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Many thanks @CascadorNigeria for sharing our work. Still day 1 at @Chekkitapp
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Innovative founders are Solving this societal problem.
Meet Dare Odumade, CEO of @Chekkitapp Technologies, and a leader from the Cascador 2025 Cohort.
Dare's mission is simple - to protect people's lives by ensuring that consumers have safe, authentic, and traceable products.
Through their innovative traceability platform, Chekkit helps pharmaceutical and FMCG manufacturers prevent losses, secure their supply chain, and instantly reward consumers. Their platform not only ensures authenticity but provides loyalty automation that helps companies three times their revenue.
This is more than business; it's a mission to save lives. We are proud to support Dare's commitment to building trust and driving operational excellence for manufacturers across Africa and beyond.
#Cascador #Chekkit #SupplyChain #Traceability #FMCG #HealthTech #AfricanStartups #Entrepreneurship
Learn more: cascador.org
NAFDAC once asked the MD of a manufacturing company to identify their own product from 2 samples.
One was original. One was FAKE.
The MD picked the FAKE. 😳
If manufacturers can’t spot counterfeits, how can ordinary Nigerians?
Here’s what NAFDAC and Chekkit are doing about it
7/ The fight against fake products in Nigeria needs more than raids and arrests.
It needs technology, manufacturer accountability, regulatory enforcement and consumers who can verify what they buy.
We must move from reacting to fake products to preventing them.
8/ The next time you buy medicine, remember:
A product looking original doesn’t mean it is original.
Use NAFDAC’s Scan2Verify app for supported medicines.
Nigeria deserves a future where trust isn’t assumed. It’s verified. 🇳🇬
#FakeProducts #NAFDAC #Chekkit
Dray retweeted
Prof. Dora Akunyili (2001-2009) introduced SMS-based Product Authentication Service (PAS) where you scratch and send a code to a particular number to see if it was fake or original.
Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye took it a step further by introducing the use of barcode technology (specifically GS1 standards).
She introduced the NAFDAC Greenbook (a digital database of registered products) and the Scan2Verify app.
Guess what?
Nigerians didn't use it and it was also frustrated by fake drugs merchants.
Dray retweeted
Tech Bros and App developers.
An idea came to mind this morning. Is it doable?
I sketched in my Diary.
Can we have an App or software whereby, every drug has a bar code. Once you buy a drug or medical item, you scan it and you're instantly notified if it is original or fake.
If it is fake, An alert is immediately sent to NAFDAC which means the app's algorithm will be integrated into NAFDAC's database
Every Authentic manufacturer too will have these bar codes.
For every Flag to NAFDAC, The alert will also trace the location of production and entire distribution chain of the fake manufacturers.
Is it a doable?
Thinking out loud.
I'm open to more discussions.
You can send a DM
featured author in THRIVE: Mastering E-Commerce the African Way!
In chapter 7, I explore Product Digital Identity Management to boost Africa’s e-commerce efficiency
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Africa faces a growing tragedy: counterfeit products are claiming lives. Fake medicines in rural areas, counterfeit alcohol in big cities like Lagos & Nairobi, & now fake food killing children.
foodsafetynews.com/2024/10/a…
With a national repository & verification system, such that people could use service providers tools to ensure product authenticity in real time via mobile Apps or USSD/SMS verifying against this data in this national repository. This could save lives.
iol.co.za/the-star/news/five…
It’s time for a more proactive, sustainable solution to the counterfeit crisis. Let’s move forward with digital serialization to protect our people. #CounterfeitCrisis #Africa #PublicSafety #SupplyChainSecurity