An health tech solution for malaria, that through a mobile app connected to a custom piece of hardware (matiscope) enables the users to diagnose and know their malaria status in the shortest time possible.
Shafik Sekitto
MATIBABU
Major Achievements
- The first blood-free innovation to diagnose malaria;
- Has reduced the time for a Malaria’s diagnosis by at least 30%
- Households can save up to 50% of the diagnosis costs;
- Received a grant from RAN (Resilient Africa network);
- Winner of UN women empowerment award in 2013;
- Winner of the $10,000 award of ASME IShow innovation showcase in Kenya in 2017;
- Overall winner of the Pitch@Palace Africa 2.0 award in 2018;
- Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize in 2018;
- Named one of the 50 best inventions of 2018 by TIME Magazine.
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