Technology Opens the Doors of Africa's Health Sector

bbc.co.uk - by Fiona Graham - July 30, 2012

WATCH: In Kenya, only the very richest are guaranteed quality healthcare. The BBC's Fiona Graham looks at the technology that could change that

"I had just attended too many funerals, people dying from completely preventable causes and treatable diseases.

Stephanie Koczela is one of the founders of Penda Health, and she's explaining what motivated her and her colleagues to open their first clinic in the town of Kitengela.

As co-founder Beatrice Ongoce puts it: "In Kenya, healthcare quality is associated with being rich, being able to pay more, and bad options are related to being poor."

The start-up aims to provide quality, affordable healthcare for the middle and lower income segments of Kenyan society. And to do this technology plays a big part.

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