e-Ivuze by Smart Healthcare is an all-in-one, made-in-Rwanda vital signs device with a mobile dashboard — unifying scattered hospital monitoring tools for faster care and remote consultation. Tagline: Your Health At Your Screen. A GIIH Cohort 3 venture.
- Cohort: GIIH Cohort 3
- Status: Prototype · market validation underway
- Product: All-in-one vital signs device + mobile dashboard
- Demo: smart-health-care-rw.netlify.app
- Model: B2B & B2C · device sales · subscriptions · data analytics
- Sector: Health tech & telemedicine
The problem
Scattered vital signs tools are common in hospitals, hindering prompt service delivery:
- WHO projects 10 million health workforce shortages globally by 2030
- Rwanda ratios: 1 doctor per 1,492 clients · 1 nurse per 10,409 · 1 midwife per 1,561 women
- Patients wait >2.5 hours in pain before getting treated
- Clinicians rely on fragmented materials to measure patients’ vital signs
The solution
e-Ivuze assembles scattered vital signs tools into one simple device to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and remote consultation.
- All In One, All At Time — made in Rwanda
- 3D-printed enclosure developed with Right Lamp and Pioneer innovators at GIIH
- Integrated circuit board connecting all vital signs sensors
How it works
Wireless device captures vital signs and streams data to a mobile dashboard for clinicians and patients — enabling data trends, remote monitoring, and teleconsultation.
Live demo: smart-health-care-rw.netlify.app/doctor
Business model
Bimodal B2B and B2C — targeting hospitals, clinics, and home-based care in Rwanda and beyond:
- Device sales to healthcare facilities and individuals
- Subscription plans and data analytics services
- Partnerships with banks, insurers, and individual investors
Competitive advantage
| Smart watch industry | e-Ivuze device | |
|---|---|---|
| Device scope | Consumer wearables | Replaces multiple clinical devices |
| Origin | Imported | Locally made in Rwanda |
| Integration | Limited clinical use | Wireless + hospital systems + AI |
| Cost & complexity | Multiple tools needed | Reduces healthcare cost and complexity |
| Usability | Varies | Easy setup · intuitive interface |
Market opportunity
- Growing demand for remote patient monitoring and telemedicine
- Expanding aging population driving home healthcare needs
- Strong potential to penetrate home healthcare markets
Market validation
- Extensive market research and surveys with hospitals and clinics
- Positive feedback from targeted adopters at Innovation Week
- Existing solutions remain big, slow, and not well designed — leaving room for a locally built alternative
Team
- Dushime Esperance — Founder (BSc Information Technology · MSc Health Informatics · MSc Internet of Things)
- Niyitanga Tuyizere Marcellin — Co-founder (BSc Clinical Medicine · MSc Health Informatics)
- Iradukunda Fabrice — Electronic Engineer
