ingelheim Italia’s Senior Sustainability Manager, leading national implementation of the Sustainable Development for Generations program.

Prof. Fabrizio Finucci

Associate Professor in Appraisal and Project Evaluation

University of Roma Tre

Fabrizio is Associate Professor in Appraisal and Project Evaluation at the University of Roma Tre. He has been Visiting Professor at Universidad de Boyacà (CO), University of Pècs (HU) and Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (RO). Author of numerous publications, with a Ph.D. from Sapienza University of Rome, he is a member of CE.S.e.T. (Italian Association of Appraisers and Land Economists) and of SIEV (Italian Society of Appraisal and Valuation). His core research is into methods of evaluating plans and projects, with an inclusive, community-based approach to implementation, founded on dialog.

Fatih Cakmak

Associate Director, Health Equity and Access to Medicines

Teva Pharmaceuticals

Fatih Cakmak is Associate Director, Health Equity and Access to Medicines at Teva Pharmaceuticals. He has over a decade of experience across the pharmaceutical industry, consulting, NGOs and academia. His background spans health economics, market access, healthcare financing and program implementation across emerging and developed markets. His current work focuses on expanding access to medicines and exploring more sustainable approaches to health equity, including through partnerships, catalytic funding and social business models.

Fatima Jimanate Umar

Development Impact Executive

Fatima is a Development Impact Executive, leading development finance and impact investment to drive transformation forwards across emerging markets. With over a decade’s worth of experience contributing to the African sustainable investment landscape, her strategic insights have helped support the work alongside the United Nations to pioneer SDG-aligned investments, blended finance initiatives, AfCFTA and private sector engagement – resulting in recognition for her contributions toward advancing Africa’s impact investment ecosystem and developing forward-thinking strategies that support both people and planet.

Federico Mento

Co-Director

Ashoka Italy

After graduating in Cultural Anthropology from the Sapienza University of Rome, Federico earned a PhD in Ethno-Anthropological Sciences on urban studies in Latin America. He began his career working on social planning at Ora d’Aria, an organization working to reintegrate incarcerated people. He helped to develop sport for all at the Ministry of Youth and Sports and has been Director of The Human Foundation. Since 2015, he has been Secretary General of Social Value in Italy and serves on their international board. He is also a member of Aimpact’s Advisory Board and the Co-director of Ashoka Italia.

Felipe López

Senior Sales Manager CRM BU, Mexico

Boehringer Ingelheim

Felipe is Senior Sales Manager for Boehringer Ingelheim Mexico, focused on leading high performance teams in sharing their learnings and experience to transform lives. By facilitating collaboration between various institutions and public organisations, he works to drive lasting social impact that will uplift people across Mexico.

Felix Gutsche

Head of Corporate Strategy & Consulting

Boehringer Ingelheim

Felix Gutsche is the Head of Corp. Strategy & Consulting at Boehringer Ingelheim since April 2023. After starting his career at Boehringer as an international trainee 30 years ago, Felix held various management positions in Germany and abroad. Among other Head of Controlling Italy, CFO Mexico, CFO Germany, Head of Global Business Services, Country Manager Greater China.

Dr. Femi Kayode

Visionary founder and CEO

Farm Alert

Dr. Kayode is a veterinarian and social entrepreneur, dedicated to animal health and fostering sustainable, community-led business growth. He is the youngest ever member of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria’s governing board, an Ashoka fellow since 2018, and a Making More Health fellow since 2020. He is the founder and CEO of Farm Alert, transforming access to animal care and launching 32 veterinarians into practice. He also established the Kayode Konsulting Kouncil, cultivating leadership and innovation in young Africans through training programs and workshops, and K-Trybe, where university students develop leadership, innovative ideas, and connections with industry mentors.

Femi Oke

Host & International broadcaster

Femi Oke is an award-winning British-Nigerian international journalist, broadcaster, professional moderator and co-founder of the diverse moderators’ bureau Moderate The Panel. Based in Washington, D.C., she hosted the interactive news and current affairs programme The Stream on Al Jazeera English for a decade and has broadcast across major networks including the BBC, Sky TV, CNN and NPR. She regularly moderates and MCs major global development, policy and investment events worldwide.

Francesca Fedeli

Founder

Fightthestroke Foundation

An ally of patients and people with disabilities, Francesca, with Roberto D'Angelo, co-founded Fightthestroke Foundation to develop inclusive solutions for young stroke survivors and people with Cerebral Palsy. Using technology, inclusive design and science, Fightthestroke has revolutionized family engagement in research and the Italian advocacy ecosystem, winning numerous awards for combining advanced discoveries in Neuroscience with Artificial Intelligence and community-based healthcare. Francesca is the author of Lotta e Sorridi; she is also an Ashoka, Eisenhower and Global Good Fund Fellow, TED speaker and TEDMED ambassador in Italy. In 2014, she joined the board of IAPS-IPSO.

Dr. Frank Aswani

Chief Executive Officer

African Venture Philanthropy Alliance

Dr. Frank Aswani is CEO of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), a pan-African network mobilising capital for sustainable impact across Africa. A Kenyan based in Johannesburg, he brings extensive private-sector, social-investment and fundraising experience, including 14 years with Eli Lilly across Africa, Europe and the UK, and leadership roles at African Leadership Academy and ARK. Frank is Visiting Faculty at Oxford Saïd Business School and serves on several investment and advisory boards. A passionate Pan-Africanist and Afro-optimist, he champions African-led solutions and innovative finance, including AVPA’s catalytic capital initiatives to unlock domestic private investment for high-impact social solutions.

Frank Braeken

Member

External Sustainability Advisory Board at Boehringer Ingelheim

Frank Braeken is an accomplished business leader with extensive experience in global markets. He held senior executive roles at Unilever before transitioning to advisory and investment work in the African agro-food sector. Frank also serves on the boards of several profit and non-profit organizations, where he contributes his expertise in governance, strategy, and sustainable development.

Geraldine Mauro

Head of Sustainability, Brazil

Boehringer Ingelheim

With over a decade’s experience in the LATAM Human Pharma sector, Geraldine blends expertise in ESG sustainability, financial management, and strategic program leadership with a deep commitment to sustainability and social impact. As Boehringer Ingelheim’s Head of Sustainability in Brazil, she works to drive health equity for vulnerable communities, with empathy, innovation, and measurable impact. She has delivered sustainable development projects for public and private sectors, NGOs, and social enterprises both regionally and globally. She fosters collaboration, resilience, and performance, and played a key role in Brazil’s “Future of Work” initiative.

