What is the name of your organization?
UzimaNexus
What is the name of your solution?
UzimaNexus
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
The operating system fostering transparency, accessibility, and rewarding African healthcare
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Nairobi, Kenya
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
KEN
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
UzimaNexus addresses Africa’s fragmented healthcare system, causing delayed diagnoses and poor outcomes, particularly in rural areas. Key problems include inaccessible specialists, disjointed medical records, and opaque data systems, leading to late diagnoses, like the 70% of Kenya’s 47,000 annual cancer cases detected late, resulting in 33,000 deaths. Globally, fragmented systems contribute to 5.7 million preventable deaths yearly in low-income countries, with 80% of healthcare data siloed.
In Africa, 700 million people lack quality healthcare access, with 80% of rural populations distant from specialists. UzimaNexus’s AI-powered referral system connects patients to specialists, while its blockchain-backed platform ensures secure, centralized data sharing, eliminating redundant tests. NFC wearables and a mobile app empower patients with record access, even offline. A digital currency (UziCoin) incentivizes transparency, rewarding data sharing. Kenya’s rural 20 million and Africa’s 1.4 billion are impacted, with global relevance for 1 billion in underserved regions. By tackling inaccessibility, fragmentation, and opacity, UzimaNexus aims to reduce diagnostic delays and improve health outcomes.
What is your solution?
UzimaNexus is a healthcare platform that connects patients, providers, and facilities to improve care delivery in Africa. It includes a Desktop and Web App for providers, using AI to streamline workflows like patient management and referrals, guiding patients to specialists based on location. Blockchain ensures secure, encrypted sharing of medical records across facilities, creating a unified patient history. Patients access records via a Mobile App and NFC-powered wearables (e.g., bracelets), enabling data sharing even offline through SMS/USSD. A digital currency, UziCoin, rewards providers and patients with tokens for sharing accurate data, redeemable for discounts or premium features, fostering transparency. The platform integrates with existing systems, supporting urban and rural settings. By combining AI, blockchain, and NFC, UzimaNexus ensures seamless, secure, and incentivized healthcare collaboration, empowering patients and providers. A demo video is available at [https://uzimanexus.com/UzimaNexus-Consultvrse-Demo-Video.mp4].
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
UzimaNexus serves patients, healthcare providers, and facilities in Africa, particularly the 700 million underserved across rural and urban areas, including Kenya’s 20 million rural residents. Patients, often facing delayed diagnoses due to inaccessible specialists and fragmented records, gain control over their health data via a Mobile App and NFC wearables, enabling secure record access and sharing, even offline. This reduces redundant tests and speeds up treatment. Healthcare providers, like rural clinicians lacking specialist access, benefit from an AI-powered Web App for streamlined workflows and referrals, connecting them to specialists for timely interventions. Facilities, constrained by siloed systems, leverage blockchain for secure, transparent data sharing, improving care coordination. By incentivizing data sharing with UziCoin, UzimaNexus rewards transparency, offering discounts that ease financial burdens. This directly improves lives by reducing diagnostic delays (e.g., 70% late cancer diagnoses in Kenya), enhancing care access, and fostering accountability, ensuring better health outcomes for underserved communities.