Rocket Health Clinic
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Founded 📆 | 2018 in Kampala, Uganda |
| Founder 👔 | Davis Musinguzi |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Kampala , Uganda |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 120 |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Rocket Health clinic is a Ugandan telemedicine health provider, pharmaceutical and life sciences company in Uganda.[1][2][3] Headquartered in Kampala, Rocket Health's areas of business include human pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products.[4][5] The company is a component of the Medical Concierge Group (TMCG).[6] Davis Musinguzi has been CEO since 2018.[7][8]
Location
Rocket Health’s head office is found at Mirembe Business Centre, Lugogo By-Pass, Kampala. The coordinates of the Rocket Health Clinic are: 0°19'16.4"N, 32°34'37.8"E (Latitude 0.3212226297756178, Longitude 32.5771593693992)[7][9]
Overview
Rocket Health was founded in August 2018[7][10] by Dr Davis Musinguzi together with Dr John Mark Bwanika, Dr. Hope Fortunate, Dr Lubega William won $50,000 in startup financing from the Warid Entrepreneurship Fund to start TMCG, which later gave birth to Rocket Health.[1][5] Rocket Health has over 80 employees.[7][11][12]
History
Rocket Health was founded in 2018 by Davis Musinguzi, John Mark Bwanika, William Lubega, Hope Achiro, and Fiona Nuwamanya after winning the Microsoft Imagine Cup Award in 2012.[11][3] Then got into an East African TV show competition, Inspire Africa and won $50,000 in startup financing from the Warid Entrepreneurship Fund to start The Medical Concierge Group.[1][13]
Partnership
In 2020, Rocket Health made a partnership with UAP Old Mutual insurance to extend services for medical insurance members by adding telemedicine as a benefit for the members.[1][7][2][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Independent, The (April 26, 2021). "Rocket Health, UNDP unveil $40, 000 project to boost safety for tourists".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rocket Health is providing telemedicine services to all UAP-OM members". Uganda Business News. February 6, 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "TMCG Brings Telemedicine (Remote Medical Monitoring) Uganda". April 23, 2019.
- ↑ Mureithi, Carlos. "African telemedicine startups need regulation to reach more patients". Quartz.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Company introduces door to door health services to 'fix sick sector'". The Observer - Uganda.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "TMCG Offering Telemedicine Services to UAP Medical Insurance Members". PC Tech Magazine - Uganda Technology News, Analysis, Software and Product Reviews from Africa's Oldest ICT Magazine. September 25, 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Digitisation does not come cheap – Musinguzi". Daily Monitor.
- ↑ "Dr. Musinguzi on Building a Telemedicine Company". October 15, 2020.
- ↑ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ↑ "Highlights of our 8 year journey". March 9, 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "TMCG to Showcase at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit". PC Tech Magazine - Uganda Technology News, Analysis, Software and Product Reviews from Africa's Oldest ICT Magazine. October 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Davis Musinguzi receives a dummy cheque from Warid last week". PC Tech Magazine - Uganda Technology News, Analysis, Software and Product Reviews from Africa's Oldest ICT Magazine.
- ↑ Kamukama, Polly. "Versatile Musinguzi is living his dream". The Observer - Uganda.
External references
- Rocket Health Care Website
- Healthcare Supply Chain Startups Want to Support Covid-19 Response
- A Beginner's Guide to Using Rocket Health in Uganda
- African telemedicine startups need regulation to reach more patients
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