Prof. Gonzalo Lopez-Cuevas

President

Cancer Warriors of Mexico Foundation

Gonzalo Lopez-Cuevas is a health policy advocate, legal expert, and international leader in cancer control. He currently serves as Treasurer and Executive Committee Member of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), becoming the first Latin American to hold this position. He is also the Founder and President of the Cancer Warriors of Mexico Foundation, where he has led 12 national and state legislative reforms and patient advocacy initiatives. His work bridges civil society, government, and global institutions to advance prevention, equity, and sustainable health systems.

Guillaume Laurioz

Senior Investment Manager

Sanofi Global Health Unit Impact Fund

Guillaume Laurioz is Senior Investment Manager at the Sanofi Global Health Unit Impact Fund, a €25m impact investment fund supporting innovative healthcare companies improving access to quality care in underserved markets. He leads investment origination, due diligence, portfolio management and strategic partnerships across emerging markets, with a focus on healthtech, diagnostics, digital health and healthcare delivery models. Guillaume brings over 10 years of experience in private equity and venture capital, including extensive investment experience across Africa and emerging markets.

Hiroki Ishida

Principal

AAIC Investment

Hiroki Ishida is a seasoned investment professional with over 13 years of experience, specializing in healthcare and innovation investments across Africa. He oversees two venture capital funds—the Africa Healthcare Fund (Fund I) and the Africa Innovation & Healthcare Fund (Fund II)—with combined assets under management exceeding US$89 million and a portfolio of more than 50 companies. As a member of the Fund II Investment Committee, Hiroki plays a key role in shaping investment decisions and portfolio strategy. He has led investments across East, West and North Africa, supporting high-growth companies that improve access to healthcare, financial inclusion, and digital innovation while creating sustainable impact.

Hubertus von Baumbach

Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee

Boehringer Ingelheim

Hubertus von Baumbach joined Boehringer Ingelheim in 2001 and held various leadership positions in Finance before being appointed to the Board of Managing Directors in 2009. In 2016, he became Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors. Since July 2025, he has served as Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee.

Ikechukwu Anoke

Founder & CEO

Zuri Health

Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke is an award-winning African leader with over 20 years of experience, including 17 in leadership roles. He was the CEO of MTech Communications PLC at 27, leading it to become Africa’s largest music content aggregator. He also founded Play Group Limited, specializing in mobile content and marketing, and serves on several boards. Passionate about healthcare access and women’s empowerment, Ikechukwu is the founder and CEO of Zuri Health, a multi-award-winning healthtech company providing on-demand, universal healthcare.

Dr. Ilka Wicke

Global Head of Sustainability Social

Boehringer Ingelheim

Dr. Ilka Wicke is Global Head of Sustainability Social at Boehringer Ingelheim - leading an integral part of the Sustainability Strategy with the commitment to improve the lives of 50 million people by 2030. She leads several initiatives including a Social Business Accelerator and Incubator in Africa and the Boehringer Ingelheim Social Engagement Fund, a €50 million dedicated impact investment fund, investing in social startups with the objective to solve healthcare gaps in Africa and Latin America. Further, Ilka’s responsibilities include the Making More Health initiative, supporting social entrepreneurs to bring healthcare innovation to underserved communities. She is bringing extensive experience in venture investing, business development, and licensing and holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Goethe University Frankfurt and joined Boehringer Ingelheim in 1996 after postdoctoral research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Ilonka Boltze

Executive Director

Karl Kübel Foundation for Child and Family

Born in 1970, Ilonka has been a board member at the Karl Kübel Foundation for Child and Family since September 2024, handling international cooperation, communication and strategic partnerships. She has a Master's degrees in Cultural Studies from Leuphana University Lüneburg and, in Law from Aberystwyth University, Wales, with a focus on human rights and international humanitarian law. She headed the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia Department at Bread for the World and, from 2018 to June 2023, the Europe, Middle East, Global Programs Department. Before that, she was also a managing director in the development cooperative, Oikocredit.

Irene Were-Bodenstein

Co-Founder

Osiepe Association

Irene Were-Bodenstein is a social entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of Osiepe and JI. Originally from Kenya and based in Switzerland, she combines academic training in Communication Science from Germany with specialized expertise in Project management in development, acquired through the Graduate Institute in Geneva, as well as business programs with Innosuisse. Fluent in several languages and enriched by extensive intercultural experience, Irene has dedicated her career to advancing sustainable initiatives. A mother of three adults, she brings a human-centered leadership to her work. Her focus is on building resilient networks, and creating lasting impact.

Dr. Isabela del Alcazar

Member

External Sustainability Advisory Board at Boehringer Ingelheim

Dr. Isabela del Alcázar leads purpose-driven innovation at IE University as its Chief Purpose and Sustainability Officer. With a background in science and management, she integrates academic excellence with real-world impact, fostering sustainability, social innovation, and institutional transformation in higher education.

Dr. Jackie Rabec

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

ThinkMD

Jackie is Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at ThinkMD.ai, building intelligent clinical tools for frontline healthcare workers in underserved and fragile healthcare settings globally. Medical doctor turned product leader at Google, Heidi Health and Prospection. Experience building digital products across population-based predictive analytics, clinical decision support tools, AI-scribes, ward task management, mobile patient engagement, patient-reported outcome measures and payments regulation KYC.

Jacqueline Musau

Co-founder & COO

Axcess Pharma

Jacqueline is a clinical research and healthcare leader with over 20 years’ experience in global health, clinical trials, and health systems strengthening. She has led Phase I–IV clinical trials and epidemiological studies across HIV, TB, malaria, oncology, and vaccines, supporting the development of innovative medicines for underserved populations. As Co-Founder & COO of Axcess, she is building a pharmacy-led healthcare and clinical research platform that expands access to quality care and community-based research infrastructure across Africa. Jacqueline combines scientific expertise, operational excellence, and people-centered leadership to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes at scale.

Dr. James Kahura

Lead Nephrologist

Murang'a County, Kenya

Dr. James Kahura is the Lead Nephrologist at Murang'a County, Kenya, playing a pivotal role in the region’s management of kidney diseases and advancement of renal healthcare. An experienced Kidney and Internal Medicine Specialist, he has dedicated over two decades to driving innovation and advancing the field of nephrology – with a particular focus on understanding and addressing the public health challenges around chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and epidemiology. A member of the Kenya Association of Physicians and the Kenya Renal Association, Dr. Kahura has also published valuable studies on Contrast Nephrotoxicity, Electrolytes in Post-Kidney Transplant Patients, and The Demographics of Heart Failure in Murang’a.

Dr. Jan Schöning

Head of Viral Therapeutics Center & Managing Director

Boehringer Ingelheim

Jan is Managing Director and Head of Viral Therapeutics Center for Boehringer Ingelheim, using his extensive background in both biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals to change the lives of patients who currently lack adequate treatment options. His previous experience includes leading local and global teams in creating solutions across a variety of areas, including technology and innovation management, process development, and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) development – as well as supporting Safari Doctors, a Kenyan NGO providing healthcare services and education for rural communities.

