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Fiona Nuwamanya

Pictured: The key players in Rocket Health’s dramatic transformation — Dr. Davis Musinguzi, the pioneering founder who led the company through its early growth, before running rogue; Pierre Fauvet of Creadev, the lead Series A investor who championed governance reforms and engineered the merger to protect investor value; and Neil O’Leary, Chairman of MYDAWA, who executed the acquisition that absorbed Rocket Health into a larger regional healthcare platform. Together, they represent the vision, capital, and consolidation that has defined one of East Africa’s most consequential startup power shifts.

THE INSIDE STORY: How Dr. Davis Musinguzi & Partners Built and Lost Telemedicine Pioneer, Rocket Health  Africa

When a group of young medical and finance professionals in Uganda came together in 2012, they had a bold vision: to transform healthcare access through technology. Dr. Davis Musinguzi (CEO), alongside Dr.
February 4, 2025
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Fiona Nuwamanya (L), Chief Finance Officer at Rocket Health Africa and John Mark Bwanika, Director of Operations and Head of Projects and Research and three others say they were brought together by one purpose of providing better healthcare for all

Q&A: Rocket Health Africa COO, Bwanika and CFO, Nuwamanya, speak about a shared purpose on better healthcare for all that brought the founders together and binds them to date 

Can you quickly tell us about yourselves and your professional background? FN: I am Fiona Nuwamanya and I am a Co-Founder and the Chief Finance Officer at Rocket Health. I am a
March 23, 2022
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Rocket Health Founders (Left-Right) Dr. John Mark Bwanika - Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer; Dr. Davis Musinguzi, Managing Director; Fiona Nuwamanya - Chief Finance Officer; Hope Fortunate Achiro - Co-founder and Chief Pharmacy Officer; Dr. William Lubega - Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer. The company, in March 2022, closed a USD5 million Series A funding round led by Creadev, an evergreen investment fund backed by the Mulliez Family of French entrepreneurs.PHOTO/Courtesy

Rocket Health gets a USD5m shot in the arm from Creadev Africa in Series A round funding to fuel East African expansion

Rocket Health, a telemedicine and last-mile healthcare provider headquartered in Uganda, has announced this morning, that it has closed a USD5 million Series A funding round led by Creadev, an evergreen investment
March 7, 2022
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