u/mediequip-229

I am a Biomedical Engineer based in Zambia. Due to limited formal employment opportunities in the sector, my two co-founders and I pursued unpaid internships within public health facilities to gain practical exposure.During these internships, we identified two critical gaps: Lack of In-House Technical Capacity: Most healthcare facilities do not employ dedicated biomedical personnel and rely on external engineers, resulting in prolonged equipment downtime. Limited Local Supply of Spare Parts: Essential components for medical equipment are rarely available locally, forcing facilities to source from outside the country at high cost and long lead times. To deepen our industry understanding, we subsequently secured roles with a medical equipment manufacturing company in Zambia. This experience provided direct insight into supply chains, equipment assembly, and after-sales service requirements, and further validated our business concept.The Business Concept: SafeSpecs Ltd

SafeSpecs Ltd will be a Zambian biomedical engineering company providing two core services: Supply of Genuine Spare Parts - Establishing a local inventory to reduce procurement delays. Preventive Maintenance & Corrective Repair - Deploying qualified biomedical engineers to provide timely, HPCZ and ZAMRA compliant technical support. In the long term, we plan to expand into the direct supply and installation of medical equipment.Beyond the commercial opportunity, SafeSpecs is designed to create skilled employment for biomedical engineers in Zambia and to improve healthcare delivery by increasing equipment uptime across public and private facilities.We have developed a detailed business proposal and are currently seeking investment to establish our workshop, initial spare parts inventory, and operational capacity

Hey everyone,

I’m building SafeSpecs Ltd — Zambia’s first dedicated biomedical equipment servicing company, based in Lusaka.

The problem is urgent:

30-40% of medical equipment in Zambian hospitals and clinics is non-functional at any given time. When a patient monitor, ultrasound, or autoclave breaks down, the only option is to ship it out of the country or import engineers to fix it. That takes 3-6 months.

In that time: surgeries are delayed, wards are congested, and hospitals lose an estimated K200M+ per year in revenue, referrals, and wasted procurement.

Our solution:

SafeSpecs Ltd brings 48-hour local servicing to Zambia.

1. Rapid Repair: Field engineers + in-house workshop. 48hr turnaround for critical devices.

2. Preventive Maintenance: PM contracts to prevent breakdowns before they happen.

3. Calibration & QC: HPCZ + ZAMRA compliant testing so equipment is safe and accurate.

4. Spare Parts & Training: Local parts stock + biomedical training for hospital staff.

The opportunity:

The medical equipment service market in Zambia is K120M+ per year and growing with CDF-funded clinics, new maternity wings, and the Gavi solar clinic rollout. With 14 new LCC health facilities commissioning this year alone, demand for uptime has never been higher.

We’re not just fixing machines. We’re fixing healthcare access.

I’m looking for:

Investors & Suppliers for workshop tools, test equipment, and initial parts stock &Mentors who’ve scaled healthtech in Africa

If you believe patients shouldn’t die because a machine is stuck somewhere for repairs for 6 months — Let’s build this. email me on claranyoni80@gmail.com for a more detailed proposal.

#Zambia #BiomedicalEngineering #HealthTech #MadeInZambia #SafeSpecs

^(I am a biomedical engineer graduate from the big and famous NORTEC in Zambia. Finding a job has been tricky, so a few of my friends and i have come together to try to build something for ourselves that can take us forward. as Bally always say entrepreneurship is the key right.)

^(One of the leading problems we have noticed in the field of study we chose is, most health facilities don't have the man power to fix and maintain the equipment dropping the efficiency of health care in the country. but yet again job availability is rare here in Zambia. which lead up to the business idea.)

^(we are looking for angel investors who might be interested in the business idea we have. if anyone in interested in lending a listening hear kindly inbox me, and i will pitch it you.)