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Engineer 🧬 | Strategy & Partnerships @dearwomeninstem | Ambassador @stemsoulcial | African Health VC Series @estherhamidoutabayi | @dream__vc Alumn

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I literally dreamed about a moment like this.

For so long, venture capital felt like one of those spaces I admired from afar. This year, I decided to stop overthinking, take the leap of faith, and go for it.

And now I get to say that I’ve been accepted into Dream VC’s LIVC 2026 cohort 🥹✨

This opportunity means so much to me. I’m excited to learn, grow, and be surrounded by people who are passionate about investing, innovation, and the future of Africa and the diaspora.

A huge thank you to @dream__vc for creating such an incredible platform and opening doors for emerging investors. I’m so grateful and so excited for what’s ahead.

This is only the beginning 💫

#DreamVC #LIVC2026 #VentureCapital #AfricanVC #WomenInVC by @estietabal

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5 months ago

Still taking in the fact that I spoke at the @museumofscience 🥹🤎

I remember being a curious little girl walking through those same halls, and now I can say I stood there and shared my story as an engineer, speaking about the importance of access and representation in STEM.

Thank you to Makayla Comas for having me, to @_tharealtobi for being the most supportive mentor and helping me get ready for this moment, and to everyone who came out to support me 🤎

One thing I’ll always stand on: representation alone isn’t enough. We have to create access. We have to make sure young girls don’t just see what’s possible, but actually have the opportunity to step into it.

On this last day of Women’s History Month, I just want to say: keep opening doors. Keep creating. Keep building the things you wish existed.

You never know who’s watching and thinking, “that could be me.” ✨ taken in Museum of Science, Boston by @estietabal

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7 months ago

Excited to be speaking at the International Youth Conference 14 @iycforyouth (IYC14) tomorrow! 🌍

I’ll be joining the panel “AI, Technology and the Future of Global Governance” for a conversation on the role technology is playing in shaping our global future and why youth voices need to be part of it.

📅 September 22, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM EDT

You can watch the session live on YouTube:

Tune in here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/QzJl5PY1RUk?si=VANDULcERrQi5mna

Looking forward to it! ✨

#IYC14 #UNGA81 #GlobalGovernance #ArtificialIntelligence by @estietabal

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a month ago

🚑 African Health Infrastructure Series #14: Rescue.co 🇰🇪

What happens when someone needs an ambulance, but doesn’t know who to call or how quickly help can arrive?

That’s an infrastructure problem we don’t talk about enough.

Kenya-based Rescue.co is addressing this through technology that connects people to emergency responders and coordinates care.

According to its website, the company has reached:
🚑 65,000+ rescues conducted
👥 2.4M+ members
🤝 1,000+ provider partners

What interests me most is the business model. Instead of focusing only on owning ambulances, Rescue.co is building the network that helps coordinate them.

For investors, this opens up a conversation about recurring revenue, partnerships, scalability, and the future of emergency response across Africa.

Healthcare infrastructure isn’t just about building facilities. It’s also about making sure people can reach care when they need it.

Would you invest in emergency response technology in Africa?

Sources: Rescue.co (company-reported figures)

#AfricanHealthcare #HealthcareInfrastructure #RescueCo #HealthTechAfrica VentureCapital InvestInAfrica AfricanStartups EmergencyHealthcare by @estietabal

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7 days ago

The clinic is open. But does the power stay on? ⚡️

Only 40% of healthcare facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa have reliable electricity.

At least 25,000 facilities have no electricity at all, and another 68,350 are operating with unreliable power.

That is not just an energy problem.

It can mean vaccines losing refrigeration, oxygen equipment stopping, labs being unable to run tests, surgeries being delayed and facilities struggling to provide care safely at night.

And there is a major investment gap behind it.

SEforALL estimates about $2.6B is needed to sustainably electrify health facilities across seven markets it studied. Of the capital deployed in those markets over the previous seven years, roughly 95% came from donor grants.

So yes, there is a need for more solar and battery storage.

But I am also watching the opportunity in mini-grids, hybrid power, financing, maintenance, monitoring and energy-as-a-service models that can make reliable power sustainable long after installation.

