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Oxygen Hub

A resilient, sustainable oxygen infrastructure for COVID and beyond

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What we do

Oxygen Hub works with local entrepreneurs  in Sub-Saharan Africa to power the production and distribution of affordable medical oxygen.

Our franchise model

Oxygen Hub’s franchising model solves the commercial viability and scalability challenges blocking entrepreneurs from providing better access to oxygen.

Advantages of our franchise model

“Decolonizing” oxygen in Africa

Through locally-led and locally-owned enterprises

Tackling COVID demand

While building resilient long-term infrastructure

Building up the private sector

Driving efficiencies tougher to realize with public sector budgets and procurement

Leveraging blended finance

Coupled with world-class operating standards to dramatically improve the viability and sustainability of the midsize PSA business

Franchisee focus on sales & distribution 

While the franchisor oversees production and O&M via standardized processes

Competitive pricing

Opening up greater oxygen access for vulnerable patients 

Current operations in three countries

Kenya

Establishing plants in counties around the Nairobi area guided by Nairobi Women’s Hospital site locations

Nigeria

Leveraging HMOs as our entry point to building relationships with health facilities 

Ethiopia

Working with the Ethiopian government to realize their oxygen roadmap

Our 5 year goals

100

New oxygen plants established

3-5x

Lift in yearly medical O2 production

10M

Patients reached each year

5k

Hospitals and clinics served

Our team

Effesson Hailemichael

CEO

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    Herma Gebru

    Strategy & Business Development Lead

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      Fassil Gebretsadik

      Finance & Operations Lead

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        Sanjay Khazanchi

        Technical & Supply Chain Lead

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          Etse-Hiwot Girma

          Ethiopia Country Manager

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            Ruth Njuguna

            Kenya Country Manager

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              Ijeoma Aniygbo

              Nigeria Country Manager

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                Directors and Advisors

                Shashi Buluswar

                President

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                  Strive Masiyiwa

                  Founder & Chairman, Econet Global

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                    Sam Thenya

                    Founder Nairobi Women’s Hospital

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                      Nnamdi Agbim

                      CEO, Interkel Group

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                        Madji Sock

                        Partner, Dalberg Advisors

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                          Our key partners

                          Oxygen hub is an initiative of ITT

                          The Institute for Transformative Technologies is one of the world’s leading organizations focused on technology led services for low income communities in LMICs.

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                          Ijeoma Anyigbo

                          Ijeoma is the Nigeria County Manager for Oxygen Hub. She has 9 years’ experience in Healthcare Advisory and Healthcare Financing and has worked for organizations such as PwC and IFHA. Ijeoma has a Masters in Public Health from University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

                          Fassil Gebretsadik

                          Fassil is the Finance and Operations Lead for Oxygen Hub. He is a financial consultant and a transaction advisor. Fassil has a solid track record of providing financial advice, management consulting, implementing governance systems, board reporting, and portfolio monitoring for clients. Fassil is a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute, and a member of the CFA Society of East Africa.

                          Ruth Njuguna

                          Ruth is Kenya Country Manager for Oxygen Hub. She is also CEO and Founder of Topcare Clinics in Kenya. She is a registered Kenya Community Health Nurse with years of experience working in the field of medicine. Ruth is a dedicated entrepreneur with a strong commitment to solving health care problems.

                          Etse-Hiwot Girma

                          Etse-Hiwot is Ethiopia Country Manager for Oxygen Hub. She has over 10 years’ experience building and leading investments in numerous sectors including healthcare, construction, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, aviation and agribusiness. She has served as an advisor for private and public sector as well as NGOs in Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda. 

                          Sanjay Khazanchi

                          Sanjay is Technical and Supply Chain Lead for Oxygen Hub and Vice President of ITT. Sanjay brings over a decade of experience in multi-disciplinary techno-commercial roles mainly in the energy, power products and automotive industries. Sanjay holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. 

                          Herma Gebru

                          Herma is Strategy and Business Development Lead for Oxygen Hub. She has extensive experience in business advisory with a focus on healthcare in Sub Saharan Africa. She has supported and help shape organizational strategies of government agencies, NGOs, private sector, and donor organizations. Herma holds a bachelors from Brown University and a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University.

                          Effeson Hailemichael

                          Effeson Hailemichael is the CEO for Oxygen Hub. Effeson has over 15 years’ experience serving as an entrepreneur, investor and strategic advisor to companies based in East Africa. He has advised investors, start-ups, well established companies, incubators, and accelerators in many strategy, operations and financing related engagements. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing from New York University’s Stern Business School.