Javier Lozano

Co-founder and CEO

Clinicas del Azúcar

Javier is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clínicas del Azúcar — a rapidly expanding network of 52 clinics across Mexico and Texas, USA, transforming access to affordable diabetes care through a tech-enabled “one-stop-shop” model. Inspired by his mother’s struggle with Type-II diabetes, he founded Clínicas del Azúcar in 2010 to redesign diabetes care delivery for middle- and low-income populations. Today, the company leverages AI-driven predictive models, data analytics, and personalized digital tools to improve patient outcomes and enhance clinical efficiency. Clínicas del Azúcar helps thousands of people live healthier lives every day, preventing complications and transforming how chronic care is delivered across communities. Javier holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and is an Echoing Green, Ashoka, Schwab, and Endeavor Entrepreneur Fellow. He has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Innovators in Mexico by the MIT Technology Review and has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils on The Future of the Health Sector and Behavioral Science.

Dr. Jeroen Maas

Director Access to Care Technology and Partnership

Philips Foundation

Dr. Maas is Director, Access to Care Technology and Partnerships at Philips – a role focused on implementing accessible, equitable, economically viable and environmentally sustainable digital health initiatives, and on building the partnerships they demand. He leads the Digital Connected Care Coalition, a transformative platform driving the digital transformation of healthcare in LMIC’s through active project implementation, as a tool towards better, more accessible care. Before joining Philips, Jeroen worked for 12 years in a variety of roles on innovation in healthcare delivery. The last 7 years were focused on using health data and AI solutions at the patient bedside. Now, as then, he collaborates with governments, academia, SME’s and multinationals on building health data spaces and on proven, scalable digital health solutions as a foundation for better care delivery.

Joanna Bichsel

Founder and CEO

Kasha Global Inc.

Joanna founded and leads Kasha, Africa’s leading platform for technology-enabled last mile delivery of health products and household goods. Founded in Rwanda in 2016, Kasha works in nine countries. Polish-born and Canadian-raised, with a degree in Computer Science, Joanna has worked around the world, including 11 years at Microsoft, and was Principal Technology Advisor for Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, optimizing supply chains across health, agriculture, and inclusive fintech. She was on the board of Equity Bank Rwanda and its FinTech subsidiary; she now lives in South Africa with her husband, two children and three dogs.

Jordan Filko

Senior Investment Manager

AfricInvest

Jordan is part of the team managing the Transform Health Fund, an impact-led fund focused on generating access to quality, affordable healthcare services and products for underserved populations across Africa. The Transform Health Fund is a debt and mezzanine fund and a joint initiative of AfricInvest and BillionScale Health. Jordan has 10+ years of experience in impact investing with a focus on healthcare in Africa, and has previously worked with the Aureos Africa Health Fund and the Abraaj Global Health Fund.

Dr. Josep Vergés Milano

President & Founder

Osteoarthritis Foundation International

Founder and President of the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) since 2016. He holds a Medical Degree and a Doctorate in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (cum laude), an MSc in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Montreal, and an Honorary Doctorate. A specialist in family medicine and clinical pharmacology, he has extensive expertise in developing treatments for osteoarthritis, including chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine sulfate, and hyaluronic acid. He has co-authored more than 50 international scientific publications. His work focuses on improving quality of life and providing effective solutions and tools for patients with osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and sarcopenia.

Dr. Joseph Mocanu

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Verge HealthTech Fund

Dr. Mocanu is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Verge HealthTech Fund, which focuses on early-stage healthcare technology companies making an impact on global health. Before this, he was a scientist - researching new cancer therapies - a medical device entrepreneur, and a management consultant for Oliver Wyman, where he led life sciences and digital health across Asia. He has 19 scientific publications and 3 patents to his name and has made investments in 38 healthcare technology companies to date.

Juliana Opípari

Director of the BP Social Institute

Beneficência Portuguesa

Juliana Opípari is Executive Director of the BP Social Institute. With over 25 years of experience leading philanthropic organisations operating at both national and international levels, she currently leads strategic initiatives in social investment, sustainability, and philanthropy. Her work focuses on expanding access to high-quality public healthcare through the implementation of large-scale projects within Brazil’s Unified Health System, as well as the development of innovative healthcare solutions delivered through multi-sector partnerships. Juliana holds a degree in Business Administration, an MBA in Finance, and a Special Studies certification from Harvard Extension School.

Kanini Mutooni

Senior Managing Director and Africa Director

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Kanini Mutooni is Managing Director for Europe & Africa at Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK), where she leads investments in mission-driven organisations across health, education, climate, and financial inclusion. With more than 20 years of experience across Europe, the US, and Sub-Saharan Africa, she has helped mobilise over $100 million in philanthropic and institutional capital to support social impact at scale. Kanini also serves on the boards of FSD Africa and the Mastercard African Growth Fund, and previously chaired the Global Innovation Fund. Recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, she brings deep expertise in impact investing, governance, and systems change.

Karla Alvarez

Communications Strategist

Boehringer Ingelheim

Karla is a member of the Transformation Office, part of the Customer Experience Excellence Team at Boehringer Ingelheim, driving communications and change management. A proud Latina from Puerto Rico, she brings over a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She is passionate about advancing health equity and improving patient outcomes. She recently participated in the MMH Insights Leadership Week in India.

Kiran Dsouza

Head of IT, IMETA

Boehringer Ingelheim

Kiran has over 20 years of management experience in information technology, business process excellence, digital innovation, and agile transformation. He is always looking for opportunities where his expertise can be used to accelerate projects or have a bigger impact on outcomes. Key projects Kiran has worked on include the last mile delivery ecosystem in Kenya, remote assistance using Smart ecosystems, and ideation workshops for business units using agile frameworks.

Kristin Siegel

Managing Director, Global Engagement

Toniic

Kristin Siegel is the Managing Director of Global Engagement at Toniic, where she is responsible for fostering and cultivating a vibrant and active global community of impact investors. She drives member engagement and expansion of the community globally with the ultimate goal of accelerating the flow of capital and collective action toward positive social and environmental outcomes. With over 15 years of global experience, Kristin brings a strong background in multi-asset portfolio management, client advisory, and impact management. Prior to Toniic, Kristin served as a Financial Wealth Advisor and Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager at Deutsche Bank and Bank Julius Bär Europe.

Larry Madowo

International Broadcaster

Larry is an International Correspondent for CNN, and the host of African Voices, the network’s long-running series profiling outstanding individuals from across the continent. He joined CNN from the BBC, where he served as North America Correspondent in Washington, D.C.; before that, he was the BBC’s Africa Business Editor.

