Diana Wangari is an Entrepreneur & a renowned health Journalist.

She is the co-founder & CEO of a Nairobi-based health tech startup Checkups Medical Centre; a group of low-cost clinics that emphasizes rapid outpatient care. The clinics utilize in-house technology,  iSikCure (an app the company launched) to provide rapid booking of consultation and last-mile distribution of drugs through its concierge drug delivery services in both urban and rural areas.

Under her leadership, Checkups has rapidly grown with projected revenue of over 1 Million Dollars by its first anniversary. Having established partnerships with insurance and pharmaceutical companies including Sanofi, Novartis and Roche.

Wangari ventured into health communication and entrepreneurship to bridge the gap between the health system and doctors, policy-makers and patients.

In 2018, they were able to distribute medical supplies worth over $200,000 and currently have five clinics, four in rural areas and one in an urban area.

Wangari hopes to expand Checkups Medical Centres to include 25 clinics across East Africa within the next five years. She believes that apart from the government, private entities also have a role to play in creating healthcare management and financial solutions to achieve universal health care.

For her work Dr. Diana was recognized as Forbes30 under 30 Africa in 2019 & also on list of finalists for the David Astor Journalism Award.