In 2013, Ahmed Abu Elhaz had severe depression after an accident and struggled to find a trusted therapist in Egypt to help him through recovery. As a software engineer, Ahmed tackled the problem head-on by developing Shezlong, an online therapy app. After much trial and error, Shezlong now services over 80 countries and continues to tackle barriers around mental health in the region. The social stigma surrounding mental health support is still an ongoing challenge - but things have come a long way since Shezlong started.

This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

In 2013, Ahmed Abu Elhaz had severe depression after an accident and struggled to find a trusted therapist in Egypt to help him through recovery. As a software engineer, Ahmed tackled the problem head-on by developing Shezlong, an online therapy app. After much trial and error, Shezlong now services over 80 countries and continues to tackle barriers around mental health in the region. The social stigma surrounding mental health support is still an ongoing challenge - but things have come a long way since Shezlong started.
This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

How can you improve lives within your community? How do you solve real problems around you? Hear from people who took matters into their own hands, to help those around them through innovative initiatives with social purpose. Find out how social entrepreneurs drive impact to make a difference.

This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network. 

How can you improve lives within your community? How do you solve real problems around you? Hear from people who took matters into their own hands, to help those around them through innovative initiatives with social purpose. Find out how social entrepreneurs drive impact to make a difference.
This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.&nbsp;

Find out how social entrepreneurs drive impact to make a difference.

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Ahmed Abu Elhaz: Breaking the Stigma around Therapy

For the past four years, the team at Expo Live has been working closely with 140 Global Innovators from all around the world. At the beginning of this series, Yousuf Caires, the Senior Vice President of Expo Live, introduced what the innovation programme is all about. Over the course of the show, we've spoken to an array of brilliant and bold innovators all over the world.  

 

In our final episode, we leave the mic to Yousuf one more time, as he reflects on the impact of this programme and what's next for our Global Innovators.

 

This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

For the past four years, the team at Expo Live has been working closely with 140 Global Innovators from all around the world. At the beginning of this series, Yousuf Caires, the Senior Vice President of Expo Live, introduced what the innovation programme is all about. Over the course of the show, we've spoken to an array of brilliant and bold innovators all over the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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In our final episode, we leave the mic to Yousuf one more time, as he reflects on the impact of this programme and what's next for our Global Innovators.
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This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

Yousuf Caires: What’s next for our Global Innovators?

How do you change the design of a device that was invented over one hundred years ago? Back in 2015, a medical entrepreneur in Cameroon named Conrad Tankou started a social venture called GIC Space that develops cutting edge technologies to target the most urgent health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. One of them is the smart speculum: a new take on the device invented in the mid-nineteenth century used to screen for cervical cancer. 

In today's episode, we're exploring Conrad's innovations at GIC Space, and how context is pivotal for the success of any business. 

This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

How do you change the design of a device that was invented over one hundred years ago? Back in 2015, a medical entrepreneur in Cameroon named Conrad Tankou started a social venture called GIC Space that develops cutting edge technologies to target the most urgent health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. One of them is the smart speculum: a new take on the device invented in the mid-nineteenth century used to screen for cervical cancer.&nbsp;
In today's episode, we're exploring Conrad's innovations at GIC Space, and how context is pivotal for the success of any business.&nbsp;
This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

Conrad Tankou: A New Take on Screening Cervical Cancer

When Jurij Dreo read a book entitled, ‘Electric fields of the brain: the neurophysics of EEG’, he was quite happy to see that there are people out there that share his convictions when it comes to how the brain should be studied. It always seemed like a small wonder to Jurij that one is able to pick up a small EEG device and get a recording of what the brain is doing. 

 

Today, Jurij is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of a company called BrainTrip, based in Malta. BrainTrip is innovating quick and accessible screening tools for early detection of dementia. In today's episode, we're exploring Jurij's disruptive innovation and the challenges of having a startup in the medical sector. 

 

This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

When Jurij Dreo read a book entitled, &lsquo;Electric fields of the brain: the neurophysics of EEG&rsquo;, he was quite happy to see that there are people out there that share his convictions when it comes to how the brain should be studied. It always seemed like a small wonder to Jurij that one is able to pick up a small EEG device and get a recording of what the brain is doing.&nbsp;
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Today, Jurij is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of a company called BrainTrip, based in Malta. BrainTrip is innovating quick and accessible screening tools for early detection of dementia. In today's episode, we're exploring Jurij's disruptive innovation and the challenges of having a startup in the medical sector.&nbsp;
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This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network.

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