Lewam Kefela

Principal

Partech

Lewam is a Principal at Partech Africa, the largest Africa-focused venture capital, which focuses on startups that use tech to address large emerging market opportunities. Bringing over 10 years of experience in private equity and venture capital across the US and emerging markets (LatAm, SE Asia, India and MEA), Lewam previously worked at a US fintech Workiva pre-IPO and in private equity at the Carlyle Group. Today, she also hosts a newsletter and podcast called The Africa Playbook, which focuses on telling Africa’s growth story.

Lilith Diringer

CEO & Professional Freelance Artist

ChargeHorizons

Lilith is the founder of the purpose-driven company ChargeHorizons, a sustainability and design thinking coach, and an independent artist. Her passion lies in developing individual, creative solutions for making complex topics understandable and accessible. Her company challenges the travel industry to rethink its role and inspires collaboration for a fairer, more inclusive world.

Lorena García Durán

Global Leader of the Canopy Team

Ashoka

Lorena is Global Leader of the Canopy Team for Ashoka, helping to realize the organization’s goal of building a world where everyone sees themselves as a changemaker. Through her knowledge of forging impactful partnerships between social and business enterprises, she has strengthened networks both internally and externally for Ashoka to bring influential people together – as well as spearheading their DEI initiatives. Outside of Ashoka, Lorena serves as a board member for the Imperative Fund, an impact investment fund dedicated to sustainably lifting communities out of poverty.

Luis Carlos Pérez

Corporate Affairs Director, Mexico, Central American and the Caribbean

Boehringer Ingelheim

Luis is the Corporate Affairs Director for Boehringer Ingelheim across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Starting out as a Civil Engineer from the University of Guadalajara, his passion for the pharmaceutical industry has driven over 25 years of leadership experience in Engineering, Human Resources, Corporate Security, Internal Services, Communication and Public Relations, Access and Added Value to Patients, Health Affairs, Government Relations and Institutional Sales. Today, this experience sees him represent Boehringer Ingelheim in chambers and associations of pharmaceutical industry, including CANIFARMA, FUNSALUD and AMIIF.

Manuela Pastore

Associate Director, Community Activation

Boehringer Ingelheim

Manuela has been actively involved in our Making More Health initiative for more than a decade. She is deeply committed to addressing global health challenges and improving access to healthcare in underserved communities. Manuela actively engages with local communities, understanding their unique needs and developing sustainable systemic solutions to meet them.

Maria Tereno

Chief Sustainability Officer

Boehringer Ingelheim

Maria is Chief Sustainability and Culture Officer at Boehringer Ingelheim, leading the organization’s sustainability and culture efforts globally while leveraging her substantial pharmaceutical experience within various leadership roles across strategy and marketing – both central to the company strategy. Born in Brazil and educated in Canada, Maria now lives in Germany with her family and is fluent on five languages.

Dr. Marius Hilt

Senior Data Scientist, IT Enterprise Data & Platforms

Boehringer Ingelheim

Senior Data Scientist and Data Science Academy Manager with 15+ years of experience delivering AI, machine learning, and data-driven solutions in regulated industries. He combines deep technical expertise in GenAI, LLMs, scalable data platforms, and analytics with strong leadership in training, enablement, and cross-functional collaboration. He has led impactful digital transformation initiatives, developed enterprise learning programs for thousands of participants, and translated complex data and AI topics into practical business value for both experts and senior leadership.

Mark Leschinsky

Founder

Student World Impact Film Festival

Mark founded the Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF) 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which became the first student-run film festival in the USA, providing a platform for 12,156 artists in all 50 States and in 149 countries. Mark's drive and initiative have seen him raise funds independently, securing $260,000 in grants from Google, enabling the distribution of his self-paced filmmaking curriculum to 615,508 students in all 6 habitable continents.

Mark Swift

Founder and CEO

Wellbeing Enterprises CIC

Mark is Founder and CEO of Wellbeing Enterprises CIC, utilizing his wealth of experience and position as a leading social entrepreneur to advance health equity and drive innovation within public services. Mark’s work champions health creation and systemic transformation while leading efforts to unlock social investment, currently focused on co-developing the Liverpool City Region Imaginarium – a grassroots, people-powered space for civic innovation. He is also a Fellow of the Heseltine Institute in Liverpool, a Local Policy Innovation Partnership Fellow at the University of Birmingham, and one of Nesta and The Observer’s ‘New Radicals’ within healthcare.

Maryam Bello

Co-Founder

Parker's Mobile Clinic

Maryam is a seasoned public health innovator and youth leader, co-founder of Parker’s Mobile Clinic, impacting over 150,000 lives, and leader of ITIS 4 Development Global, a youth entrepreneurship initiative in Africa. She has spoken on global platforms including TEDx, regularly moderating dialogues bridging grassroots insight with systems thinking. She delivered the UNICEF GLC’s first keynote session, is a COP29 Impact Maker, and hosted the World Youth Assembly, co-authoring its globally adopted statement. She is a member of UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited Global Leadership Council, the EU Youth Advisory Board, and - as African Regional Director - Sigma Squared Society.

Michael Anderson

Chief Executive Officer

MedAccess

Michael is MedAccess’ founding CEO and has led the company since inception. Michael has more than three decades’ experience in finance and development. Before joining MedAccess, he was CEO at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, having previously served in the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) in a variety of roles including Director General. Michael also served as the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2014 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in recognition of his service to international development.

Michelle Ni Jun Duan

Co-founder & Chief Financial Officer

Milvik BIMA

Michelle Duan is Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Milvik BIMA, a digital healthcare provider serving over 7 million underserved people across Africa and Asia. She has played a key role in transforming BIMA into a profitable, high-growth healthtech company built on a simple belief: the cost and quality of healthcare should not be a trade-off. Together with BIMA's co-founders and leadership team, she has helped scale an innovative health ecosystem integrating insurance, telemedicine, and healthcare services through strategic partnerships. A CPA with over 15 years of international corporate finance experience, Michelle is passionate about building sustainable businesses that create lasting social impact through innovation.

Mille Bøjer

Co-Founder and Director

Reos Partners

Mille is an experienced facilitator and architect of multi-stakeholder processes and platforms, particularly in complex, uncertain, conflicted situations. She is a Co-Founder and Director of Reos Partners, which guides diverse actors globally in working work together to meet crucial societal challenges. Her extensive track record in futures work and systems change includes large-scale, multi-stakeholder projects addressing climate, education, democracy, health, peace, and justice. At every scale, she works transformatively on scenario development and systemically on social innovation. She has written extensively and is lead author of Mapping Dialogue: Essential Tools for Social Change, outlining various dialogue methodologies, principles and approaches.