Power is not separate from healthcare infrastructure. It is what allows the rest of it to work.

Swipe through ➡️

Sources: WHO + SEforALL

#AfricanHealthcare #HealthcareInfrastructure #InvestingInAfrica #EnergyAccess #HealthSystems by @estietabal

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14 days ago

Series #12 🌍🧡

Apologies for no post last week. I took a little time off, but I’m back.

My Dream VC fellowship has officially wrapped, but Dream VC is for life, and I’m keeping this weekly series going for now.

This week, I’m looking at some of the health conversations coming out of UNGA week, including financing, country ownership, local manufacturing, supply chains, and what it takes to turn conversations into real progress.

Thank you to everyone who has been reading, sharing, commenting, and engaging with this series. One of my favorite parts has been having a platform to connect with and learn from people across Africa’s healthcare and investment ecosystem.

I’m always open to spotlighting African founders, funds, investors, and organizations doing interesting work in healthcare, and I’d love to meet more people building and investing in this space. 🧡

More to come.

#AfricanHealthcare #AfricanStartups #AfricanVC #GlobalHealth HealthTech AfricaInvesting HealthcareInnovation by @estietabal

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20 days ago

Officially a Dream VC alumna 🤗💜

A few months ago, I gave myself a chance to fully immerse myself in something I had been curious about for a long time, and I’m so glad I did.

Our 2026 LIVC cohort brought together 47 fellows across 24 locations and 17 nationalities, with women making up 60% of the cohort. Some of my favorite parts of the experience were the people, the team projects, the laughs, and all the conversations in between.

There were some fun wins along the way too 🥹 Our Fat Hippo Capital Fund II presentation was selected as a finalist, and on graduation day, a different team I worked with placed 3rd for our Portfolio Connect Community Action Plan. 🥉

And somehow, during the same week my sister graduated, I also put together Tabayi Ventures, a mock VC fund deck, and it ended up being one of the decks I’m most proud of. 😂

Dream VC challenged me, stretched me, and gave me a space to learn by actually doing. I loved the FSS sessions, hearing from people across the investment ecosystem, and learning alongside fellows from so many different backgrounds and countries.

And the best part? I’m not leaving Dream VC. Graduation just means I get to experience the community differently now. Being a Dream VC alumna is for life, and I’m excited to keep building with, learning from, and eventually meeting even more of this community in person. 💜

I’m also continuing to support @dream__vc on the African Investment Salaries Survey 2026 and the report that will come from it, helping build better data around compensation and talent across Africa’s investment ecosystem.

If you work across the African investment ecosystem, the survey link is in my bio.

And if you’ve been watching my Dream VC journey thinking you might want to do it too, interest for the 2027 cohort is now open 👀

I’m leaving the program ready to keep building, take bigger chances on myself, and go after what will challenge me and help me grow.

To one of my favorite experiences and a community I get to be part of for life 🥂💜

Dream VC alumna has a nice ring to it. 🤭

#DreamVC #VentureCapital #InvestInAfrica #Africa EmergingMarkets by @estietabal

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21 days ago

Such a great experience being part of IYC14 and speaking on the panel AI, Technology and the Future of Global Governance!

We had a really good conversation around AI, access, inclusion, and the role young people can play in shaping the policies around technologies that are already affecting our lives.

I also loved seeing everyone sharing their thoughts and questions in the live chat throughout the panel.

Thank you @iycforyouth for having me and for the opportunity to be part of this conversation! 🫶🏾

#IYC14 #UNGA81 #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalGovernance #YouthLeadership taken in New York City by @estietabal

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24 days ago

Series #11: mPharma 💊

What happens when the medicine a patient needs is available somewhere in the country, but not at their local pharmacy?

That gap between availability and access is what makes mPharma interesting to me. The company is working to strengthen community pharmacies and the supply chains that keep them stocked.

I wanted to highlight this because healthcare infrastructure is not always a hospital, a laboratory, or a new medical device. Sometimes it is the system that makes sure a pharmacy has the right medicine when someone walks through the door.

And from an investment perspective, there is a lot to unpack. How do you finance inventory without putting too much pressure on pharmacies? How do you forecast demand? How do you maintain quality across suppliers and markets? And how do you build a model that can scale while keeping medicines affordable?

