{"id":66036,"date":"2023-06-22T07:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T07:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startup.info\/?p=66036"},"modified":"2023-08-14T20:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:56:28","slug":"proquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonjouridee.com\/en\/proquest\/","title":{"rendered":"ProQuest : a medical laboratory in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>  <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My partner and I as co-founders are both <em>Biomedical Scientists<\/em> by profession with a combined 14 years experience in the industry. Since university, the dream was always to open a laboratory and after I managed the second biggest blood banking laboratory in the country, we decided that we were ready to take that step in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Medical Laboratory science in Namibia is quite one note and that becomes routine. I was always of the opinion that if we as young scientists wanted to change that, we had to be bold enough to be at the forefront of that change. We decided to do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your products and services&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Laboratory tests commissioned research, innovation and training<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your success factors&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Youngest owned medical laboratory in Namibia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recently received approval to perform a specialized test on pregnant women across the country for the Ministry of Health and Social Services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are approved service providers for MVA Fund and Swakop Uranium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your factors differentiating and disruptive compared to the existing&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The only medical laboratory in the country that incorporates both research and innovation as services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HIV Counseling certified and offer HIV testing and counselling services to walk-in clients at a reduced rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Your business model <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We earn money by Laboratory tests referred to us by private Doctors for their patients and Walk-in clients<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other tests (e.g. water analysis) by private clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>A few words about your competitors<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our biggest competitors have been dominating the industry uncontested for over 20 years and have the common brand advantage, experience, test menu and resources to rapidly expand and adapt to challenges in the industry. The other competitors have experience and resources to expand as an advantage.<span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My partner and I as co-founders are both Biomedical Scientists by profession with a combined 14 years experience in the industry. 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