Mohammed Tawil

Head of Region Emerging Markets

Human Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim

Mohammed Tawil is Head of Emerging Markets at Boehringer Ingelheim, leading the company’s strategic agenda across a diverse region representing over 65% of the global population. Based in Ingelheim, he drives long-term growth strategies that expand patient access and strengthen sustainable business performance. With nearly 30 years at Boehringer Ingelheim, he has held senior leadership roles across China, IMETA, and multiple emerging markets. Since joining in 1995 as a Medical Representative in Jordan, he has built broad international experience and remains committed to advancing health equity, sustainability, and access to healthcare for underserved communities.

Neesha Rao

Global Associate Director, Access to More Health

Boehringer Ingelheim

As a global associate director with Boehringer Ingelheim’s Access to More Health department, Neesha champions the organization’s mission to impact 50 million patients in underserved communities by 2030. She develops HP healthcare improvement strategies and oversees their implementation across corporate divisions and ROPU markets, with the aim of creating opportunities for more people to recognize their greatest health potential. Before this, Neesha held various roles at Boehringer in commercial, healthcare innovation, and market access, both at country level and in the global office. More recently, she led a product development team that focused on creating a suite of machine learning algorithms for Boehringer’s external stakeholders. Neesha holds a Master of Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She earned her Honours Bachelor's degree from Queen’s University, Canada.

Dr. Nicola Kimm

Member

External Sustainability Advisory Board at Boehringer Ingelheim

Dr. Nicola Kimm is a distinguished executive with a track record of driving sustainability and innovation across diverse industries, including construction materials, private equity, electronics, chemicals, food, and apparel. Known for her impactful leadership as a Chief Sustainability Officer, she brings a strategic and cross-sectoral perspective to advancing corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship.

Niklas Lange

Programme Manager

Yunus Social Innovation

Niklas is Programme Manager for Yunus Social Innovation, combining business strategy and social impact to prove that doing good makes business sense. By designing strategies that align business success with positive societal and environmental impact, Niklas works to build resilient partnerships which scale healthcare access in the places where it’s needed most.

Nneka Eze

Managing Partner

VestedWorld

Nneka Eze is a Managing Partner at VestedWorld, a firm investing in essential products and services for Africans, backing companies and entrepreneurs overlooked by traditional venture capital. She has deep knowledge of mass market consumers based on 17 years of living and working in and across Africa. Nneka was previously a Partner, Nigeria office founder, and co-led the Global Agriculture Practice at Dalberg and a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. She sits on the Impact Investors’ Foundation, Nigeria's GSG National Partner, and AMP Health boards. Nneka holds an AB in economics cum laude from Harvard and is a Kauffman Fellow.

Prof. Octavio Marques Pontes Neto

Professor of Neurology

Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo

Prof. Octavio Marques Pontes Neto is Full Professor of Neurology at Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, directing the graduate Neurology and Neuroscience program and Vascular Neurology and Neurological Emergency Services. After graduation from medical school and neurology residency, Octavio trained at Barcelona’s Vall d'Hebron Hospital and Harvard Medical School. A former President of the Brazilian Stroke Society and Chair of the Brazilian Stroke Research Network, Octavio headed groundbreaking stroke care initiatives in Brazil and Latin America. He led Ribeirão Preto to global recognition as the "First Angels Region of the World," highlighting excellence in stroke treatment.

Olivier Fruchaud

Partnership and Communities Director

Ashoka Changemaker Companies

A member of the Ashoka Changemaker Companies (CMC) team, Olivier oversees key corporate partnerships, including Ashoka’s collaboration with Lenovo. He also leads The CMC Community, a safe space for corporate leaders looking to create a new impact culture. After completing his Master’s in Management from the French Business School EM Lyon, Olivier launched the Ecotour project, identifying best practices in sustainable development. He also co-created Sustainable Finance Geneva to promote sustainability and responsibility in Switzerland’s financial community. He loves connecting public and private organizations with social innovators to tackle major social challenges.

Pablo Santaeufemia

Co-Founder and CEO

Bridge for Billions

Pablo is the Co-founder and CEO of Bridge for Billions, a global social enterprise that designs, builds, and manages entrepreneurship programs for early-stage entrepreneurs and support organizations worldwide. His mission is to democratize access to quality entrepreneurship support to make ecosystems more equitable, inclusive, and efficient. Bridge for Billions has supported over 6,300 entrepreneurs from 100+ countries through 4,000 mentors and 150 partner organizations. Recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30, Ashoka, and Acumen Fellow, Pablo holds degrees from Brown and Carnegie Mellon University and is President of EmprendES, Spain’s Association of Entrepreneurship Support Organizations.

Pamela Nthiga

Founder and CEO

FarmBase Feeds Ltd

A respected proponent of empowerment and accountability, Pamela is very passionate about social work and community development. She is the Founder and CEO of FarmBase Feeds Ltd, a leading livestock nutrition company in Kenya. Under her leadership, FarmBase is not only fueling the success of smallholder farmers but also driving sustainable growth across Kenya’s livestock sector. Pamela is widely recognized as a bold, purpose-driven entrepreneur shaping the future of agribusiness in Africa.

Peter Awin

Founder and CEO

Cowtribe

Peter is the co-founder and CEO of Cowtribe, Africa’s first technology-enabled livestock vaccine distribution and traceability platform. Since 2017, Cowtribe has reached over 75,000 farmers and delivered over 30 million vaccine doses, helping safeguard rural livelihoods and food security. He aspires to transform Africa’s livestock into verifiable, bankable assets via a digital trust layer, integrating health IDs, compliance systems, and disease intelligence tools. An Ashoka Fellow and a global voice on inclusive and gender-responsive agricultural innovation, with a Master’s degree in International Business from the University of Ghana, he is committed to using technology as a catalyst for rural prosperity.

Rafael López Schietekat

Co-Founder & Director

Diagnostikare

Rafael López is Co-Founder and Director of Diagnostikare, an AI-native Mexican digital health company. Its newest development, CORA by diagnostikare.®, is a clinically validated AI clinical agent and the entry point to healthcare for underserved populations. An engineer by training and an advocate for solving problems with technology, Rafael spent years in consulting and strategy across San Francisco and London before returning to Mexico in 2019 to help close the healthcare access gap. He co-founded the company with his brother, Dr. Rodrigo López. Diagnostikare is backed by Boehringer Ingelheim Social Engagement, Philips Foundation, and Builders VC.

Dr. Rasha Rady

Co-founder & Co-CEO

Chefaa

Dr. Rasha Rady is an MD, PhD, and Pediatric Hematology & Oncology consultant. As Co-founder and Co-CEO of Chefaa, she leads a top-tier health-tech platform serving 3.5M MAUs across MENA. A Cairo University lecturer and Cartier Impact Awardee, she bridges clinical expertise with AI-driven innovation to close the patient compliance gap. Under her leadership, Chefaa covers Egyptian governorates, focusing on medication accessibility and health security. Her work is recognized by Africa’s Business Heroes for its profound social impact.

