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GIVING VISION, CREATING INSIGHT
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A young man almost lost his eyesight after a terrible accident while playing football. His education was at stake due to his fading vision but luckily for him, he was diagnosed to have cataracts which were later corrected with surgery. He was lucky but what about millions of other young visually impaired Nigerians and Africans who could not get their defects treated or corrected? They end up giving up their dreams and become burdens to the family or society. According to WHO’s Global data report on Visual impairment about 26.2 million people are visually impaired in Africa. This is a lot of people suffering from discomfort due to their condition, especially the young ones who miss out on education because of their inability to read and navigate their environment. How many end up lucky like the young man in this story? Few! The young man's experience sparked a thought in him to assist people that are in the condition he has once been in. This young man is a CO-FOUNDER at Vinsighte.
What is Vinsighte?
Vinsighte is a digital health venture that makes use of technology to aid the visually impaired to live a better and more comfortable life. Vinsighte has since its establishment in 2018 worked towards its mission_ to use technology to prevent the prevalence of visual impairment and to aid the blind and visually impaired in Africa to live a happy and comfortable life. With the help of technology, Vinsighte has created three products. The first is
VIRI_Guiding Aids
It aids the visually impaired in navigating their environment independently by sensing obstacles and obstructions ahead and alerting the user. Check VIRI here
The second product is
VSIS_Smart Reading Glasses
It aids the visually impaired in reading books conveniently by converting texts to audio input.
The third product is
DR VEE_Vinsighte's App
An intelligent app that diagnoses eye diseases, recommends first aid treatment, and refers patients to the doctor.
Why are they different?
Vinsighte was founded by a team of engineers, doctors, and artificial intelligence experts. The Vinsighte team through hard work, sponsorship, partnership, and donations have impacted the lives of over 5000 persons with their products, and aim to expand their users to 20,000 soon in the United State of America with the help of STARTA VC. Their other achievements include:
2018
Winner of the Union Bank Campus Innovation Challenge and part of the 10 e-health startups to pitch in Merck Accelerator. Lagos Satelite Program.
Winner ONCampus Hult Prize Challenge. The University of Ibadan.
2020
- 500 persons have tested VIRI at Omoyeni Home of the Blind, Ibadan.
- Beneficials of VIRI, VSIS, and, DR. VEE at Bethesda Child Support Agency, Lagos.
2021
- Winner at ICT4Inclusion Challenge.
- Winner at Collaborate Lagos during Artoftechnology Lagos 3.0
2022
- First Prize of 40,000 euros for the Orangecornersng Incubation Program.
- Finalist at Cisco Global Problem Silver Award.
The Vinsighte team aims to impact mainly in Africa but hopes to spread their solutions globally.
How Vinsighte Inspires me
Vinsighte was founded to help millions of Africans cure or subside vision impairment. They target kids and youths because they want them to complete their education and learn comfortably. This is an inspiration for me because as a growing robotics engineer, I would also love to impact lives and seeing the level of acceptance and effectiveness. It tells me that I can do better or also contribute. Vinsighte also considers the market they target and make their products very affordable. This is another inspiration_ Influence before affluence. And being someone that has once been diagnosed with an eye disease, I have learnt to spread the message Save your sight, Tomorrow is bright.