Welcome!

Welcome to the fourth edition of Purpose Matters. The past two weeks are marked by some exciting developments at Purpose Africa: partnerships are starting to take shape, The Ministry of Health for Ethiopia presented the Investment Case to stakeholders, and we introduce a concept of Health Coins as a method of verified delivery of individual donations for global health services and technologies. Keep reading to find out more.

HE Dr Dereje Deguma, Deputy minister of Health of Ethiopia presenting the Investment Case to stakeholders at the validation workshop – 15 May 2024.

Partnership Matters

Foundations

EDCTP Council Representatives from all three countries: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Nigeria are prepared for presenting the case for Purpose Africa partnerships in other countries at the June 27th meeting of the General Assembly.

On the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partnership, a new collaboration with the Rwanda Biomedical Center has started. See Rwanda Country Matters section for more.

A reception was held in Washington DC, attended by leadership from more than 30 prominent organizations, where Mark and Amir were welcomed by the host.

What are Health Coins?

Health Coins is an exciting new area Purpose Africa is seeking partnerships on. Health Coins are Block Chains purchased by an individual donor of a health service and/or technology, which then securely and accurately transmits a message back to the donor when their donation has a verified delivery endpoint. A concept such as Health Coins is precisely the disruptive action needed for meaningful change in the area of global philanthropy and tech are at the heart of this disruption, providing African countries to leap over others that have lagged in the adoption of innovations to shake up global health financing challenges.

Learning Together!

The Purpose Africa team have launched a new internal workshop initiative called “Learning Together”. The aim of Learning Together is to give exposure to all staff important topics, and current affairs from their home country or area of work. For the inaugural workshop, we learned about the Nigerian administration structure and health tier system and the past Nigerian Presidential election and its socio-economic implications. Many thanks to Dami for sharing her insightful commentary and linking it to what it means for Purpose Africa.