Kenyan wellbeing tech startup Zuri Wellness has introduced its functions in Senegal. The startup has partnered with Expresso Senegal to launch its functions in the country.
Expresso Senegal, a subsidiary of the Expresso Telecom group is a telecommunications operator in Senegal that gives solutions adapted to internet, calls and SMS with the 4G technology and company and roaming options.
According to a statement from Zuri Overall health, the partnership is aimed at revolutionizing e-health in Senegal and Africa at large.
“It is with great gratification that Expresso Senegal and Zuri Wellness are launching collectively the health and fitness app underneath the title Zuri Health and fitness. This is a major innovation in the Senegalese healthcare ecosystem, making it possible for our organization to once all over again add to the option of the issues the inhabitants faces in accessing a very first-vacation resort physician for steerage and referrals.” reported Radi Almamoun, Performing CEO at Expresso Senegal.
Zuri Wellness claims this partnership will give them the ability to give price across the whole chain by merging technological know-how and health care.
An Expresso subscriber in Senegal simply just sends a search term to 28008 to subscribe to the services and starts to chat and consult with a doctor by using SMS. The individuals will get actual-time and trusted response from licensed medical professionals, cost-effective healthcare and secure and shielded personal health facts.
Bulk of end users in Senegal who may well not have obtain to net enabled gadgets or smartphones will now have the possibility to receive to start with-amount health-related session from qualified healthcare industry experts through the SMS platform.
“We are really energized to be doing the job with Expresso Senegal as our Telco lover in Senegal. At Zuri Health and fitness, we have taken into cognizance Africa’s exclusive difficulties and supplied medical session by way of SMS services to just take care of the more than 65% of the populace devoid of accessibility to smartphones or the world wide web. Patients are now equipped to check with with a medical doctor from as low as 30 CFA franc. Our motivation to featuring quality, economical and available health care is the critical purpose we have partnered with Expresso Senegal.”- noted Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke, Founder
Based mostly in Nairobi, Kenya, Zuri Wellbeing gives economical and available health care options to disenfranchised folks across Sub- Saharan Africa as a result of a mobile app, web site and SMS. The business does this by tapping into a wealth of databases of medical professionals, pharmacies, laboratories and diagnostic centers.
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