Harnessing advanced health technology is chief among the challenges faced by operators in the healthcare sector.
Personally, I have thought about this: In the current technology landscape, dynamics of both hardware and software is changing. How will countries like Nigeria navigate the process to stay on top of their games as medical devices are connected through IoT, which is expected to rise up to 68 percent in the next five years?
Well, it is clearer to me that solution is here. I met a Nigerian whose company is solving big problems in the global healthcare sector.
Meet Niyi John Olajide
Niyi John Olajide is founder and CEO of AXXESS, the leading global home healthcare technology company. He leads the strategic vision and direction of the Dallas, Texas-based company, which has locations around the world, including Lagos, Nigeria.
He is passionate about improving the quality of healthcare services delivered to patients in their homes by empowering healthcare organizations with state-of-the-art software solutions.
Since Olajide founded AXXESS in 2007, the company has grown rapidly, and today AXXESS has helped process over $30 billion in claims for over 3 million patients served by over 9000+ organisations around the globe.
Olajide has been recognized as the Outstanding Healthcare Executive of the Year and a Leader in Diversity, and AXXESS is recognized nationally and internationally as a Best Place to Work.
His commitment to building a stronger community resulted in him being chosen by his peers to serve in 2020 as the youngest-ever chair of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce’ board of directors and executive committee and he successfully led the Dallas business community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
He currently serves on the Board of the Dallas Citizens Council where he works with other leaders to provide guidance on the policy issues that will move the region forward.
In 2016, Olajide was recognized as the youngest-ever Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas at Dallas.
He has endowed the largest scholarship fund for the Engineering School for Computer Science students. He is currently chairing the billion-dollar campaign fundraising campaign for the University.
As he has risen to a prominent position, he has always been committed to Africa’s prosperity as well. Having established himself as a leader in the most prosperous business community in the United States, he has focused even more attention on ways to make a difference in his home country of Nigeria and other areas on the continent.
While recently delivering the keynote convocation address at Babcock University, Nigeria’s first and foremost Private University, Olajide reaffirmed his commitment to promoting an inclusive economic environment that provides and promotes opportunities for growth and job creation across the African continent.
Beyond numerous philanthropic contributions, Olajide has established Cavista, a global technology company with operations in North America, Asia, Europe and with African operations in Lagos, Nigeria that already employs close to 300 software engineers as he focuses on helping train and develop young talent to solve complex challenges in the Nigerian technology space, while creating job opportunities for development and growth.
He recently made a multi-million-dollar investment to support Agbeyewa Farms, an agriculture project in Ekiti State that looks to create tens of thousands of jobs.
Olajide believes strongly in community engagement and invests actively to ensure that the local communities benefit through educational, health, transportation, and other infrastructural schemes.
Niyi John Olajide serves on the board of the Corporate Council on Africa, which promotes U.S. business and investment in Africa, as well as on the board of the Presidential Precinct in the United States, which engages and inspires emerging leaders in Africa and around the world to address challenges in their countries.
As he thoughtfully engages on both continents and around the world, Olajide continues to support and partner with leaders in Africa across government, business, and technology.
He sees Africa’s untapped potential for future growth and prosperity and wants to do what he can to help Africa achieve that potential.
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As a Nigerian from Erinmope-Ekiti, Olajide decided that investing in Nigeria was quite necessary.
In his words:
“Nigeria is the hub for the best brains in the IT sector and software development. It’s my own way of contributing my own quota towards ensuring sustainable growth and opportunities for job creation in the economy. I am passionate about increasing access to quality healthcare for people everywhere in the world and with technology, we can make that possible.
“Nigeria is blessed with highly cerebral youth who are doing great things with limited resources when it comes to all aspects of software development, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and the rest. This spurred my interest in partnering with CAVISTA Nigeria.
“Today, CAVISTA is creating solutions to the challenging issues of health care delivery in Nigeria and employing great young minds to solve problems, rather than allowing them to leave Nigeria to use their skills to develop in another country,” he said.
Continuing, he said, “AXXESS played a major role in shaping the $100 billion home health industry in the USA and the $600 billion global industry”.
“AXXESS has helped process over $30 billion in claims for over 3 million patients served by over 9,000 organisations around the globe”.
Even as he enjoyed success in the U.S., Africa has always remained in Niyi’s thoughts. “We have a lot of work to do, but I live every day with the belief that anything is possible,” he said.
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