Webinar: Unlocking Financial Pathways for Health Entrepreneurs: Accelerating Health Market Growth in Kenya

FHM ENGAGE WEBINAR

Unlocking Financial Pathways for Health Entrepreneurs: Accelerating Health Market Growth in Kenya

Thursday, September 5, 2024 | 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. EDT/ 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EAT | Virtual

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One of the most pressing challenges for health entrepreneurs in Kenya is a lack of access to adequate financing to support and scale reproductive and maternal health products and services. USAID’s Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage in collaboration with Strathmore University Business School, and SNDBX Capital is implementing activities to address barriers to financial access for private health businesses providing maternal health services. The "Health Enterprise Financing Program" is designed to enhance eligibility for financing by addressing gaps in business planning, management, and knowledge on structuring business operations to de-risk lending, as well as building expertise in negotiating and securing debt and other forms of financing. Additionally, the Program features a "Village" Support Ecosystem that fills the gap in networks needed to support business growth. This community of health entrepreneurs fosters collaboration, provides access to experts, and creates new partnerships to enhance service delivery.

On Thursday, September 5, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m EDT/ 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EAT join speakers from FHM Engage, Strathmore, and SNDBX for a technical showcase of this comprehensive approach used in Kenya to empower health entrepreneurs with the skills and knowledge they need to attract and secure funding. Hear how participants of the Health Entrepreneurship Financing Program have already received expressions of interest from a number of local banks and an equity investment partner, amounting to over $2 million in potential funding! Click here to watch the recording.

Moderator and Presenters: 

• Dana Tilson, FHM Engage Project Director, moderator
• Judy Mboya, FHM Engage Advisor, Private Sector Development
• Prof. Francis (Frank) Wafula, Associate Professor, Strathmore University Business School
• Dr. Rowena Njeri, Program Lead, Strathmore University Business School
• Mr. Wohoro Ndohho, CEO, SNDBX Capital

Strathmore University Business School (SBS), one of FHM Engage’s network implementing partners (NIPs), is a leading institution in Kenya with a strong reputation for training healthcare managers through its academic and executive programs at its Institute of Healthcare Management. SBS has partnered with SNDBX Capital, a one-stop shop for entrepreneur growth solutions.

Questions? Please reach out to FHM Engage, fhm-engage@fhm-engage.org

Banner photo: A traditional midwife who collaborates with the community health worker to bring pregnant women to deliver in hospitals, goes for a home visit, Bungoma, Kenya. 2016. Photo Credit: Allan Gichigi/MCSP