Riccardo Lampariello

Chief Executive Officer

D-tree

Riccardo Lampariello is a statistician by training with an MBA. He has over 25 years of experience in global health, working across the pharmaceutical sector, international organizations, and NGOs. Passionate about using technology to strengthen health systems, he has spent the past decade helping develop and scale digital health programs in countries including Burkina Faso, India, Zanzibar, and now mainland Tanzania. Since 2022, he has been CEO of D-tree, where he leads efforts to expand access to quality healthcare through digital innovation across sub-Saharan Africa.

Rob Beyer

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

Villgro Africa

Rob is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Villgro Africa, bringing a unique combination of seasoned experience in business, social entrepreneurship, education and technology. A visionary leader, Rob has lived in Kenya for over 20 years – meaning he’s familiar with the unique challenges entrepreneurs face in sustainability and scaling within the African context, and passionate about supporting innovation that builds more sustainable livelihoods.

Robert Shaw

Sustainability

Boehringer Ingelheim

Robert plays a leading role in Boehringer Ingelheim’s overarching sustainability agenda, driving strategy, robust frameworks, transparency on progress, measurable impact, and effective governance. He’s always energized by exploring strategic connections and finding collaborative ways to maximize outcomes for society and business.

Rosie Keary

Managing Director

Kersia Healthcare

Rosie is Managing Director of Kersia Healthcare; she has 17+ years of experience in finance, supply chain, and operations. With an ACCA and MBA, she leads with a data-driven, impact-focused approach. Rosie champions the Aquatabs brand and partners with global health organizations to deliver clean water solutions. She also founded Bungoma Outreach, a Kenya-based social enterprise empowering youth and communities through education and agriculture, blending corporate leadership with grassroots change.

Samuel Agutu

CEO

Tendo Social Development

Sam Agutu is an Ashoka Fellow and Founder & Executive Director of Tendo Social Development, a Kenyan organization creating economic opportunities and strengthening resilience among women and youth in urban and rural communities. A social entrepreneur with extensive experience in healthcare financing, livelihoods, and community development, Sam currently leads initiatives in entrepreneurship, climate-smart agriculture, circular-economy innovation, and migration resilience. He serves on the Ashoka East Africa Board and is a founding member of the System Changer Network (SCN) Kenya, promoting collaboration and systems change among grassroots organizations.

Sandrine Piotelat

Global Health System Catalyst and Sustainability Advisor

Sandrine Piotelat is a Global Health System Catalyst and Sustainability Advisor with 25+ years of experience across pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech sectors. She built her career developing medical devices and digital health solutions, before moving into patient experience strategy — designing approaches to better support patients living with chronic diseases in their treatment journey. She then deliberately pivoted toward global health equity, contributing to impact measurement at FIND and AI strategy at PATH. IMD-certified in Sustainable Business Transformation and a B Leader affiliated with B Lab Switzerland, Sandrine bridges private sector rigor with the realities of underserved communities. Through The Caring Innovator, she pursues her core belief that innovation only makes sense when it cares. Her conviction is rooted in real encounters — like sitting with Mila, a farmer in a remote Nepali village, listening to what it truly takes to reach a doctor when you live three days’ walk from the nearest road. At MMHT 2026, Sandrine facilitates the “Sustainable Scaling” session, exploring how health solutions can grow truer, not just faster.

Sari Koski

Director of Diabetes Courses and Knowledge Production

Finnish Diabetes Association

Sari holds a master's degree in health sciences (nursing) and currently serves as the Director of Diabetes Courses and Knowledge Production at the Finnish Diabetes Association. She has a substantial track record with national and international development projects, with a strong focus on supporting the everyday life of people with diabetes from a variety of perspectives. Sari also has extensive experience in impact, effectiveness of care and diabetes stigma.

Simone Manfredi

PhD Candidate

University of Milan

Simone is a PhD candidate in Intersectoral Innovation at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, and a research fellow in Government, Health and Not-for-Profit at SDA Bocconi School of Management, where he is affiliated with CERGAS (Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management). His research interests include comparative and gendered welfare state analysis, social policy and social innovation management, and collaborative governance. His recent work focuses on family and work–life balance policies, as well as the social impact of public and private not-for-profit entities.

Simone Ried

Corporate Citizenship Manager

PERI Group

Simone Ried has been working at the PERI Group for over 20 years, an international provider of formwork and scaffolding systems for the construction industry and has gained extensive experience across various areas of the company. In her current role in Corporate Citizenship, she is responsible for PERI’s international social engagement. A key focus of her work is school construction in the Global South, which she coordinates worldwide with international partners — based on a resource-efficient building technology co-developed by PERI. In addition, she brings together donation, sponsorship, and corporate volunteering activities. Her focus is on hands-on projects with tangible impact, particularly in the field of education.

Prof. Dr. Sophie Bacq

Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

IMD Business School

Sophie is Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, holding the Coca-Cola Foundation Chair in Sustainable Development at IMD. A globally acknowledged thought leader in social entrepreneurship, Sophie is on the 2024 Thinkers50 Radar list and recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University. Her research has received multiple best paper awards from AMP, JBV and JMS, and the 2019 Academy of Management Emerging Scholar Award. A member of several Editorial Review Boards (AMJ, ETP, JOM), Sophie is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Venturing. She co-directs The Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference and teaches the Social Entrepreneurship Doctoral Seminar.

Stefan Wilhelm

Director Social Innovation

Bayer Foundation

Stefan is the Director of Social Innovation for the Bayer Foundation, responsible for their social innovation program portfolio management, as well as strategy and impact measurement and management. In particular, Stefan focuses on scalable high impact ventures in sustainable agriculture, alongside empowering access to health and enhanced nutrition in low and middle income countries in the global south.

Stephanie Koczela

CEO & Co-founder

Penda Health

Stephanie Koczela is the Co-Founder and CEO of Penda Health, a Kenyan healthcare company making high-quality healthcare affordable and accessible to mass-market families. Penda operates a growing network of 20+ technology- and AI-enabled medical centres and a country wide platform telemedicine. Under Stephanie’s leadership, Penda has delivered more than 2.7 million patient visits and built a scalable model combining strong clinical quality, an excellent patient experience and affordable pricing. She is focused on expanding access to trusted primary healthcare across Kenya and, over time, across Africa.

Stephanie Seesemann

Scientist & Device Engineer

Boehringer Ingelheim

Stephanie is a seasoned evaluation engineer, with global experience, who excels in quality assurance, deviation and change management, and laboratory techniques. She combines analytical thinking, adaptability, and process optimization capabilities to optimize parenteral combination products. Her expertise in GMP environments and medical device regulations empowers her to drive innovation with precision

Stewart Langdon

Partner

LeapFrog Investments

Stewart Langdon has been part of the firm’s leadership team for over 15 years. He co-leads the firm’s financial inclusion business in Asia and has led a number of landmark investments across health insuranceinsurance, lending and fintech. He specialises in investments in India and in Digital Financial Services globally. He serves on the Investment Committee of both the firm’s flagship fund and its new climate strategy. The flagship funds invest across the healthcare sector, including pharma, genomics, wellness, hospitals and health insurance.

