Edgetechies Blog

Helpmum Africa ; one of the startups that our business development team led by 'Damola Anjorin helped lay the foundation and continues to support, recently got selected as one of the startups to be funded in partnership by META(whatsapp) on rolling out Turn.io. This is also coming after being recently selected as the first-ever African winner of a $250,000 grant from the   Patrick McGovern Foundation  to support the deployment of the company's AI-Driven Vaccine Intervention Optimiser (ADVISER) Plus  a $50,000 grant from  Waislitz Global Citizens ; for remarkable work in tackling maternal and infant mortality alongside covid response. The team continues to make strides, with series of wins including about 12 million USD grant recently with a few other organizations. More info  here  We're proud of the team's back-to-back wins and the strategic support we've been providing over the years from the company's founding moments. Learn more about the company'...

  Congrats to Biodun & his team at Helpmum.org on being selected for the Facebook community accelerator program. Proud to have seeded the development of the first company website and helped in mobilizing the very first outreach. *Cover of the brief Biodun(the founder) sent me below Initially declined to back him on a couple of other lower-potential concepts he pitched to me... ** (PS: **Chats are shared with necessary alignment for context) Including a coffee business & laboratory rats business Then he eventually came up with Helpmum after some back-and-forth ideation We scheduled a meeting which became a defining moment for Helpmum and the rest is history The startup has gone on to do amazing work in maternal health, getting a series of grants & recognitions along the way, including a recent $250k win from the Google Impact challenge The team continues to enjoy strategic business development support from us and we continue to cheer them on for more wins. *Biodun & ...