On this episode of the podcast, we were joined by Dr Ikpeme Neto, popularly known as Doc Neto. He is a medical doctor and health economist with over 10 years of experience in the health sector.
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We talked about:
How WellaHealth is making quality healthcare affordable
Why collaboration is more beneficial than competition
Nigerians’ relationship with insurance
Building trust among their clients in a low trust society
The ups and downs of running WellaHealth
Breakdown:
0:00 Intro
1:28 Icebreaker
6:16 Dr Neto's background
7:26 Who and what influenced him
10:50 His political views and how politics affects healthcare
14:28 His career highlights
16:22 What WellaHealth does
17:35 How WellaHealth came about
19:08 Running WellaHealth and building the team
22:44 How WellaHealth manages to remain affordable
23:24 Doc Neto’s view on competition
26:32 How Nigerians view insurance
30:55 How WellaHealth is solving the insurance trust problem in Nigeria
32:50 What healthcare is like in Nigeria
35:20 His research on the mental health of Nigerian founders
37:35 Some of WellaHealth's biggest achievements
38:36 The vision for WellaHealth
39:24 Challenges the business has faced
41:07 Where to learn more about Doc Neto amd WellaHealth
41:42 Dr Neto's advice for fellow industry players
43:37 Outro
We referenced
Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey
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