Dr. Suzana Erico Tanni

Pulmonlogist

Sao Paulo Society of Pulmonology and Phthisiology

Suzana is a Medical Doctor specialising in Pulmonology, leading both national and international efforts around respiratory research linked to smoking cessation programs, chronic respiratory diseases, and viral diseases. She pioneered the implementation of a respiratory disease screening program in Brazil’s public health system, working alongside the national health commission and patients’ advocacy initiatives. Dr. Tanni also works as a mentor and a faculty member of Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical and Operations Research (MECOR) for the American Thoracic Society.

Swathi Rao

Deputy Director

BillionScale Health

Swathi began her career in corporate finance, executing complex M&A, debt, and equity transactions across Africa's frontier markets. Transitioning into impact investing and blended finance, she has deeply specialized in the healthcare sector. At BillionScale Health, previously the Health Finance Coalition, Swathi has played a central role in driving regional impact, expertly structuring blended finance instruments through innovative vehicles like the Multiply Health Fund. Partnering with varied investor classes, she mobilizes capital and leverages an extensive regional network to deliver strategic advisory and transaction support.

Sylvia Mwangi

Partner

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Kenyan national Sylvia is a Partner at Boston Consulting Group in Nairobi, focused on social impact in Africa, designing cross-sector partnerships that scale solutions to complex health, agriculture, and climate challenges. She supports the Africa Union Development Agency and JICA Home Grown Solutions Accelerator, preparing health enterprises for investment and strategic partnerships. She brings an investor-oriented perspective to aligning incentives, de-risking capital, and attracting private investment to deliver measurable, large-scale outcomes alongside philanthropy and government. Previously, Sylvia worked with McKinsey & Company and Dalberg, and led the World Bank’s $360.5M DRIVE program at Zep-Re, mobilizing reinsurance capital and expanding financial protection for pastoral economies in the Horn of Africa. Her thought leadership includes EdTech in Africa), a World Bank/Global Shield analysis on drought risk, and Kenya’s Energy Sector White Paper. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Nairobi and a Global MBA from Imperial College.

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Tanja Vermeer

Associate Director Sustainability

Boehringer Ingelheim

Tanja is passionate about collaboration between teams, organizations and communities. After running her own consultancy company, she decided to dedicate her time and effort to healthcare in 2015. In her current role at Boehringer Ingelheim, she is Associate Director Sustainability, driving Making More Health and Impact Through Our People programs, aiming to connect social entrepreneurs and employees for impact and innovation in health.

Tim Verfaillie

Director Health Equity/Social Business

UCB

Tim Verfaillie, MSc MBA, has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry across R&D, program management, commercial operations, and sustainability. He currently leads Health Equity operations at UCB, focusing on strategy implementation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. He holds degrees in Physical Education and Physiotherapy from KU Leuven, complemented by studies in Anthropology, Marketing, and an Executive MBA. He also completed a postgraduate program in sustainability at Cambridge University.

Dr. Tosin Oshinubi

Director

Salient Advisory

Based in Lagos, Dr. Oshinubi oversees Salient’s advisory and partnership teams, where he works with governments, life sciences companies, donors and global health agencies, with a focus on technology, to drive transformations in health systems across Africa. He brings over 19 years of experience spanning consulting, healthcare, and financial services. Before joining Salient, Tosin was COO and Transformation Lead at CardinalStone, an independent, multi-asset investment management firm. Previously, he had held senior roles at EY-Parthenon and Phillips Consulting. A medical doctor with an MBA from China Europe International Business School, he also contributes to national policy as a member of the Nigerian Economic Summit’s Central Organizing Committee.

Umra Omar

Chief Partnerships & Innovation Officer

Safari Doctors

Umra Omar is the founder of Safari Doctors, an award-winning mobile healthcare initiative serving marginalized communities in Kenya’s Lamu County. A CNN Hero and UN Person of the Year, she also ran for Governor of Lamu in 2022, championing inclusive leadership and community-driven development. Trained in neuroscience and public health, Umra continues to inspire as a leading voice in global health equity, women’s leadership, and community-driven development.

Vaikhari Sonawane

Founder

Aatman Organisation

Vaikhari is Founder of the Aatman Organisation, who is working to revolutionize the mental health industry in India. Having realized what students need is education, rather than simply awareness, she developed a nationally-recognized curriculum from dialectical behavioural therapy which has now reached over 180,000 students – and has earned her recognition as an Ashoka Young Changemaker within the 2024 cohort.

Valentina Perniciaro

Founder and Spokesperson

Tetrabondi Foundation

Valentina is Founder and Spokesperson for the Tetrabondi Foundation, as well as an author and advocate for independent journalism. The foundation focuses on promoting a person-centered view of disability and supporting inclusive social change, stemming from her own experiences as a caregiver for her son – a near-SIDS event survivor who now lives with spastic quadriparesis and cerebral palsy.

Verah Omariba

Leader

Core Health & Wealth

Verah is the Leader of Core Health and Wealth, advocating and championing transformation in underserved communities to drive sustainable solutions within Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa. Passionate about co-creation, collaboration, partnerships, and systems thinking - she facilitates attitude change to enable an environment where everybody, including women and girls, have a chance to flourish.

Walter Sifuentes

Chief Executive Officer

MedicalINT

Walter is the founder of MedicaliNT, a company using technology to expand access to healthcare in rural, indigenous, and remote communities. After more than 20 years leading technology, operations, and marketing teams across the global energy sector, he turned his focus to healthcare access. Through MED4US, MedicaliNT’s tele-ultrasound platform, local midwives, nurses, and general practitioners are trained and equipped to perform diagnostic-quality ultrasounds without a specialist on site. The initiative has reached more than 3,000 patients across 400 communities, supporting 24 health centres and training over 100 healthcare workers throughout Peru’s coast, Amazon, and Andes, with ambitions to expand across Latin America.

Winnie Mwangi

Managing Director

FINCA Ventures

Winnie is Managing Director for FINCA Ventures, a seasoned investment profession and strategic leader with almost two decades of experience backing her. Having specialized in venture capital and impact investment within Sub-Saharan Africa, she now leads the firm’s strategy and early-stage investment execution, deploying capital across diverse sectors to generate sustainable change. A passionate advocate for inclusive innovation, Winnie also serves as a Jury President for the Cartier Women’s Initiative and is an active angel investor, reinforcing her dedication to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs.

