About Dr.
Dr. Olu Sangoyomi is the founder and CEO of AfriaMed, a Lagos-based digital-health platform serving 2.4 million patients across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. He writes the Global Brief's Africa dispatches for Rounds.
A practicing physician for ten years before founding AfriaMed, Olu has built or advised teams across clinical trials, telehealth, and mobile-money-integrated insurance rails in sub-Saharan Africa.
He is a a fictional leadership foundation Leadership Fellow and a member of the a regional health advisory group Digital Health Task Force.
Highlights
- Built AfriaMed to 2.4M patients across 3 countries.
- a fictional leadership foundation Leadership Fellow (2022).
- a regional health advisory group Digital Health Task Force.
- a regional technology forum speaker on the African health-tech stack.
Experience
- 2019 — PresentFounder & CEOAfriaMed
Telehealth and insurance platform across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya.
- 2016 — 2019Country Medical DirectorMavira Health
- 2009 — 2016Attending PhysicianHarborview Teaching Hospital
