Ten years later, he’s part of Viebeg – a Sh2 billion health start-up redefining medical supplies procurement and making healthcare affordable across East Africa. Before Rwanda, Musyoka worked for a dental supplies firm, helping grow its market share. The duo decided to capitalise on that gap and introduced medical supplies procurement software for hospitals and clinics to boost efficiency and transparency. The firm now supplies over 500 healthcare providers in Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kenya came second after Nigeria in the overall amount of funding, with the country only registering one start-up in the healthcare segment.

Source: Daily Nation May 18, 2022 16:01 UTC