Funmi Adewara

Physician, Digital Health/Telemedicine Enthusiast, Founder/CEO of pioneer integrated telemedicine startup based in the UK & Nigeria with a Pan-African focus. Our intervention is tailored to bridge global healthcare needs and addresses multiple pain points; inadequate healthcare workforce, poor/lack of healthcare infrastructures, limited access to private/public health insurance, medical tourism, exposure to counterfeit medicines, unqualified personnel & high costs of treatments. Technology offers unique opportunity for Africa and other developing countries to leapfrog their healthcare challenges and attain Universal Health Coverage. Funmi has more than a decade experience in clinical Medicine within the NHS UK, a stint in the Pharmaceutical industry as a Drug Safety Physician covering APAC & Europe for investigational & marketed medicinal products, medical devices & diagnostics. She is a member of American Telemedicine Association, ATA. Funmi has won several awards and recognitions including most recently the Sanofi AfricaTech Challenge, Africa Vs Virus Challenge by AfDB, EU et al, The Female Tech Founders Award 2020 sponsored by Her Majesty's Government, Zenith Global Health Awards for Advancing healthcare with technology. She was a Speaker and Panelist at the United Nations CSTD panel where Mobihealth was endorsed as one of the selected businesses offering inclusive sustainable innovative products and services and recently at the Africa Development Institute, ADI contributing to shaping policy for telemedicine adoption and building a resilient healthcare in Africa post COVID. Her work is being supported by the Africa Development Bank, AfDB, the DCMS and DIT of the UK Government and has been featured on BBC, CNBC, Channels TV, Channel 5 News, Africa.com, Telegraph, Financial Times-London to mention a few. Funmi is recognised as one of the Most Influential People of African Decent, MIPAD. There are huge possibilities that Digital revolution brings to healthcare. It’s application in every aspects of our lives in such highly scalable way is really fascinating. With the explosive mobile Technology adoption, it is no longer defensible for millions of people to continue to die from preventable causes.Mobihealth's Telemedicine model has the potential to change this dismal narrative & quickly providing teleconsultations, prescriptions, diagnostics, treatments, referral & home health services. The solar powered telemedicine mobile clinics are suitable for those in rural areas.