Healthy Entrepreneurs

Geographies Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi

Core Service Areas Telemedicine-paired D2C Distribution, Digital/ Product Distribution

Founder(s) Joost van Engen

Founded 2012

Healthy Entrepreneurs engages existing rural community health workers in a sustainable business by providing them access to low-cost, high-quality branded generics and other health commodities. The business is driven by a tightly-controlled supply chain that reduces mark-ups and allows entrepreneurs to sell high-quality products at a lower cost than currently available in rural areas and still retain a margin on each sale. Entrepreneurs use low-cost smartphones to manage their business and reordering, provide access to telemedicine services to their customers with a focus on screening and treatment, and give Healthy Entrepreneurs, its funders, and governments real-time visibility to the flow of information, services, and products in rural areas.

Dutch Good Growth Fund, Philips Foundation, Dutch Postcode Lottery, Grand Challenges, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madiro, Bayer Foundation