The Africa Health Ventures Podcast
Business
Today's episode is a far-ranging conversation with Matt Berg, founder and CEO of Ona. We peel apart the many layers of Matt's life as an immigrant, a celebrity, a geek, a maker, and a founder. We marvel at all the crazy technologies we thought might work in the 90's. We hear the surprising role music had in bringing Matt back to this continent. We unpack how Matt drew from talent in Africa for Africa, when he founded Ona jointly in Kenya and the United States. In the second half, Matt highlights the untapped potential of new satellite imagery to help us reach people in the most remote parts of the world.
Prior to founding ONA, Matt led a social enterprise initiative at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he served as ICT Director for the Millennium Villages Project. He has previously been Technology Director for ChildCount+ and a member of Columbia University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering research group in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Matt was born in Cameroon, grew up in Senegal, and has worked in Africa for 15+ years. He is a PopTech! Social Innovation Fellow and was named to the 2010 Time 100 List of Most Influential People of the World. Matt has an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and has taught ICT4D at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University where he was adjunct faculty.
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The Medicine Supply Chain in Africa: from Manufacturer to Pharmacy (Part 1)
Introducing the Africa Health Ventures Podcast
Chuck Slaughter of Living Goods: Digital First Healthcare Saving Lives at the Last Mile
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Former Minister of Health of Rwanda
Investing in Healthcare with the World’s Largest Pure-Play Impact Investor
Technology, Innovation, and the Global Fund
Nicole Spieker of PharmAccess Foundation
Curt LaBelle, M.D., Managing Partner of the Global Health Investment Fund and the AXA IM Global Health Fund
Margot Cooijmans of Philips Foundation
Joseph Ssentongo of the Global Innovation Fund
Pippa Yeats of Turn.io: Sending a Lifeline to the People of Ukraine
Andy Bryant of Segal Family Foundation
Andy Pattison of WHO: 12 Days to Launch the Largest WhatsApp Service in the World
Hannah Subayi: From Billion Dollar Fund Manager to Pan-African Angel Investor
Creating New Ways to Fund Innovations in Global Health with Rebecca Distler of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Season 3 Teaser: Donors and Investors in Digital Health / HealthTech
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