Shimba Technologies Ltd launches MedAfrica App

From A Nairobian's Perspective ! Wed Nov 2 2011, 02:24:00

MedAfrica Mobile App is set to provide about 26 million Kenyans with medical information

Nairobi , Kenya 1st November 2011.........Shimba Technologies Ltd in partnership with Nokia has launched MedAfrica - a mobile app offering a ground-breaking, go-to source of information regarding medical solutions at the touch of a button. The service aims to make healthcare information affordable and accessible to Kenyans.

MedAfrica was born out of the health category of Tuvitu (a mobile content platform by Shimba Technologies). It won the Pivot 25 award - http://pivot25.com/, a regional competition held in April, 2011 in Nairobi. The team got an opportunity to showcase the product at Demo fall, Silicon Valley in July and also emerged as one of the top 10 apps at Demo.

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