These are the kinds of questions that make healthcare distribution such an interesting space.

Swipe through for a closer look at mPharma and the infrastructure behind medicine access.

What other healthcare products do you think could benefit from stronger distribution systems?

#AfricanHealthcare #HealthcareInfrastructure #mPharma #HealthcareInvesting MedicineAccess AfricanStartups HealthTech by @estietabal

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a month ago

The test exists. But can it reach the patient?

For Series #10, I looked at Reme-D, an Egyptian healthtech company developing temperature-resilient molecular diagnostic tests for diseases including tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis and HPV.

In July 2026, Reme-D raised $1.45 million in pre-Series A funding to expand its manufacturing capacity, develop new diagnostic products and enter more African markets.

What stood out to me is that Reme-D is not only developing tests. The company is designing them around the infrastructure realities that can determine whether a product reaches the patient.

Across Africa, only 19% of patients have access to appropriate diagnostics at the primary-care level. Even when a test exists, refrigeration, reliable power, transportation and procurement can limit access.

Temperature-resilient diagnostics can reduce some of those constraints, making storage and distribution into remote or under-resourced facilities more practical.

From an investor perspective, the opportunity goes beyond demand. It also requires evaluating regulatory approvals, manufacturing yield, quality systems, pricing, procurement, distribution partnerships and real-world clinical performance.

The innovation is not only the test. It is removing a costly constraint around the test.

What other healthcare products could reach more patients if they were redesigned for the infrastructure that actually exists?

Sources: Impact Global Health and PATH, Wamda, Disrupt Africa and EgyptInnovate

#AfricanHealthcare #HealthTechAfrica #Diagnostics #HealthcareInfrastructure taken in Egypt by @estietabal

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2 months ago

The hospital can be fully equipped. But without reliable medical oxygen, critical care can still stop.

For Series #9, I looked at Hewatele, a Kenyan medical oxygen producer building local supply for hospitals across East Africa.

In June 2026, Hewatele’s new liquid oxygen facility in Tatu City began production. The facility has the capacity to produce 20 tonnes per day at 99.6% purity.

This follows a $10.5 million investment from AfricInvest’s Transform Health Fund to support its construction and operations.

What stood out to me is that Hewatele is not simply producing oxygen. Its model connects production, storage, distribution and delivery to the hospital.

As an engineer, I have seen how much healthcare depends on the systems behind the equipment. A product can meet its specifications, but it still needs reliable infrastructure to reach the patient when it is needed.

From an investor perspective, this means looking beyond demand. It also means evaluating asset uptime, quality systems, supply-chain resilience, unit economics and last-mile delivery.

The opportunity is not oxygen alone. It is the reliable infrastructure surrounding it.

What other overlooked healthcare inputs could become investable infrastructure across Africa?

Sources: Finnfund, AfricInvest, MedAccess and Grand Challenges Canada

#AfricanHealthcare #HealthTechAfrica #HealthcareInfrastructure #venturecapital taken in Kenya, Africa by @estietabal

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2 months ago

The machine is there. But can it work?

Series #8 looks at one of the least visible parts of African healthcare infrastructure: medical-equipment uptime.

A study of 2,338 devices across Ugandan hospitals and research institutions found that 34% were faulty. It also found that 85.6% lacked operating manuals.

That statistic made me stop.

Buying the equipment is only the beginning.

A machine still needs:

⚡ Reliable power
🔧 Preventive maintenance
📦 Spare parts and consumables
👩🏾‍🔧 Local biomedical engineering capacity
📋 Asset visibility and service accountability
📶 The right connectivity and operating environment

Without that surrounding system, equipment access can break down after procurement.

From an investor lens, the opportunity may not simply be selling more machines.

It may be building the operating layer that keeps African healthcare technology working.

Not equipment sold. Care delivered.

Swipe through for the full breakdown.

What overlooked part of equipment uptime could become a scalable African health business?

Read the source:
https://globalce.org/index.php/GlobalCE/article/view/127

#AfricanHealthcare #AfricanHealthInfrastructure #HealthTechAfrica by @estietabal

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2 months ago