Yeleka Barrett

Senior Change Manager

Ashoka

Yeleka leads Ashoka’s largest and longest corporate partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim. With a focus on the health sector, her expertise is in designing and implementing corporate sector engagements and connecting social entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. Prior to her tenure at Ashoka, Yeleka worked in Toronto in international finance, specializing in wealth management and qualified intermediary management. She has also spent time building capacity-building initiatives for social intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs in Tanzania. Yeleka holds degrees in Kinesiology and Public Health.

Afia Pharma

Social Business Incubator

Afia Pharma is a leading online pharmacy in Rwanda, with a mission to make prescribed and non-prescribed medications available, accessible and affordable to billions of people across Africa. Certified by Rwanda’s FDA, their digital procurement platform focuses on streamlining the supply chain for essential dialysis consumables and medical supplies, with automated reordering and real-time tracking to enhance efficiency, reduce delays and deliver effective patient care. They also provide flexible payment options, allowing facilities to maintain optimal stock levels and ease cash flow constraints.

DigiCow Africa Limited

Social Business Accelerator

DigiCow Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya, is an award-winning Agritech company established (as FarmingTech Solutions) in 2016. Their primary objective is to develop mobile phone technologies that enhance farm-level production and profitability. They have created the DigiCow dairy app and Ndume app, which enable digital record-keeping, informed decision-making, and access to training resources. By partnering with local technical youths, we facilitate farmer learning and provide valuable insights into breeding and clinical health records. DigiCow Africa Ltd is dedicated to improving agricultural practices and supporting farmers through innovative technological solutions.

Doktorconnect

Social Business Incubator

Doktorconnect is a digital health platform, offering access to personalized medical care using a comprehensive wellness-based approach and genetic analysis for chronic disease prevention and management. It matches genomics to wellness results, to design individual, evidence-based lifestyle management plans. Its digital platform facilitates virtual and in-person consultations with doctors, using input from remote medical devices. Doktorconnect also uses breakthrough cognitive science and coaching techniques to create healthy behaviors and is combating malaria in Nigeria with at-home diagnostic test kits, telemedicine, and digital prescription management.

Drop Access Limited

Social Business Accelerator

Drop Access is a woman-led Kenyan company, established in 2021 to bridge healthcare cold chain gaps, affordably and sustainably, for rural and off-grid populations across Africa. Their flagship product is Vaccibox: portable, solar-powered, mobile-IoT-enabled refrigeration for vaccines and other heat-sensitive medical items. Drop Access is set to be Kenya’s first WHO PQS-certified company in its field. Vaccibox is active in Kenya, Tanzania and Cote d'Ivoire; it has stored and delivered over half a million vaccines in Kenya, treating 250,000 people and animals, avoiding 26MTs of CO2 and saving over $3.7M in costs.

Geneplus Global Limited

Social Business Accelerator

Geneplus is an Agricultural Biotechnology company, offering advanced solutions that help to make farming more productive, profitable, and sustainable. Their last-mile animal health delivery service model combines robust cold-chain infrastructure with simple USSD technology to offer affordability, accessibility, and minimal network demands via basic phones. The local cluster centers that this enables could reduce genetics costs by up to 40%, as well as raising breeding awareness by training farmers.

Kenusa Medical

Social Business Incubator

Kenusa Medical Limited is a Kenya-based social enterprise that partners with Mission Hospitals to build and operate dialysis centers. Their goal – to improve quality of life for kidney patients in East Africa by helping to increase access and improve the standard of renal care among underserved and rural communities, with a focus on sustainability and long-term impact.

Mobiklinic

Social Business Incubator

Mobiklinic is a digital health company that aims to provide healthcare access for all by leveraging cutting-edge digital technology to revolutionize last-mile healthcare delivery. Headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, Mobiklinic has been able to support truly underserved communities across the Buikwe and Kampala Districts, and Kisumu County in Western Kenya. Primarily by upskilling, digitizing and equipping over 600 Community Health Workers (CHWs) through a range of programs, including the Renal health program, vaccination, and maternal health. What’s more, Mobiklinic have also reached at least 50,000 beneficiaries using internally developed tools, such as their Digital Community Health Tool and Digital CHW Training Platform.

Parkers Mobile Clinic

Social Business Incubator

Parkers Mobile Clinic, based in South-East Nigeria, is dedicated to delivering accessible, affordable healthcare to underserved communities. Its primary objective is to bridge the healthcare gap in remote and rural areas, providing comprehensive medical services, health education, telemedicine, and community outreach programs. It uses innovative mobile healthcare solutions to address critical health needs and improve the quality of life for thousands of people. Collaborations with local and international partners enhance its impact, ensuring sustainable healthcare delivery and fostering community well-being. Current projects include the Renal Health Ambassador program, Parkers Resilient Health project, Family planning, and Nutrition interventions.

Ren Healthcare

Social Business Incubator

Ren Healthcare is an innovative health tech startup aspiring to offer pioneering renal care across Sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 2021, their first highly specialized medical center in Ibadan, Nigeria focuses on delivering care, harnessing data, and employing AI to predict early onset Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Committed to reducing CKD prevalence and making renal care both affordable and accessible, Ren’s goal is to identify at-risk individuals early – with the subsequent aim of delaying or halting CKD progression through global medical referrals.

Sliver Cross Healthcare & Diagnostics Center

Social Business Incubator

Silver Cross Healthcare & Diagnostics Center is a multi-specialty healthcare service provider in Abuja, Nigeria. Dedicated to delivering quality, reliable healthcare services and promoting community health and wellness, their services encompass a wide range of medical specialties – including primary and secondary care, diagnostics, and preventive healthcare services. One of their biggest areas of focus is to improve the quality of life in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease by ensuring community-wide access to dialysis treatments and renal replacement therapy, alongside other holistic interventions designed to transform the patient and caregiver experience as they manage the disease and associated comorbidities

Wellahealth

Social Business Accelerator

Wellahealth is dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare access in Africa via a robust network of over 2,000 community pharmacies, bringing affordable, efficient medical services to the doorstep of every African through innovative microinsurance and fulfilment solutions. As well as plans covering common conditions or services and cashback for hospitalization, Wellahealth partners with Healthcare Maintenance Organizations to fulfil prescriptions. Their CEO calls pharmacies "the core of healthcare delivery in many communities in Nigeria." In serving over 200,000 Nigerians, they have generated over 1 billion Naira in revenue for their partners and proved their commitment to better healthcare access and outcomes.

Zuri Health

Social Business Accelerator

Zuri Health is a pan-African health tech company, dedicated to leveraging technology that can democratize access to quality healthcare. Created in 2021 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, they have since expanded into 8 other countries across Africa – providing an end-to-end patient journey through their app, website, WhatsApp, SMS and more. From consultations and lab testing, to pharmacy delivery and aftercare management, their mission is to ensure universally accessible health care for millions across the continent – with a clear focus on reaching underserved and rural communities to address their unique needs.