Delivering healthcare across Africa with Joanna Bichsel

Sex, Body, and Soul

Kate Roberts

Education, Relationships, Sexuality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.1 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Canadian born, Rwanda based social entrepreneur Joanna Bichsel is the founder of Kasha, a digital retail platform optimized for women's health. On this podcast we discuss what it's like to be a woman in East Africa, her needs and how she, as a pioneer, has built this highly successful private sector healthcare solution, scaling across Africa.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul. I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the body agency, and on this show,
0:06.8	we talk about the marvel that is our bodies, what they can do and what they need to thrive.
0:12.9	Ladies out there, our time is now. Let's get to it.
0:17.7	Our next guest, Joanna Bischel, is the founder and CEO of Asha, which is an e-commerce
0:24.6	platform for women's health and self-care and a leading Femtech organization across Africa.
0:31.4	Joanna was born in Poland and raised in Canada, and she has a bachelor's degree in computer
0:37.4	science, and she's worked bachelor's degree in computer science.
0:38.2	And she's worked in technology solutions all over the world.
0:42.0	In her early career, she actually worked for Microsoft, and then also for the Bill and
0:47.2	Melinda Gates Foundation, working across East and West Africa.
0:51.2	Welcome to the show.
0:54.6	Joanna, my friend, welcome to the show.
0:57.4	Thank you. I'm excited to be here.
0:59.5	It's so good to see you again. It feels like yesterday, although it was a few months ago
1:04.2	where we saw each other in Rwanda. It was just such a privilege to come down and watch
1:10.3	you in action and see your operation,
1:12.8	which I've been hearing for years and years about. And actually, no, you are somewhat of a legend,
1:19.9	Joanna. I love it when I can bring female leaders really making a difference in the world
1:27.0	onto the show and talk about you, what you do, how you do it.
1:31.2	And you are absolutely one of those heroes or heroines in my mind.
1:35.9	So, Joanna, how does a girl born in Poland being brought up in Canada end up in Rwanda doing last mile health care. And now living in Kenya.
1:46.8	Not usual, right? This is not normal. Yeah, well, it's the journey of life, in a sense. Yeah.
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