Vodacom: Connectivity at the Core: Driving the Health Revolution through IoT Ecosystems

Maanda Ramutumbu, Executive Head: IoT Centre of Excellence Verticals at Vodacom on Connectivity at the Core: Driving the Health Revolution through IoT Ecosystems, at Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2024

1. Connectivity at the Core: Driving the Health Revolution through IoT Ecosystems Presented by Maanda Ramutumbu Insert Confidentiality Level in slide footer

2. Contents Change Challenge Opportunity Collaborate Value

3. 1. Setting the Context

4. Photo by visuals on Unsplash

5. The Waze Disruption June 2007 First Apple iPhone released Sept 2007 June 2012 2008 June 2013 Nokia acquires Navteq for $ 8.1bn Waze is established Google acquires Waze for $1.1bn Nokia valuated at $8.2bn

6. Challenges Facing the Health Sector Electricity, Water Resource Constraint Inequity in Access High disease burden Changing Regulation Photo by Olivier Mesnage on Unsplash Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash https://giftmbanda.medium.com/the-story-of-sandton-and-alexandra-johannesburg-723116ab97c1 Water Scarcity Energy Security Resource Constraints Access Inequity Disease Burden Changing Regulation

7. 2. The Opportunity

8. The Combinatorial Effect of Technology Sources Industry X.0 Realizing Value in Industrial Sectors, Eric Schaeffer World Economic Forum – Digital Transformation Initiative Increasing computational power Increase in mobile connectivity speeds Advancement of IoT sensors Increasing RoI 1 2 3 4 Key drivers of the accelerated change

9. Enhance Customer Experience Improve Core Operations Create new business models Why Digital Transformation

10. Value Created Through Digital Mastery Source Leading Digital, Turning Technology into Business Transformation, authors (George Westerman , Didier Bonnet & Andrew Mcafee Value created by the levels of Digital Mastery Four Levels of Digital Mastery

11. The Immune System Challenge Privacy & security Barriers to adoption of technology in the health sector Photo by Daniel on Unsplash Regulation Immune System Disparate Systems

12. The Covid-19 Factor “Pain is investable. Suffering is optional” -Haruki Murakami Source Making the leap, take the lead – Tech strategies for innovation and growth – Accenture COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of technologies

13. Dropping Costs Example: DNA Sequencing 2000 2007 2014 $ 2.7 billion $ 10 million $ 1000 2024 $ 600 Year Cost per unit Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC_-NrCL-D8&t=173s World Economic Forum Digital Transformation Initiative 2017

14. Case Studies of Digital Enablement in Health Professor Antoniades from Oxford, who used computer vision to analyse old CT scans, uncovering the hidden causes of heart disease Source: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-11-13-ai-tool-could-help-thousands-avoid-fatal-heart-attacks Use of AI to assist radiologists by automatically detecting, quantifying and highlighting abnormalities in medical images. Analysis of old scans and providing new insights AI assisted analysis of medical images

15. 3. Closer to home

16. Assisted Reality Medico-legal Surveillance System (ARMSS) Cutting-edge solution empowering frontline medical workers with hands-free, voice-enabled collaboration Empowers medical front line workers with hands free voice enabled commands Recordings securely stored Remote expert guidance enabled 1 2 3

17. Revolutionising Emergency Response with Computer Aided Dispatch Track ambulance requests Mobile devices that are fitted into vehicles Patient Report Form which ensures electronic records

18. Solutions deployed outside South Africa AitaHealth Stock Visibility Solution Over 3,200 service points use SVS to digitise last-mile supply chain functions for critical services. SVS enables these facilities to participate in a networked supply chain where the right commodities are available at the right place and time without waste. eLABS Working with our clinical partner, Wits Diagnostic Innovation Hub, we use mobile technology to digitise laboratory value chains for critical services. eLABS helps reduce bottlenecks and inform proactive interventions to get lab results back to healthcare practitioners and patients sooner, enabling improved patient care. Stock Visibility Solution

19. 4. Ecosystem

20. Our Ecosystem Approach Natural Ecosystem Apple Ecosystem IoT Ecosystem Rich bio diversity Interdependence Adaptation

21. 5. Conclusion

22. Conclusion "The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.“ - Steve Jobs Change Challenge Opportunity Collaborate Value