West Africa faces persistent challenges in managing medical emergencies, with delayed ambulance responses often linked to preventable deaths. Nigerian physician and entrepreneur Nana Aisha Onisarotu is developing digital solutions to improve efficiency and coordination across the sector.

She founded ResQCore in 2023 as a platform dedicated to emergency healthcare management. The system connects ambulance operators, hospitals, insurers, and individuals through a digital infrastructure that integrates vehicle tracking, hospital capacity monitoring, and centralized service requests.

ResQCore deploys automation to manage ambulance allocation and leverages artificial intelligence to reduce intervention delays. The approach enhances coordination between stakeholders and improves the traceability of emergency responses.

Before ResQCore, Onisarotu co-founded The Ambulance Company in Nigeria in 2020. The firm manages both urgent and non-urgent transport for patients, schools, companies, and events in Lagos and surrounding areas. Its fleet includes ambulances equipped with monitoring devices, advanced medical equipment, and communication systems.

Onisarotu earned her medical degree in 2017 from Danylo Halytsky National Medical University in Lviv, Ukraine. She completed a master’s in global health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2019 and is currently pursuing healthcare management studies at Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos.

Her professional experience includes serving as a program director at Nigeria’s Ministry of Health in 2021 and working as a physician at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn in the United Kingdom in 2023.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange Jason Quenum