2.4. Ateh Nkem Atabong- Design thinking enthusiast (Cameroon)
On this episode we talk to Ateh Nkem Atabong who is originally from Cameroon but has been living in Norway since April 1999. However; his connection to the African continent has always been strong.
He is a pharmacist and mentor; with various qualifications in business development, leadership, strategy, customer validation & design thinking. Ateh has a passion for business and innovation in Africa. He is also a Business Development Manager for Pharma and Healthcare Logistics at a global logistics company.
He is co- founder and CEO of SAWA AS, an agribusiness company that imports highly nutritional and high quality ingredients from Africa to the European market. https://www.sawa.no/
He is also the founder and CEO at HETA consult; a company that focuses on healthcare for the African market; providing health care consultation focused on defining and identifying general health solutions for the African health market, together with healthcare practitioners, organizations, private, public companies and individuals in order to build effective and sustainable health care systems in Africa.
He is a Board member at Norway Cameroon Business Council, African Trade group, Africa Connect and Pangea Angels AS.
Over the years he has ventured into startups, Business development in pharmacy, healthcare, agriculture and logistics in Africa and Scandinavia. This path also sparked genuine interest in design thinking and its role in successful business development. Ateh believes that interrogating and exploring the connection between design thinking and creating solutions for the African market is the key to identifying, understanding and finding solutions for the challenges we face in the health care sector in Africa. He also helps point out opportunities for designers to engage and apply their knowledge in the healthcare sector in Africa.
https://www.hetaconsult.com/
https://www.sawa.no/
Instagram: @ateh.atabongInstagram: @myafricanaesthetic
Website: https://www.myafricanaesthetic.com/
My African Aesthetic
This podcast is part of My African Aesthetic; a platform that centers research on African Aesthetics, African Design Philosophy, and African Placemaking in African and African diaspora communities. Our goal is to contribute to the body/canon of knowledge on African aesthetics through research, documentation and education. By interrogating ways and levels of engagement in placemaking; we intend to bring to attention to the central and important roles Africans themselves have and have had in creating sustainable neighborhoods and communities. We encourage dialogue and collaboration to ensure an inclusive, human centered and authentic shared learning platform.
https://www.myafricanaesthetic.com/
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