Nii Simmonds
African economic capital markets development consultant
Nii Simmonds is a recognized speaker, consultant, and sustainable evangelist on affordable health care in Africa, microfinance, and venture capital. Professionally, Mr. Simmonds is a consultant who has experience in pharmaceuticals cost estimating, pharmaceutical supply chain management, healthcare strategy, market research and utilizing technology to bring inexpensive healthcare solutions to Africa.
Mr. Simmonds has been acknowledged for his research in creating partnerships and relationships that utilizes inexpensive technology for effective healthcare delivery in Africa, partnering with mobile providers to provide healthcare applications via the mobile phone, managing the creation of a Wiki, Blog or social network to create awareness and dialog about a health concern or disease outbreak, creating life cycle cost estimates of diseases and the infrastructure needed to support patients and healthcare providers, provide advisory on pharmaceutical supply chain storage concerns for effective efficacy. Currently, he serves on the board of advisors for Investors Without Borders, Mpedigree, Maker Faire Africa, Afrobotics, Gateway Innovations Limited and BarCampGhana.
Mr. Simmonds got his B.S. in Management/Finance from Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University and a minor in Information Systems and Statistical Analysis. Mr. Simmonds holds a Business Process Outsourcing Master Certificate from the Wharton School.
56 contacts2007 - 2009African healthcare/pharmaceutical consultant with 10 years of experience with base of pyramid solutions. I have experience in creating public-private partnerships for affordable health care in the development sector. My experience encompasses: pharmaceuticals cost estimating, pharmaceutical supply chain management, healthcare strategy, market research and utilizing technology to bring inexpensive healthcare solutions to Africa. Most recently, I have advised USAID contractors on effective utilization of blogging/social media websites to build brand awareness and create communities of health practitioners.
I am the expert in: creating partnerships and relationships that utilizes inexpensive technology for effective healthcare delivery in Africa, partnering with mobile providers to provide healthcare applications via the mobile phone, managing the creation of a Wiki, Blog or social network to create awareness and dialog about a health concern or disease outbreak, creating life cycle cost estimates of diseases and the infrastructure needed to support patients and healthcare providers, provide advisory on pharmaceutical supply chain storage concerns for effective efficacy.