It’s been a long road for entrepreneur Laban Roomes and his footballer-turned-crypto founder son Kain, but their XRP Healthcare startup is in the process of going public on the Canadian stock exchange.
They co-founded the Dubai-incorporated company with the goal of modernizing healthcare in Africa by combining crypto infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and real-world services. It operates a digital healthcare platform as well as a chain of pharmacies in Uganda using the XRP Ledger to track pharmaceutical supplies and patient outcomes.
“In the West, we take reliable pharmacies and access to medication for granted,” says Laban. “In parts of Uganda, that just isn’t the case. This is about changing that and starting on the ground, not in the metaverse.”
“The country’s private healthcare market is highly…
