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Agbor Ashu

Co-founder & Chief Medical Director•HealthLane
Cameroon
Founder

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Expertise

Digital Health
Mobile Health (mHealth) Solutions
Health Informatics
Product Management
Community Medicine
Project Management
Impact Monitoring and Evaluation
Data Analysis
Python
SQL
R Programming
Excel
Agile Methodology
Health Content Development
Leadership
Primary Sector
Health
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0Investments
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Biography

Dr. Agbor Ashu is a Cameroonian medical doctor and award-winning digital health entrepreneur specializing in mobile health solutions for maternal and child healthcare in Africa. He co-founded GiftedMom in 2012, a digital health platform that has reached over 110,000 women in Africa, improving antenatal attendance to 80% and vaccination rates to 90% in partner facilities. In 2020, he co-founded HealthLane, a teleconsultation and appointment booking platform that participated in Y Combinator's W20 batch. Currently serving as Senior Digital Programme Manager at BeaconPasteur, he is also a 2024-2025 Chevening Scholar pursuing an MSc in Health Informatics at University College London. His work has earned him the Oslo Business for Peace Award (2019) and recognition from the World Summit Awards.

Education

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MSc Health Informatics

University College London (UCL)

2024-2025

U

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

University of Yaounde I

2014

Languages

EnglishFrench

Awards

  • 🏆Chevening Scholarship (UK Foreign Office, 2024-2025)
  • 🏆Oslo Business for Peace Award Honouree (2019)
  • 🏆World Summit Award Global Champion - Young Innovator Category
  • 🏆Digital Africa Awards (awarded by French and Malian Presidents)
  • 🏆Endorsed by President Francois Hollande at Quai d'Orsay
  • 🏆Seed Stars Cameroon Winner (2017)
  • 🏆Gavi INFUSE Pacesetter
  • 🏆AFD Digital Africa Challenge Award Winner